Music video director François Rousselet had to fake nearly 40 billboards on the Sunset Strip to create the Rolling Stones‘ new clip for “Angry,” the first single off their upcoming Hackney Diamonds album. Inspired by photographer Robert Landau’s 2016 book Rock ‘n’ Roll Billboards of the Sunset Strip — which …
Read More »Queen Latifah Leads Giants-Cowboys Game With Riveting National Anthem Performance
The New York Giants’ opening night didn’t exactly go as they hoped on Sunday, when they lost 40-0 in a game against the Dallas Cowboys. But the tri-state area still garnered a win when New Jersey-native Queen Latifah kicked off the night with a dazzling rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” …
Read More »Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Grandmaster Flash to Close 2023 MTV VMAs With Hip-Hop Tribute
MTV has planned a generation-spanning tribute performance in celebration of hip-hop‘s 50th anniversary for the 2023 Video Music Awards. On Tuesday night, the awards ceremony will conclude with a grand finale performance from Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, LL Cool J, Doug E. Fresh, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, and Grandmaster Flash and …
Read More »Zach Bryan Tops Album Chart for Second Consecutive Week
Zach Bryan‘s self-titled fourth album remains the Number One album on Billboard’s Top 200 album chart for a second consecutive week. With over 141 million streams according to Luminate, which powers the Billboard charts, it was the top streaming album of last week, and the album sold another 3,500 units. …
Read More »Maluma Catches a Crutch (and Dances With It) After Fan Throws It Onstage
I thought we were done throwing shit at artists? Over the weekend, a video of Maluma catching a crutch (that’s right, a crutch) midair while performing “Mojando Asientos” went viral. In the video, originally taken on Aug. 31 during a stop in Sacramento, Maluma is seen singing the Feid collab’s …
Read More »Tommy Hilfiger on His Magazine Collection, Working With SZA, and Bringing Hip-Hop to London
Last year, Tommy Hilfiger returned to New York Fashion Week in Brooklyn after a three-year hiatus — and hasn’t taken the foot off the gas since. This year, head honcho Tommy Jacob Hilfiger and SZA hosted a brunch to celebrate the brand’s Fall 2023 campaign, which stars the Grammy-winner, her …
Read More »RM Shares Heartfelt Letter With BTS ARMY Celebrating His 29th Birthday
In true Virgo fashion, RM has flipped the outpouring of celebration for his 29th birthday into an existential reflection on what it means to love. The BTS member published a moving message to ARMY via WeVerse as he moves into the final year of his twenties. In it, the musician …
Read More »Jimmy Buffett's Wife Pens Message Thanking His Fans: 'The World's Most Joyful Community'
Jimmy Buffett’s wife penned a message Saturday to the Parrotheads thanking them for their support following his death. “As Jimmy said a few months ago, ‘growing old is not for sissies.’ These last few years have been unimaginably challenging for Jimmy and me, and we’re definitely not sissies,” Jane Slagsvol …
Read More »Warren Haynes Started Gov't Mule as an Allmans Side Project. 30 Years Later It's Still Kicking
In a simple twist of fate, when Warren Haynes was toying around with what to call the new Gov’t Mule album, the singer, guitarist, and former member of the Allman Brothers found himself in a conversation about Paul Simon with Evan Bakke, chief engineer at the recording studio Power Station …
Read More »Lil Nas X's Documentary Premiere Briefly Delayed by Bomb Threat at Toronto Film Festival
The premiere of Lil Nas X’s documentary at the Toronto Film Festival was briefly delayed Saturday after someone called in a bomb threat. However, after the threat was deemed not credible, the screening — which the rapper attended — continued as planned, albeit after a “slight delay.” Lil Nas X: …
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