Bruce Springsteen, fresh off his annual chance to tell a few dirty jokes, will head to The Tonight Show next week for a special run of shows in support of his new covers album, Only the Strong Survive (out this Friday, Nov. 11). The “takeover” will kick off Monday, Nov. …
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It all started with pizza. Mike Birbiglia went on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert and shared how he was chosen by Taylor Swift to play the role of her “nightmare” son in the “Anti-Hero” music video. “It was just a flukey thing,” Birbiglia started, saying he connected with the …
Read More »How iLe Made Herself Whole in a Broken World
Stepping onstage at Brooklyn’s Public Records one night late in October, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Ileana Cabra carried herself delicately, dressed like an indie Alice in Wonderland in a puff-sleeved mini dress. The artist, who goes by iLe, was getting ready to serenade the crowd with her brassy voice while performing …
Read More »Christine and the Queens' New Pop Opera 'Redcar' Is the Beginning of Something Special
Christine and the Queens‘ frontperson, Chris, has spent most of his life yearning for simplicity — to understand his own sexuality and gender but longing mostly for the simplest emotion: love. Unfortunately for Chris, yearning is what he does best. That anxious feeling is what makes his music so invigorating. …
Read More »'I'm Living in All of It': Why Tyler, the Creator Uses His Watch and Car Collections When He Feels Like It
Tyler the Collector, if you will. Cars, magazines, trunks, records, and bikes are just some of the items that Tyler the Creator collects — and the rapper doesn’t just let his items sit in a garage or on a shelf collecting dust. No, he uses them however and whenever he …
Read More »Zayn Malik Urges UK Prime Minister to Expand Free School Meals
In an open letter to U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Zayn Malik called for government support to provide free school meals to all children living in poverty. The former One Direction member shared his own experiences growing up in Bradford, England and relying on free school meals. He addressed the …
Read More »Spice Girls (Minus Mel B) Reunite at Geri Halliwell's 50th Birthday Party
Ginger, Posh, Sporty, and Baby Spice are back together again! On Monday, David Beckham shared a joyful video of (most of) the Spice Girls — Victoria Beckham, Melanie Chisholm, and Emma Bunton — celebrating Geri Halliwell’s 50th birthday over the weekend. In the clip, the former members — except for …
Read More »Why Alanis Morissette Dropped Out of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Performance
Alanis Morissette took to Instagram to respond to “mis-informed rumblings” surrounding her absence from a performance at Saturday’sRock and Roll Hall of Fameceremony. Morissette was set to perform “You’re So Vain” with Olivia Rodrigo as a tribute to inductee Carly Simon. While Variety reported that Morissette was at rehearsals on …
Read More »'Weird Al' Yankovic Performs a Medley of His Greatest Hits With Classroom Instruments on 'Fallon'
“Werid Al” Yankovic may not unsure about whether or not he’ll be releasing many more parody songs in his career, but his catalog has enough of them to last a lifetime. On the latest episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the musician performed a victory lap medley of …
Read More »Nikki Lane Will Smoke Your Joints and Sip Your Bourbon. Just Don't Tell Her When to Stop
When Nikki Lane was in eighth grade in Greenville, South Carolina, her basketball coach approached the chalkboard and scribbled “Complacency Kills” for her and her fellow middle-schoolers to digest. It lit a fire under the future country singer. “Oh, that just burned me,” Lane tells Rolling Stone. “I grew up …
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