Neil Young played his first full show of the year Friday night at a special benefit for Ontario’s Lakefield College School on the campus grounds. It was a frigid, rainy night, and tickets cost upwards of $1,500, with all the money going towards the restoration of a 116-year-old cottage near …
Read More »Morgan Wallen Scores Third Album to Debut at Top of Albums Chart With 'I'm the Problem'
Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem bows at Number One on the Billboard 200 chart. The country star’s latest LP is also the year’s biggest album debut to date, with 493,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. for the week ending May 22, Billboard reports. I’m the Problem is Wallen’s …
Read More »Britney Spears Admits to Lighting a Cigarette on a Flight, Apologizes
Britney Spears has admitted to lighting a cigarette while on a plane. On May 22, while on a charter plane flight, Spears lit a cigarette mid-flight. She reportedly put it out at the request of flight attendants and authorities issued a warning to the pop star at the airport once …
Read More »Sean Combs Trial: Kid Cudi Testifies, 'Diddy-Bopping,' and Obama-Shaped Ecstasy Pills
Follow all our Sean Combs trial coverage The second week of Sean Combs’ criminal trial brought another celebrity witness to the stand: Kid Cudi, who testified Combs stood posed like a “Marvel supervillain” when he confronted the jealous hip-hop mogul over his car being firebombed in 2012. The alleged arson …
Read More »Julión Álvarez Postpones Texas Stadium Show Over Alleged Visa Cancellation
Julión Álvarez y Su Norteño Banda have cancelled their Saturday show near Dallas, after the singer claimed that his visa was allegedly revoked. On Friday, Álvarez announced the news on Instagram, saying the stage had already been set up at AT&T Stadium for the sold-out concert, but he was notified …
Read More »D'Angelo Cancels Roots Picnic Performance Over Medical Issue
D’Angelo announced on Friday evening that he would not be performing at this year’s Roots Picnic in Philadelphia. The singer shared his “disappointment” in an Instagram post on the Roots Picnic’s social media. D’Angelo wrote that due to an “unforeseen medical delay” following a surgery he had earlier this year, …
Read More »Sacha Jenkins, Director and Hip-Hop Journalist, Dead at 53
Sacha Jenkins, the hip-hop journalist, filmmaker, and historian who co-founded the seminal Nineties magazine Ego Trip, died on Friday. He was 53. Rolling Stone has confirmed Jenkins’ death. Jenkins’ wife, Raquel Cepeda, toldThe Hollywood Reporter that the cause was complications from multiple system atrophy. Jenkins’ output was multifaceted and vast. …
Read More »Famed Black Sabbath Cover Model Raffling Autograph for Cat Rescue
“What is this that stands before me?” Well, it might not be Louisa Livingstone, the witchy-looking woman on the cover of Black Sabbath’s 1970 self-titled debut album, but she is at least willing to give you her autograph — for charity. The former actress and model is raffling her autograph …
Read More »See Justin Bieber Join SZA for Surprise 'Snooze' Performance in Los Angeles
Justin Bieber made a surprise (and increasingly rare) onstage appearance Friday when he popped up during SZA’s set Friday during the Grand National Tour’s stop at Inglewood, California’s SoFi Stadium. Following a trying couple of months that included since-denied Diddy rumors, a report about his “financial distress,” and concerning social …
Read More »Kneecap Play First Shows Since Terror Charge: 'They Tried to Stop This Gig'
Kneecapplayed their first gigs since member Mo Chara was charged with a terror offense in London this week, alleging that authorities tried to cancel the shows. Earlier in the week, Chara – real name Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh – waschargedwith a terror offenseafter he allegedly displayed a Hezbollah flag onstage …
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