Roughly 900 corpses lay before the Guyanese state pathologist Dr. Leslie Mootoo, one of the first on the scene at Jonestown. Arrayed in strangely uniform rows on the ground, the bodies were rapidly decomposing, thanks to tropical heat, a rainstorm and swarms of animals and insects. Some were so lost …
Read More »Inside the Tour That Made Metallica Megastars
When Lars Ulrich reflects on Metallica‘s massive Damaged Justice tour now, he marvels that they were able to pull it off at all. “No band as extreme as ours had ever done a full arena tour,” he says. “So it was definitely a crapshoot, and it paid off.” “Those were …
Read More »John Legend, Luke Combs Sing for Steve Cropper at 2018 BMI Awards
Steve Cropper, the guitarist for Booker T. and the MGs and songwriter of such soul staples as “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” and “In the Midnight Hour,” was honored with the BMI Icon Award at Tuesday night’s BMI Awards in Nashville, a loose Golden Globes-type party that finds …
Read More »Carlos Santana Plots Tour Coinciding With Woodstock's 50th Anniversary
Carlos Santana will embark on a North American Global Consciousness tour to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Supernatural and the 50th anniversary of his performance at Woodstock. “Fifty years went fast, but now I feel even younger and more clear, and I have more energy and more conviction than back …
Read More »Flashback: Stan Lee Offers Love Advice in 'Mallrats'
Comic book aficionados aren’t exactly known for their way with romance — which is why it was so surprising when Stan Lee, the Marvel Universe creator who died today at the age of 95, appeared inMallrats (1995) to give comic-nerd Brodie (played by skateboarder/actor Jason Lee) an endearing speech about …
Read More »Watch U2 Play 'Dirty Day' for First Time In 25 Years
U2 are just days away from wrapping up their Experience + Innocence world tour, but they’re still experimenting with the setlist as they build to the grand finale in Berlin, Germany on November 13th. Friday night at Dublin, Ireland’s 3Arena, they broke out the Zooropa deep cut “Dirty Day,” a …
Read More »Iron Maiden Map Out 2019 Legacy of the Beast Tour
Iron Maiden will return to North America in 2019 with their Legacy of the Beast Tour, which the heavy metal legends call their biggest production ever. The tour, which begins July 18th in Sunrise, Florida, is inspired by Iron Maiden’s Legacy of the Beast mobile game that finds their mascot …
Read More »Bernie Taupin Breaks Down His Massive Lyric Manuscript Auction
UPDATE: Bernie Taupin‘s manuscript of lyrics sold at auction this weekend, with Taupin’s original working lyrics for “I’ve Seen That Movie Too” ($17,500), hand-painted lyrics to “Tiny Dancer” ($16,000) and the working lyrics to “Candle in the Wind 1997” ($10,000) among the lot’s items receiving the highest bids. Bernie Taupin …
Read More »Extremist Washington Rep. Matt Shea Wins Reelection Bid
Two weeks after Rolling Stone published a longform profile of far-right Eastern Washington state Rep. Matt Shea — a conspiracy theory-obsessed, militia-supporting Republican from Spokane Valley — the longtime state representative won his bid for a sixth term Tuesday night. “I lost to a fascist —what can I say?” Democrat …
Read More »Fyre Festival Founder: 'I've Lived Every Day in Prison With Pain'
Fyre Festival co-organizer Billy McFarland, who just began his prison sentence, atoned for defrauding hundreds of people.“I am incredibly sorry for my collective actions and will right the wrongs I have delivered to my family, friends, partners, associates and, you, the general public,” McFarland said toPeople. McFarland was found guilty …
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