A new documentary chronicling the life of wrestler “Rowdy” Roddy Piper is now available for streaming on NineLegendsFilms.com for $7.99. Titled “Roddy Piper: In His Own Words,” a percentage of all sales will go to the Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, which had a “special place in Roddy’s heart.” “This project meant …
Read More »Garth Brooks Battles Audio Issues at Atlanta Stadium Opening Concert
Garth Brooks brought music to Atlanta’s brand new Mercedes-Benz Stadium for the first time on Thursday, October 12th, playing guinea pig in a space that had never hosted a show and hanging tough to – mostly – overcome a temperamental sound system. The massive steel and concrete cavern, which opened …
Read More »How Shania Twain Empowered an Unlikely Group of Female Artists
It might be a surprise to some that, 15 years after releasing her last record, Shania Twain was able to beat out Miley Cyrus and Demi Lovato for the coveted spot atop the all-genre Billboard 200 with her new LP Now. To others, it was evidence that Twain’s role as …
Read More »'The Voice': See Jeremiah Miller's Cover of Niall Horan's 'Slow Hands'
In the final night of Blind Auditions on The Voice, 18-year-old Jeremiah Miller transformed the Niall Horan’s “Slow Hands” into coy fun. The second single from the One Direction member’s forthcoming solo debut Flicker, Horan’s bass-driven recording is a slinky homage to Eighties funk. But Miller, a Fort Worth, Texas …
Read More »'Star Wars': Watch Epic New 'The Last Jedi' Trailer
The new trailer for the much-anticipated Star Wars: The Last Jedi has arrived. The latest preview for Episode VIII in the new Star Wars trilogy during ESPN’s Monday Night Football broadcast. The latest preview opens with a look into Kylo Ren’s turn to the Dark Side as Supreme Leader Snoke, …
Read More »How PFT Commenter Became a Force in Sports Media
There are a lot of ways to make a name for yourself in sports media these days. You could go the traditional route of getting a degree in journalism, getting your start at a newspaper, and working your way up to beat reporter. You could be a former athlete with …
Read More »Tom Petty Proteges the Shelters Remember Their Mentor
The Malibu home studio where Tom Petty worked featured a sign reading “Beware: Cranky Hippie.” Every time Shelters frontman Chase Simpson arrived there, however, that’s hardly the man he encountered. “He was that great, genuine, loving person that you saw onstage,” says Simpson, who grew up with Petty’s stepson, Dylan, …
Read More »Taylor Swift: Tom Petty Had 'Songwriting I Idolized'
Many artists paid respects to Tom Petty since his untimely death on Monday. NowTaylor Swift is among them.“To me, Tom Petty represented a kind of songwriting I idolized: complex simplicity,” she said to Rolling Stone. “It said so much in the lyrics, the concepts, the stories, the message, the nuances …
Read More »See Charlie Puth Break Down Emotional Hit Song, 'Attention'
Since Charlie Puth released “Attention,” the emotional first single from his upcoming album Voice Notes, this year, it has shot into the Top 5 and it has been certified platinum, thanks in part to the way he stacked hook upon hook. The singer-songwriter and pop star recently welcomed Rolling Stone …
Read More »Las Vegas Shooting: John Mayer, Gaga, Others Call for Gun Control
Following the deadliest mass shooting in American history, in which at least 58 people were killed and 500 wounded at a musical festival in Las Vegas on Sunday night, artists, actors and other celebrities from around the country are now using their platform in the hopes of advancing the conversation …
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