Shinedown recruited Badflower as openers for a North American summer tour that launches June 21st in The Woodlands, Texas and wraps July 27th in Ridgefield, Washington. Tickets for the summer trek go on sale February 8th at 10 a.m. local time via Live Nation. Shinedown recently promoted their sixth LP,Attention …
Read More »Trump Talks Shutdown, Roger Stone, NFL Protests in Pre-Super Bowl Interview
President Donald Trump appeared in an interview with CBS’s Margaret Brennan that aired on Sunday. Topics ranged from another potential government shutdown, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a pardon for Roger Stone, protest in the NFL, and pulling troops from abroad. When discussing another potential government shutdown, Trump said, “I don’t …
Read More »Adam Levine on Super Bowl Halftime Controversy: 'We Expected It, We'd Like to Move on From It'
Maroon 5‘s Adam Levine spoke with Entertainment Tonightin a segment that aired on Thursday to discuss his band’s decision to perform the Super Bowl LIII halftime show, which he described as “the biggest gig in the game.” Criticism has surrounded the Super Bowl and the NFL for its treatment of …
Read More »Review: Luis Fonsi Picks Up 'Despacito' Momentum With 'Vida'
Two years after the smash success of “Despacito,” his Guinness World Record-breaking collaboration with Daddy Yankee, Puerto Rican superstar Luis Fonsi follows through with his ninth full-length (and first since 2014), Vida. Fonsi’s career is no overnight success story — he’s spent the last two decades as one of Latin …
Read More »Flashback: Black Sabbath Play 'The Wizard' With Tony Martin in 1994
“Being in Sabbath was a complete drama,” vocalist Tony Martin said in 2014 of his time in the iconic metal band Black Sabbath. “I never really had the chance to settle into it because I was constantly learning the ropes or reading between the lines.” Though Martin appeared on more …
Read More »Howard Schultz: America's New Banality Supervillain
Scientists may someday find the edge of the universe, but there is no end to the delusional self-regard of America’s one-percenters, as former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz proved this week. Sunday night on 60 Minutes, Schultz announced he was considering a run for president as an independent. The Twitter reaction …
Read More »Michael Jackson Child Sexual Abuse Allegations: A Timeline
The most talked about movie at the Sundance Film Festival — which is currently underway in Park City, Utah – was a two-part, four-hour documentary detailing disturbing allegations of child sexual abuse brought against the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson. Leaving Neverland focuses on the stories of two men, …
Read More »State of the Union: Back On
President Trump and Nancy Pelosi have gone through a lot of government stationary hashing out the details of the State of the Union address. The latest — and hopefully last — piece of correspondence came from the desk of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who on Monday invited the president …
Read More »Trump Tweeted Fake News About Texas Voter Rolls
On Sunday, President Donald Trump woke up and must have decided there wasn’t enough fake news circulating on Twitter, so he sent out a tweet stating that 58,000 non-citizens voted in Texas, where he claims 95,000 non-citizens are registered to vote. Except it’s not true. According to the Texas Tribune, …
Read More »The Five Most Powerful People in the Music Industry Don't Work in the Music Industry
In just under two weeks, the people making the biggest decisions in the modern music business will, inevitably, feel their blood pressure rise. At a Los Angeles location, a few days before Grammy night, Billboard will reveal its annual Power 100 — a countdown of “the most influential individuals in …
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