Julia Louis-Dreyfus said she feels “good” and “strong” since returning to the set of Veep less than one year after revealing that she’d been diagnosed with breast cancer. In an interview with The Associated Press, Louis-Dreyfus said it felt “fantastic” to be working again, adding, “I feel good. I feel …
Read More »Flashback: Michael Jackson Talks 'Thriller,' Parenting in 50th-Birthday Interview
Michael Jackson was born 60 years ago today. Ten years ago, in advance of turning 50, Jackson gave a brief but revealing interview to Good Morning America‘s Chris Connelly, in which he discussed his favorite career moments, his parenting style, his thoughts on younger artists and more. The 2008 conversation …
Read More »Dickey Betts Postpones Upcoming Concerts After Suffering 'Mild Stroke'
Dickey Betts has postponed his upcoming concerts after the former Allman Brothers Band guitarist suffered what doctors diagnosed as a “mild stroke.” “Yesterday, after describing to his physicians certain post-stroke repercussions, [Betts] was strongly advised to give himself more time to recuperate,” the Dickey Betts Band’s website alerted fans. “Doctors …
Read More »David Crosby Unveils U.S. Fall Tour
David Crosby will tour the U.S. this fall with his Lighthouse Band, kicking off the five-week run on November 2nd at Seattle’s Neptune Theatre. The trek will wrap on December 8th at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY. Tickets for the tour will go on sale this Friday, August …
Read More »Eric Clapton Readies First Christmas Album 'Happy Xmas'
Eric Clapton has announced his first Christmas album Happy Xmas, a collection of seasonal songs that arrives this October. “I had in my head that these holiday songs could be done with a slight blues tinge, and I started to figure out how to play the blues lines in between …
Read More »Coheed and Cambria's Claudio Sanchez on Resuming 'The Amory Wars'
“What we’re doing is weird,” Claudio Sanchez admits with a belly laugh. He’s referring to “The Amory Wars,” the gargantuan sci-fi saga that his band, prog-rock quartet Coheed and Cambria, have unfurled over the last 16 years. “Concept records in themselves are not weird, but for a band to continue …
Read More »Review: Nicki Minaj Protects Her Crown on 'Queen'
On her first album in three and a half years, Nicki Minaj comes out swinging. “Unlike a lot of these hoes, whether wack or lit/At least I can say I wrote every rap I spit,” she charges on “Ganja Burns.” Queen is littered with subliminal disses, and though she doesn’t …
Read More »On the Charts: Travis Scott's 'Astroworld' Dethrones Drake to Take Number One
Travis Scott‘s Astroworld ended Drake’s five-week reign atop the Billboard 200 on the strength of the second-best sales week of 2018. Astroworld – the Houston rapper’s second Number One album following 2016’s Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight – sold 537,000 total copies in its first week of release, Billboard …
Read More »Beach Boys, Brian Wilson to Reunite for SiriusXM 'Town Hall'
The Beach Boys‘ classic lineup – including Brian Wilson – will reunite for a special Q&A session moderated by director Rob Reiner that will air August 10th at 5 p.m. ET/PT on the band’s SiriusXM channel, Good Vibrations. The “Town Hall” event marks a rare live appearance for founding members …
Read More »Hear Florence and the Machine Cover Fleetwood Mac's 'Silver Springs'
Florence and the Machine pay tribute toFleetwood Mac,a crucial influence, with a stripped-down cover of “Silver Springs” that was recorded during a special radio session for The Spectrum at the SiriusXM Studios. Singer Florence Welch commands the track with her fluttering vibrato, occasionally adopting a light twang as she channels …
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