Foo Fighters have scheduled a pair of tribute concerts to late drummer Taylor Hawkins, marking their first live appearances since Hawkins’ death in March. The band announced the shows on Instagram Wednesday. The first will take place Sept. 3 at Wembley Stadium in London, while the second will be held …
Read More »Abortion Is Legal in This State. That's Not Stopping These Rogue Prosecutors
MACOMB COUNTY, Michigan — Renee Chelian was on the first vacation she’d taken since Roe’s reversal when she learned one of the abortion clinics she operates was suddenly under legal threat. First, Chelian called her attorneys. Next, a conference call with her doctors. “The patients are terrified, they don’t know …
Read More »Sex Workers Say Reddit Is Quietly Banning Them
Vanniall has been using Reddit for the past seven years, since she initially started her account in 2015. At first, she used it largely for fun, checking out subreddits like r/nosleep every night before bed and also fan subreddits for games like Elden Ring to get tips about gameplay. But …
Read More »Greg Dulli on Assembling the Afghan Whigs in Isolation and Missing Mark Lanegan
Greg Dulli lives alone in Los Angeles, but when he picks up the phone, there are voices and music on the other end of the line. “I got to get it together a little bit,” he says as he moves from room to room, silencing radios playing his favorite French …
Read More »Kid Cudi Says It'll 'Take a Motherf-king Miracle' to Mend Kanye West Friendship
Kid Cudi opened all the way up about the disintegration of his friendship with Kanye West, tellingEsquire it would “take a motherfucking miracle for me and that man to be friends again.” The two artists have been closely linked for over a decade, working closely on various projects, including the …
Read More »Elon Musk, Self-Professed Centrist, Speaks at MAGA Donor Event
Tesla billionaire and Twitter non-purchaser Elon Musk spoke at Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s GOP retreat in Wyoming on Tuesday for a no-press “fireside chat,” according to Fox News. Musk has waffled on his political leanings in the past, but the billionaire has recently taken a turn towards camaraderie with …
Read More »John Waters on the Truth About Lying and How He's Avoided Cancel Culture
Filmmaker John Waters, the proud “Pope of Trash,” is no stranger to weird questions. But at a recent audience Q&A when someone asked him, “How did you avoid getting cancer?” he was flummoxed. “I thought, ‘I did smoke, I’m 76 — I guess it is a fair question,’” he says …
Read More »Meet Andrew Tate, the Ex-Kickboxer Red-Pilling the Angry Young Men of America
Don’t Let This Flopis released Wednesdays on all audio streaming platforms, includingApplePodcasts,Spotify,Amazon Music,Stitcherandmore. Ever since Gamergate, there’s been a rapidly growing audience of disaffected young men rejected by society, desperately seeking for answers from the latest shaven, muscle-bound podcast guru. More often than not, this guru gives them a convenient …
Read More »Mike Campbell and Margo Price Get Lost in the Desert in New 'State of Mind' Video
Singer-guitarist Mike Campbell gets an assist from country singer Margo Price in the new video for “State of Mind.” The track, which features Price’s backing vocals, appears on Campbell and his band the Dirty Knobs’ 2022 album External Combustion. A jangling midtempo number, “State of Mind” wraps a bitter lyric …
Read More »Kelly Clarkson Takes 'Kellyoke' on the Road as She Searches for the 'Greatest Voices' in America
Kelly Clarkson knows what it takes to win a competition show — and now, she’s (kinda) hosting her own. On Tuesday, the singer announced she’s taking her talk show’s “Kellyoke” segment — where she covers her favorite songs, both old and new — on the road to welcome others to …
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