After spending the last couple of years on the road commemorating their 2003 album Transatlanticism, Death Cab for Cutie have announced a four-gig run celebrating the 20th anniversary of their 2005 album, Plans. The short trek will kick off Aug. 2 with a hometown show at Climate Pledge Arena in …
Read More »Kanye West's Swastika T-Shirt Website Removed Following Backlash
Kanye West‘s Yeezy website, which as of yesterday only sold a t-shirt with a large swastika on it, has been removed. On Tuesday, a Shopify spokesperson confirmed to Rolling Stone that it had taken down the rapper’s website for violating its terms. “All merchants are responsible for following the rules …
Read More »Avril Lavigne Will Be Rockin' Up Warped Tour This Summer
Avril Lavigne is hitting the Vans Warped Tour for the first time ever. The singer will make her festival debut at the Washington D.C. stop in June. “This summer I’ll be on the second round of my Greatest Hits Tour, so it worked out perfectly to hit up the Warped …
Read More »The Kooks Unveil North American Dates of All Over the World Tour
The Kooks announced the North American leg of their All Over the World Tour this summer. The band will embark on their trek following the release of their upcoming album Never/Know on May 9. The 16-show tour will launch in Montreal followed by a concert in Toronto, before heading to …
Read More »Kanye West's Talent Agency Drops Him After Antisemitic, Pro-Diddy Remarks
Kanye West was dropped by his talent agency following the controversial rapper’s meltdown on social media over the weekend, which included selling a swastika T-shirt, making a string of antisemitic remarks, and posting several pornographic videos to his feed. Daniel McCartney, who works as a talent agent at 33&West, said …
Read More »Spike Lee Thanks Kendrick Lamar for 'Chi-Raq' Tribute in Super Bowl Show
Spike Lee, like millions of other Americans, tuned in to the Super Bowl halftime show to watch Kendrick Lamar‘s history-making spectacle. As Lee reflected on the Pulitzer-Prize winning artist’s show, the first rapper to headline the coveted mid-game performance, he drew parallels to his own film work. Samuel L. Jackson, …
Read More »A$AP Rocky Tour Manager Claims Missing Prop Gun Returned to Music Video Co-Director
A$AP Rocky’s longtime tour manager appeared atthe rapper’s gun assault trial in Los AngelesMonday and claimed he knows what happened to the purported prop pistol Rocky said he fired during an argument with a former friend on a Hollywood street corner three years ago. Louis Levin told jurors that two …
Read More »Vince Neil's Private Plane Involved in Deadly Crash
A plane owned by Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil crashed into another jet that was parked in Arizona on Monday, according to a spokesperson for Scottsdale Airport. One person reportedly died as a result of the crash, while four others were injured. The Learjet 35A, on its way from Austin, …
Read More »Patti Smith Announces 'Horses' 50th Anniversary Tour
Patti Smith will perform her debut album Horses in fullon tour to celebrate the LP’s 50 anniversary. The tour will feature feature guitarist Lenny Kaye and drummer Jay Dee Daugherty, both of whom played on the original 1975 recording. The anniversary trek will kick off on Oct. 6 at Dublin’s …
Read More »Bon Iver Returns With First Solo Album in Six Years
Bon Iver is back. The band, which started as a solo project for frontman Justin Vernon, will release their first full-length album since 2019’s I,I. Titled SABLE, fABLE, the new album is set for release on April 11. Last fall, Bon Iver previewed the full-length project with the Sable, EP, …
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