Green Day put the censors to work Saturday at the 2020 NHL All-Star Game as Billie Joe Armstrong dropped a series of f-bombs during the televised performance. The band, which agreed to a multi-year partnership with the NHL and debuted their track “Fire, Ready, Aim” as an NHL promo earlier …
Read More »Jessie Reyez Announces Debut Album, Shares 'Love in the Dark'
Grammy-nominated artist Jessie Reyez has announced her debut album, Before Love Came to Kill Us, due out March 27th via FMLY and Island Records. On Thursday, she shared a new single from the LP, “Love in the Dark,” with a Se Oh-directed video featuring Reyez submerging herself in a star-covered lake and …
Read More »Juice WRLD's Death Ruled an Accidental Overdose
According to a statement released by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office on Wednesday, Juice WRLD’s December 8th death was caused by a drug overdose. The autopsy determined that the 21-year-old rapper “died as a result of oxycodone and codeine toxicity.” The autopsy also confirms that Higgins’ death was an …
Read More »Daryl Hall & John Oates Announce 2020 Tour
Daryl Hall and John Oates are hitting the road this spring and summer for a tour of North American amphitheaters and they are bringing Squeeze and KT Tunstall along for the ride. After a series of sporadic warm-up dates across February, March, and May, the proper tour begins May 29th …
Read More »Oprah Winfrey Exits Documentary About Russell Simmons' Alleged Sexual Assaults
UPDATE: HBO Max has acquired U.S. rights to Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering’s On the Record, following the documentary’s premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. “Kirby and I are so proud to be teaming with HBO Max to give this film the outstanding platform it deserves and can’t wait …
Read More »Hailee Steinfeld Gets Up Close and Personal in 'Wrong Direction' Video
Hailee Steinfeld has shared the video for her new single “Wrong Direction,” directed by Alexandre Moors (Miley Cyrus’s “Slide Away,” Kendrick Lamar’s “i”). The stark clip features only a few close-up shots of Steinfeld, naked and in a fetal position inside a bathtub. From there, she delivers an emotional performance …
Read More »Rock and Roll Exposure: See Ethan Russell's Legendary Photographs of John Lennon, the Rolling Stones, and More
Ethan Russell remembers getting a call from writer Jonathan Cott in 1968. “He said, ‘Do you want to photograph my next interview?’” says Russell, who had at that point photographed only one band: psychedelic San Francisco band Blue Cheer. Cott’s interview happened to be with Mick Jagger for Rolling Stone. …
Read More »Michael Stipe Unveils Video for Second Solo Song 'Drive to the Ocean'
Michael Stipe celebrated his 60th birthday Saturday with the release of “Drive to the Ocean,” the former R.E.M. singer’s second new song in three months following a long musical dormancy. Stipe also shared the video he directed for his second-ever solo single. Like his previous track “Your Capricious Soul,” Stipe …
Read More »Remaining Nirvana Members to Reunite at Heaven Gala
Most of Nirvana will reunite at The Art of Elysium’s annual Heaven Is Rock and Roll gala in Los Angeles, Saturday January 4th. Dave Grohl will perform with Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear, with additional performances by Beck, St. Vincent, Marilyn Manson, L7, Cheap Trick and Grohl’s daughter, Violet. The …
Read More »George Michael's Sister Dies on Third Anniversary of Singer's Death
Three years to the day after the death of George Michael, the singer’s sister Melanie Panayiotou has died. The siblings’ older sister, Yioda, found Melanie on Wednesday, the evening of Christmas Day, and notified the London ambulance service. Melanie, a hairdresser and makeup artist who shared the responsibilities for Michael’s …
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