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The pseudonymous Andrew Frelon, who spoke to Rolling Stone on Wednesday as a spokesperson for the viral AI band The Velvet Sundown, and runs a Twitter account that purports to represent the band, was running an elaborate hoax aimed at the media, he now says in a Medium post. The …

Flavor Flav has penned an op-ed urging lawmakers topass a total ban on firearms: “No civilian needs to possess semi-automatic weapons.” On the heels of Public Enemy’s latest single “March Madness” — “a powerful rebuke against crooked politicians and the ongoing crisis of gun violence,” the group said in a …

Follow all of our Sean Combs trial coverage When a jury of eight men and four women cleared Sean Combs of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges on Wednesday – the most severe charges leveled against him by federal prosecutors – reaction was decidedly mixed. Combs’ supporters cheered the news …

Follow all of our Sean Combs trial coverage Sean “Diddy” Combs was found guilty of two prostitution-related counts in federal court on Wednesday, but not guilty of the far more severe racketeering and two sex-trafficking charges. His lead attorney, Marc Agnifilo, told Judge Arun Subramanian that “Combs has been given …

Connie Francis has been hospitalized due to ongoing pain. The 87-year-old shared a health update on Facebook, where she wrote that she completed “a series of tests and examinations in intensive care” and has since been moved to a private room. “I am back in hospital where I have been …

There are certain indisputable facts in the music world. Stevie Nicks collects shawls. Bob Dylan dabbled in Christianity in the 1980s. Donald Fagen has feelings about the term “yacht rock” (hint: It’s “go fuck yourself”). And Liam Gallagher really, really loves Twitter. A day before the Oasis reunion tour kicks …

BTS Army take center stage in the first official trailer for BTS Army: Forever We Are Young. Opening in select theaters on July 30, the documentary film builds its narrative around the boundless devotion and passion that the supergroup’s fan base has cultivated throughout their career. Through interviews with fans, …

Bob Vylan will no longer perform at England’s Radar Festival and France’s Kave Fest as fallout from their Glastonbury Festival appearance continues. The rap duo were denounced by Glastonbury organizers for leading the crowd in chanting, “Free, free Palestine,” as well as “Death, death to the IDF” during their set …

Kanye West is no longer welcome in Australia. The rapper’s visa has been revoked following a slew of hate comments and the release of “Heil Hitler,” the single he shared in May that has since been wiped from most digital streaming services. West has been making antisemitic remarks and aligning …

Kesha is standing with Cassie Ventura in the wake of Sean “Diddy” Combs being found guilty on two of five federal charges he faced during an eight-week trial. During the trial, Ventura spent four days on the witness stand testifying against Combs, her ex-boyfriend. In her testimony, she alleged that …