In April 2010, the musical American Idiot, adapted from the hitGreen Day album of the same name, opened on Broadway. On Thursday night,Green Day‘sBillie Joe Armstrong was back in Manhattan’s Theater District in a very different setting: dancing amiably while flanked by a pair of buff male strippers (who are …
Read More »Frank Zappa Hologram to Perform With Steve Vai, Ex-Mothers of Invention
UPDATE: Adrian Belew has said that he will not be participating in any hologram tours. “I will not be playing Zappa music in the foreseeable future in any situation,” he wrote in a Facebook post. “This whole thing is far too caustic and divisive.” In another, he said that he …
Read More »Rodney Crowell Cancels Remaining 2017 Tour Dates
Rodney Crowell has canceled the remainder of his 2017 tour schedule on doctor’s orders. The Grammy-winning musician announced the news via social media on Tuesday, saying, “An impressive team of doctors have confirmed what for the past year I’ve instinctively known: dealing with the root cause of my health issues …
Read More »Creating a Monster: 5 Keys to Braun Strowman's Stratospheric Rise
There’s been no shortage of commentary about Braun Strowman’s (real name: Adam Scherr) unlikely two-year liftoff from fledgling fourth man in Bray Wyatt’s cultish family to Raw‘s must-see main attraction. The Monster Among Men’s upcoming Universal Championship challenge against Brock Lesnar at No Mercy on September 24th is a potentially …
Read More »Emmys 2017: The Complete Winners List
Outstanding Drama SeriesThe Handmaid’s TaleBetter Call SaulThe CrownHouse of CardsStranger ThingsThis Is UsWestworld Outstanding Comedy SeriesVeepAtlantaBlack-ishMaster of NoneModern FamilySilicon ValleyUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Outstanding Limited SeriesBig Little LiesFargoFeud: Bette and JoanThe Night OfGenius Outstanding Television MovieBlack Mirror: San JuniperoDolly Parton’s Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of LoveThe Immortal Life of Henrietta …
Read More »Niall Horan Plots Tour, Previews Debut LP With Silky New Song
Niall Horan‘s heartbroken new single is the piano ballad “Too Much to Ask” from debut solo LP, Flicker, out October 20th. The former One Direction singer also announced an extensive 2018 tour. Following four early June dates in Australia and New Zealand, the North American leg launches July 18th in …
Read More »Macklemore Talks 'Gemini,' His Upcoming Career Reset Without Ryan Lewis
Macklemore is returning on September 22nd with Gemini, his first album without producer Ryan Lewis since 2005. It’s arriving less than two yearsafterThis Unruly Mess I’ve Made, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ follow-up to the platinum smash The Heist.One of 2016’s most ambitious blockbuster rap outings, Mess featured an eight-minute concept …
Read More »Watch Depeche Mode Singer Drift Through Space in 'Cover Me' Video
Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan drifts through outer space and Los Angeles streets, finding them equally unsettling, in the band’s black-and-white “Cover Me” video. Dutch filmmaker Anton Corbijn, the group’s longtime visual collaborator, follows the astronaut singer on a solitary journey, culminating in a beach scene in which a defeated-looking …
Read More »Bruno Mars to Perform at Apollo Theater for First Primetime TV Special
Bruno Mars has booked his first primetime television special as the 24K Magic singer will take the stage at Harlem’s Apollo Theater for a concert airing on CBS in November. News of the primetime special first percolated this weekend, when Mars and his backing band the Hooligans performed atop the …
Read More »'The Deuce' Season Premiere: Sucking in the Seventies
Set in 1971, David Simon’s sleazier-than-thou new HBO show treats Manhattan like a Magic 8-Ball, where losers from the outer boroughs, uptown or across the country get shaken up; the hope is that they come up with a better future for themselves than “REPLY HAZY, ASK AGAIN LATER.” Maggie Gyllenhaal …
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