One of the numerous sexual assault lawsuits filed again Sean “Diddy” Combs was dismissed on Monday. The Jane Doe had claimed the disgraced music mogul attempted to sexually assault her during a 1995 party in New York City, and that Combs hit her when she refused his advances. Her attorney, …
Read More »Miley Cyrus Raises the Curtain on Pop Opera 'Something Beautiful' With 'Prelude' Video
Miley Cyrus doesn’t make an appearance in the video for her latest release “Prelude” until the final minute. For the first 90 seconds of the visual she directed with Jacob Bixenman and Brendan Walter, the focus is locked on her voice as she delivers a spoken-word soliloquy. Consider the curtain …
Read More »Kid Rock Joins Trump for Executive Order Limiting Ticket Scalping
President Donald Trump signed an executive order today that takes aim at ticket scalpers and “rent-seeking behaviors surrounding the ticketing industry.” The order denounced scalpers for using “bots and other unfair means to acquire large quantities of face-value tickets” and reselling them at “an enormous markup on the secondary market, …
Read More »'SNL': Watch Morgan Wallen Perform 'I'm The Problem,' 'Just In Case'
Morgan Wallen appeared on Saturday Night Live to perform two tracks from his forthcoming album, I’m the Problem. Wallen, marking his second musical guest spot on the late night show, opened with the title track, and followed it up with “Just In Case.” Since January, Wallen has been teasing or …
Read More »Alison Krauss Says Billy Strings and Sierra Ferrell Are Keeping 'Those Old Songs Alive'
When Alison Krauss was kicking around ideas on what to name her latest album with Union Station, the eureka moment came while on the phone with a friend, who just happened to be on their way to play a church gig in a tiny Louisiana town called Arcadia. “I’m like, …
Read More »Inside the 'Garden State' 20th Anniversary Concert: See the Shins and Iron & Wine Perform
It sounded like 2004, back on the plane with Andrew Largeman. The sun had already gone down over Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre on Saturday night for the sold-out Garden State 20th Anniversary Concert, when the curtains opened and Zach Braff stood on stage underneath a spotlight as the Prayer to …
Read More »The Secret History of Nineties Lollapalooza
Before Lollapalooza became just another giant festival, it was a culture-shaking Nineties traveling carnival that helped define the thing we used to call “alternative.”Key moments in the careers of Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails, Ice-T, Green Day, Rage Against the Machine, Courtney Love, and many more played out on its …
Read More »I'm 73. Heavy Metal Just Changed My Life
In November, just after the election from hell, I became a metalhead. It was an accident, but it’s too late to reverse course now. Before saying more about that, I want to step back in time. By about 60 years. During most of those years, I was good at keeping …
Read More »Camila Cabello Felt 'Crushed' About Charli XCX Comparisons After 'I Luv It'
It’s almost been a year since Camila Cabello launched her album C, XOXO with her hyper-pop, left-of-center single “I Luv It.” At first, it was hated by many, but now, it’s becoming somewhat of a cult favorite. In a new interview with Dork Magazine Friday, Cabello admitted she felt “hurt” …
Read More »Sean Kingston and His Mother Found Guilty of Fraud
Sean Kingston and his mother Janice Turner have been found guilty of federal charges stemming from more than $1 million in wire fraud. The decision came Friday after a 3-hour deliberation by the jury, per NBC News. Turner must stay in federal custody until her July sentencing while Kingston will …
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