The Oscars this year was a big night for both Queen and a certain pop superstar whose pseudonym was inspired by the band’s “Radio Ga Ga”: The Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody and Lady Gaga‘s Bradley Cooper-directed triumph A Star Is Born each took home Academy Awards on Sunday. Meanwhile, Queen’s …
Read More »
Lady Gaga and Madonna have had a notoriously rocky relationship for a decade now. Now that Gaga has an Oscar for “Shallow” under her belt, the tides may have changed: the pair posed for a loving photograph together at Madonna’s Oscars after-party. Related: 20 Best, Worst and Most WTF Oscars …
Read More »
Following a bail hearing Saturday, R. Kelly spent a second night in jail after the singer failed to pay the $100,000 needed to bond out prior to his trial. Kelly turned himself in to Chicago police Friday night after being charged with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. The …
Read More »
International charity concert “Venezuela Aid Live” kicked off Friday morning on the Colombian border town of Cúcuta, which sits on the Venezuelan border. Sponsored by Virgin Group CEO Richard Branson, as well as Colombian transportation mogul Bruno Ocampo, the humanitarian fundraiser was inspired by Bob Geldof’s Eighties ‘Live Aid’ telethons. …
Read More »
While on tour in 1967, the Monkees stopped at a store in Cleveland and were shocked to find that a new album was for sale with their name on it. Overseen by music supervisor Don Kirshner,More of the Monkees was rush-released amid the chaos of Monkeemania, a mere three months …
Read More »
The 1975 scored two 2019 Brit Awards, British Group and the highest honor of Album of the Year for A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships, on Wednesday. Singer Matty Healy said they were “humbled” when winning the latter, but it was during their acceptance speech for British Group where he …
Read More »
Matchbox Twenty’s Rob Thomas unveiled a thunderous, life-affirming new song, “One Less Day (Dying Young),” from his forthcoming solo record, Chip Tooth Smile, out April 26th. “One Less Day” was produced by Butch Walker and boasts a steady gallop of drums and chugging guitars, over which Thomas delivers an impassioned …
Read More »
Ryan Adams‘ guitarist, Todd Wisenbaker, urged Adams to “get help” after the musician was accused of emotional abuse and sexual misconduct by several women in a recent New York Times report. In a post on Instagram, Wisenbaker suggested that he’d previously known about Adams’ alleged behavior, saying, “There were times …
Read More »
Kelly Clarkson debuted a show-stopping rendition of Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s Grammy-winning and Oscar-nominated hit “Shallow” during the singer’s concert Friday in Green Bay, Wisconsin. “It’s cool just to know that someone that talented is also really nice,” Clarkson said of Gaga before launching into the A Star Is …
Read More »
Latin music has been generating dazzling commercial statistics for several years now: Artists rack up ridiculously high stream counts on multiple platforms, especially YouTube, and the live circuit has been similarly profitable. “We’re booking shows from the club level to the arena level in record numbers,” says Michel Vega, who …
Read More »