Kid Rock paid tribute to Eddie Money with a performance of the singer’s 1982 hit “Shakin’” at the DTE Energy Music Theatre, a Detroit-area venue where Money performed 38 times over the course of his career, the Detroit News reports. “I’m sure you heard that Eddie Money passed away today,” Rock …
Read More »Watch Shakira Overcome Injury in Inspiring Trailer for 'El Dorado' Concert Film
Shakira bounces back after a brutal vocal injury in the new trailer for her upcoming concert film, Shakira in Concert: El Dorado World Tour, which will premiere in theaters as a one-night event on November 13th. Shakira in Concert captures the Colombian pop singer’s tour in support of her 2017 …
Read More »Mexican Pop Icon Paulina Rubio: 'I Am My Own Boss Now'
“Music is the thing that saved me,” says Mexican superstar Paulina Rubio. Music is what she has known her whole life, or at least, ever since she made her early Eighties debut in the popular teen group, Timbiriche. But in 1992, Rubio broke away from the pack to launch her …
Read More »Is the 'Genius' Behind Trump's Campaign Really Such a Genius After All?
This story was originally published by ProPublica. and was co-published with Texas Monthly. On the evening of May 30th, Brad Parscale, the campaign manager of Donald J. Trump for President Inc., gave a speech to a gathering of the faithful. Parscale is a striking figure: 6-foot-8, with a trademark Viking …
Read More »See Vivian Girls Haunt the Valley in New 'Sludge' Video
Los Angeles trio Vivian Girls bring their ethereal fuzz rock to the desert in the new video for “Sludge.” It’s the third single off their highly anticipated comeback album, Memory, out September 20th via Polyvinyl Records. In their latest visual, Vivian Girls teleport like specters between the mountains and the …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen, Jon Stewart, John Oliver to Play New York Veterans Fundraiser
The 13th annual Stand Up For Heroes veterans fundraiser will take place November 4th at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden with a bill that includes Bruce Springsteen, Jon Stewart, John Oliver, Ronny Chieng and Hasan Minhaj. It is presented by the Bob Woodruff Foundation and the New York …
Read More »House Set to Take Major Step Toward Impeachment Hearings Next Week
With a majority of House Democrats now supporting an impeachment investigation into President Donald Trump, the House Judiciary Committee is expected to vote on Wednesday on a resolution that would establish parameters and procedures for future hearings. According to Politico, the coming resolution was discussed by committee Democrats during a …
Read More »This Is Normal: The Enduring, Knotty Relevance of Randy Newman and Drive-By Truckers
On August 26th, 2005, as Hurricane Katrina stewed above the Gulf of Mexico, the Drive-By Truckers played a show at Tipitina’s in New Orleans. It was a two-and-a-half hour set, 27 songs, most of them from the band’s previous three records, Southern Rock Opera, Decoration Day and, their most recent …
Read More »10 Takeaways from the Democrats' Historic Climate Town Hall
Progressives and environmentalists have been clamoring for a climate debate among 2020 Democratic presidential candidates — seeking snappy, digestible back and forth between the candidates to gauge the differences in their approach to our gravest environmental challenge. Because the Democratic National Committee blocked that effort, banning issue-specific debates, Americans were …
Read More »RS Charts: Taylor Swift's 'Lover' Takes Number One By a Landslide
Taylor Swift‘s Lover is Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums Chart this week — out-selling every other release on the chart by a factor of more than ten to one. Lover topped out close to a million with 991,800 album units for the latest tracking week of …
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