A documentary about John Lydon, the frontman of Public Image Ltd. and former Sex Pistols frontman, will be getting a wide release next month. The Public Image Is Rotten tells how the singer picked himself up after the dissolution of the Pistols and formed the post-punk band he refers to …
Read More »See Carrie Underwood Talk Fall, Recovery in First TV Interview Since Accident
Carrie Underwood gave her first television interview since suffering a surgery-requiring fall in November. On Thursday morning, the “Cry Pretty” singer chatted with the Today Show‘s Hoda Kotb about the incident, which left her with a broken wrist and more than 40 stitches on her face. Underwood described the ordeal …
Read More »Mastodon, Dinosaur Jr. Plot Joint Summer Tour
Mastodon and Dinosaur Jr. announced a joint North American summer tour. The prog-metal and alt-rock bands scheduled 13 dates for the U.S. and Canada – running from September 1st in Edmonton, Alberta through September 19th in Hamilton, Ontario. A fan club pre-sale for both bands begins May 1st at 10 …
Read More »Review: Willie Nelson's 'Last Man Standing' Satirizes Slow March of Time
“Heaven is closed/And hell’s overcrowded,” Willie Nelson sings on his new album. “So I think I’ll just stay where I am.” Just one year after his unsuspecting opus God’s Problem Child, Nelson, 84, is back with Last Man Standing, the latest in his series of late-career ruminations helmed by producer …
Read More »Watch Kylie Minogue Flaunt Country Pop Hit 'Dancing' on 'Seth Meyers'
Following the April 6th release of her daring country pop album, Golden, Australian pop queen Kylie Minogue paid a quick visit to New York on Wednesday night, performing on ‘Late Night with Seth Meyers.’ Donning a golden floor-length dress, the singer performed her lead single, the honky-tonk disco gem “Dancing,” …
Read More »See Blake Shelton, 'Voice' Team Sing Sam and Dave's 'I Thank You'
As Season 14 of The Voice chugs along towards the finale, coaches Alicia Keys, Kelly Clarkson, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton took a break on Tuesday to join their teams on the stage. For the live Top 11 episode, Team Blake performed soul duo Sam & Dave’s 1968 single “I …
Read More »John Legend, Sara Bareilles Swap Creative Process Stories
“I have to say, I have never in my life experienced someone who is as unflappable as John Legend,” Sara Bareilles told a crowd at the Tribeca Film Festival Thursday night at New York’s School of Visual Arts. Bareilles was in the midst of an hour-long conversation with Legend, her …
Read More »Prince Death Investigation Closed With No Criminal Charges Filed
Carver County Attorney Mark Metz announced on Thursday that he would close his investigation into the death of Princewithout filing any criminal charges. “For the past two years, law enforcement… has conducted an extensive, painstaking and thorough investigation into Prince‘s death,” he said during a press conference. “That investigation determined …
Read More »Fyre Festival: Docuseries on Disastrous Event in the Works at Hulu
The story of the disastrous Fyre Festival will be told in an upcoming docuseries that Hulu will stream in 2019. The Cinemart – the production company behind Jay-Z’s Time: The Kalief Browder Story and Rest In Power: The Trayvon Martin Story – will develop the project alongside Billboard and Mic. …
Read More »Read Heart's Ann Wilson on Moody Blues' Rock Hall of Fame Induction
When Heart frontwoman Ann Wilson reflected on the Moody Blues in an article for Rolling Stone earlier this year, she did not hold back. “The Moody Blues have meant a lot in my soul over the years,” she said. “They are an original – the real thing. It is my …
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