Former Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie appeared onThe Late Show With Stephen Colbert Thursday night, where he and the host debated Christie’s recent advisory role to President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign. “I might like you someday, and this is seriously endangering the possibility that that will happen,” Colbert quipped. …
Read More »Rolling Stones to Open Flagship Store in London
The Rolling Stones have announced plans to open a “world exclusive” flagship store on London’s Carnaby Street this fall. The band and Universal Music’s merchandising branch Bravado have partnered on “RS No. 9 Carnaby,” which will feature exclusive new fashion and merchandise at the store in the Soho area of …
Read More »Frank Zappa's Halloween 1981 Gigs Focus of New Box Set
Frank Zappa’s Halloween 1981 residency at New York’s Palladium will feature in the upcoming 6-CD box set Halloween 81, the latest entry in a series of collections dedicated to the guitar great’s legendary All Hallows Eve gigs. Zappa Records and UMe — which previously released Halloween 77 in 2017 and …
Read More »Willie Nelson Remakes 'On the Road Again' With ACM New Artist Nominees
Willie Nelson has recorded a new version of his classic hit “On the Road Again” with an all-star cast of rising country performers. The remake, dubbed the “ACM Lifting Lives Version,” was released Thursday, with the video to follow on Friday, August 14th. Nelson is joined on the song by …
Read More »Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani Release New Collaboration 'Happy Anywhere'
Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani sing of domestic contentment in the upbeat new single “Happy Anywhere,” released on Friday. The collaborative tune is the follow-up single to the celebrity couple’s Number One country duet “Nobody But You.” Clocking in at a tight two minutes and 50 seconds, “Happy Anywhere” was …
Read More »USC to Remove John Wayne Exhibit After Students Protest Actor's Racist Remarks
A University of Southern California exhibit dedicated to John Wayne will be removed from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts following a student-led protest that decried the actor’s history of racism and homophobia. “Conversations about systemic racism in our cultural institutions along with the recent global, civil uprising by the Black …
Read More »Official Grateful Dead Podcast Examines Creation of 'Workingman's Dead'
The Grateful Dead have launched an official podcast that will first examine the creation of the band’s 1970 LP Workingman’s Dead. The Good Ol’ Grateful Deadcast, available on all podcast platforms, is hosted by musician Rich Mahan and rock journalist Jesse Jarnow. Each episode of the first season will focus …
Read More »Emma Swift Drops Mystic Cover of Bob Dylan's 'Queen Jane Approximately'
Gearing up for the release of Blonde on the Tracks, her album of Bob Dylan covers, Emma Swift has dropped a tender rendition of “Queen Jane Approximately.” A highlight from 1965’s Highway 61 Revisited, Swift’s cover showcases her delicate vocals over a 12-string Rickenbacker guitar. The video, which features animation …
Read More »Miss Eurovision This Year? Will Ferrell Comes to the Rescue
Who wouldn’t want to shake off the pandemic blues with a hilariously, unapologetically stupid Will Ferrell farce? Expectations were high for Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, a stupidly long title in which Ferrell plays the none-too-bright Lars Erickssong, an Icelandic pop singer whose life dream is to …
Read More »'I Am Not Your Negro' and 13 Other Social Justice Films Available to Stream Online For Free
As protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement continue to spark action across the country, some of the biggest movie studios in Hollywood have made a number of films about social justice and racism available to stream online for free. Warner Bros. was the first to jump on …
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