Twenty-six years ago, Bruce Springsteen not only teamed up with his longtime buddy Joe Grushecky to produce his LP American Babylon, but he also joined his band the Houserockers for a series of special club gigs they dubbed the October Assault Tour. Bootlegs of those shows have circulated in Springsteen …
Read More »Watch Allison Russell and Jason Isbell Duet on 'Stop Draggin' My Heart Around'
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit played night six of their eight-night Ryman Auditorium residency on Friday and featured Allison Russell opening the show with songs from her solo album Outside Child. During Russell’s set, Isbell popped onstage to be the Tom Petty to Russell’s Stevie Nicks on a cover …
Read More »Flashback: Neil Young and Crazy Horse Play an Epic 'Down by the River' in 1976
Neil Young and Crazy Horse rolled out their new single “Song of the Seasons” earlier this month. It will appear on their upcoming album, Barn, which is landing on December 10th. “We love this record and hope you do too,” Young wrote online. “Things are so different today with the …
Read More »Grumpy Old Spacemen: George Takei Mocks William Shatner Over Space Flight
George Takei didn’t let a little thing like interstellar travel dampen his long-fiery feud with his former Star Trek co-star William Shatner. The actor who portrayed Sulu on the series mocked Captain Kirk over the latter’s trip to space Wednesday aboard a Blue Origin craft. Speaking to Page Six after …
Read More »Texas Republican Allen West, While Hospitalized for Covid, Doubles Down on Anti-Vaxx Rhetoric
Former Republican congressman and current Texas gubernatorial candidate Allen West, who is unvaccinated, unleashed a string of tweets bashing vaccines and mandates while he was hospitalized for Covid-19. On Saturday and Sunday, West’s Twitter account announced that his wife, Angela, had tested positive for Covid-19. While his wife is vaccinated, …
Read More »Tears and Fears: Ben Platt on the Private Hell of Being Evan Hansen
Ben Platt will cry tonight. This is not a prediction or a guesstimation, but rather a statement of inevitable fact, and it is in keeping with what one may have come to expect from Ben Platt. If there is an actor who has made a career of an impressive command …
Read More »Radiohead Go Businessman-Hunting in New Video for 'If You Say the Word'
Radiohead have paired their unearthed Kid A/Amnesiac song “If You Say the Word” with a new video directed by Norwegian filmmaker Kasper Häggström. The visual features a group of men who go on the hunt to abduct people in black suits gazing out into nature; upon capture, the well-attired businesspeople …
Read More »Monica Lewinsky Talks Being 'Patient Zero' for Cancel Culture in '15 Minutes of Shame' Trailer
Monica Lewinsky helps guide an investigation into the nuances of cancel culture in the new trailer for the upcoming documentary, 15 Minutes of Shame, premiering October 7th on HBO Max. Lewinsky executive-produced the doc alongside Max Joseph, who also directed, and in the trailer’s opening moments, Lewinsky explains her involvement …
Read More »Lady Gaga Taps Charli XCX, Rina Sawayama for 'Dawn of Chromatica' Remix Album
Lady Gaga will follow-up the release of Chromatica with a remix of the album, out September 3rd via Interscope. The Dawn of Chromatica tracklist features contributions from Charli XCX and A.G. Cook (“911,” which Gaga recently dropped the virtual reality video for), Rina Sawayama (“Free Woman”), and others. The remix …
Read More »Bob Odenkirk Grateful for 'Outpouring of Love' After Suffering 'Small Heart Attack'
UPDATE (7/30):Bob Odenkirk offered an update on his health after suffering what he described as “a small heart attack” while filmingBetter Call Saul. “Hi. It’s Bob,” Odenkirk wrote on Twitter. “Thank you. To my family and friends who have surrounded me this week. And for the outpouring of love from …
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