Before Elton John bows out from touring, he and his longtime lyricist Bernie Taupin are being honored by a slew of country stars on the recently released Restoration tribute album (a companion album, Revamp, features rock and pop artists). Among the highlights of Restoration is Miranda Lambert‘s stunning rendition of …

The announcements came fast: In the same week earlier this year, three of the biggest touring acts in the music industry– Elton John, Neil Diamond and Rush– announced farewell tours or retirements. Then Paul Simon said his tour beginning next month would bring his live career to a “natural end” …

One day in the summer of 2015, Jimmy Fallon, the host of The Tonight Show, received an e-mail from a close friend, Corbin Day. “Check out this video,” Day wrote. “He should be on the show.” There was a link to a YouTube clip by Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night …

Wayne Kramer, the founding guitarist of Detroit punk legends MC5, will embark on a massive North American tour this fall to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the band’s 1968 debut, Kick Out the Jams. The 35-date tour launches September 5th at Revolution Live in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and fittingly wraps …

Steven Bochco, the visionary television producer who co-created pioneering series like Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue and L.A. Law, died Sunday following a long battle with leukemia. Bochco was 74. “Steven fought cancer with strength, courage, grace and his unsurpassed sense of humor,” Bochco’s spokesman said in a statement. “He …

One of the most piercing songs on Ashley McBryde‘s major label debut album Girl Going Nowhereis “Livin’ Next to Leroy,” which addresses rural America’s drug epidemic. “Where I’m from, there are two things to do after a certain age: make babies or make meth,” says McBryde, who grew up in …

The iconic and enigmatic rock and funk legend Sly Stone will be the subject of a new documentary from filmmaker Derik Murray. A title and release date for the film have yet to be announced, though the characteristically reclusive Stone has reportedly already sat with the filmmakers for an extensive …

Stephen Colbert gleefully dissectedStormy Daniels‘ highly anticipated interview withAnderson Cooper on 60 Minutes about her alleged affair with President Trump. After the former porn star said that spanking Trump with a magazine made him “start acting more appropriate,” Colbert addressed the President’s current chief of staff. “John Kelly, you know …

Black Panther has become the highest-grossing superhero of all time after the Marvel blockbuster surpassed the previous mark set by The Avengers. Six weeks after its release, following Friday’s night total, Black Panther has raked in over $624 million at the domestic box office since its February 16th arrival. The …

People go to the movies for all sorts of reasons – and nestled somewhere in the Top 10, between “gaining insight on the human condition” and “witnessing our collective hopes, dreams and fears projected in front of our very eyes” is, of course, “see a big-ass robot beat the shit …