Ringo Starr seems to have confirmed that Barry Keoghan will play him in the Starr-centric film in Sam Mendes’ four-part Beatles biopic. Speaking with Entertainment Tonight this week, the Beatles drummer weighed in when asked about the rumored casting, telling the network, “I think he’s great, I believe he’s somewhere …
Read More »Cher Says Next Album is 'Probably My Last'
After supplying fans with nearly five decades of pop and dance anthems, Cher announced she may have one project left to release. During an interview at theLondon’s Lyceum Theatre Monday in support of her new memoir, Cher: The Memoir, Part One, the singer said her next album is “probably my …
Read More »U.S. Border Agents Seize $18 Million of Fake Gibson Guitars
Right now, sitting in a nondescript warehouse in Carson, California, thousands of ornate Gibson guitars are piled up in dozens of stacks of cardboard boxes nearly seven feet high. Some of them look like the signature models for rock gods like Dave Grohl, Ace Frehley, or Zakk Wylde. Some even …
Read More »De La Soul Are Diluting Their Legacy
On November 21, De La Soul’s surviving members, Kelvin “Posdnous” Mercer and Vincent “DJ Maseo” Mason, shocked fans by denouncing Marcus J. Moore’s new biography, High and Rising: A Book About De La Soul across their social media accounts. “We’ve been receiving congratulatory messages about a book titled ‘High & …
Read More »Experts Weigh In on Drake's Legal Filings Against UMG: 'This Gets Nowhere Near Trial'
Drake’s taken the Kendrick Lamar beef from the court of public opinion to actual court. This week, Drake’s attorneys made a pair of legal filings that state their intent to find out if Universal Music Group, the parent company of his label Republic Records, sought to artificially boost the acclaim …
Read More »The Grateful Dead Were Discussing a Reunion With Phil Lesh Before His Death
The Grateful Dead were discussing the possibility of a reunion with Phil Lesh before the band’s co-founder and bassist died last month at the age of 84. The surviving members of the Dead — Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, and Mickey Hart — revealed Lesh’s desire to play with the group …
Read More »Peggy Caserta, Janis Joplin's Onetime Lover, Dead at 84
Peggy Caserta, a friend and onetime lover of Janis Joplin who wrote a pair of memoirs about the singer and their relationship, died at 84 on Thursday, Nov. 21. Caserta’s death was reported by Deadline, who, per Caserta’s book publisher, said the author died of “natural causes at her cabin …
Read More »Sean Combs Denied Bail for a Third Time
A judge denied Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs bail for a third time on Wednesday, after prosecutors accused the music mogul of trying to tamper with witnesses and using fellow inmates’ resources to contact third parties in an attempt to sway a potential jury pool —all from behind bars. The 55-year-old appeared …
Read More »J. Cole's Dreamville Sets Return for Fifth (and Final) Celebration
J. Cole‘s Dreamville Music Festival announced that it will return to North Carolina in 2025. The event is scheduled to celebrate its fifth anniversary during the weekend of April 5 and 6 at Raleigh’s Dorothea Dix Park. It is also its last, the festival announced on Tuesday, Dec. 10 via …
Read More »Taylor Swift Says Emotions 'Heightened' Before Last Eras Tour Shows
Taylor Swift wrapped her final Eras Tour show in Toronto over the weekend, and on Tuesday, the singer-songwriter took to social media to reflect on “the closing of the most extraordinary chapter of my life so far.” The 14-time Grammy winner called her run on shows in the city “incredible,” …
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