Bob Dylan and Neil Young have been announced as co-headliners for a July 12th, 2019 show in London’s Hyde Park as part of the British Summer Time concert series. It will mark the first time they’ve shared a bill since Desert Trip in 2016, though they are longtime friends that …
Read More »Ricky Jay, Master Magician and 'Boogie Nights' Actor, Dead at 72
Ricky Jay, the renowned magician, sleight-of-hand artist, card thrower and actor who appeared in Boogie Nights and Deadwood, died Saturday at the age of 72. His manager Winston Simone confirmed Jay’s death to Variety, adding that the magician died of natural causes. “He was one of a kind. We will …
Read More »What Happened After Jonestown?
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 »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 »Supreme Leader Trump Brushes Off Terrorist Plot to Murder His Political Adversaries
On Thursday morning, authorities intercepted explosive devices addressed to actor Robert De Niro and former Vice President Joe Biden. Similar devices targeted to Barack Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, former Attorney General Eric Holder, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) and former CIA director John Brennan, via CNN, …
Read More »'What Really Happened' Podcast to Explore the '27 Club' Theory
This week’s episode of What Really Happened, a popular podcast hosted by documentarian Andrew Jenks, is set to explore the concept of the “27 Club,” which posits that artists die with improbably frequency at the age of 27. The term emerged from the deaths of musicians such as Jim Morrison, …
Read More »Chance the Rapper Openly Muses About Potential Run for Chicago Mayor
For the past few years, with increasing frequency, Chance the Rapper has used his money and fervent following to exert pressure on the political system in Chicago. That’s come in the form of hefty donations, contentious meetings with political figures and straightforward activism. And the young Chicago MC hasn’t been …
Read More »Flashback: Fleetwood Mac Enter the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998
Stevie Nicks is on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ballot for the first time as a solo artist. If she makes it in, she’ll join a select class of double inductees that includes John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon, Neil Young, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham …
Read More »BTS Close U.S. Tour With Jubilant Show at New York's Citi Field
Before BTS started performing in earnest at Citi Field in Queens, New York on Saturday night, one of the group’s members offered a brief cautionary note: “For your safety, please be mindful of your neighbors,” RM said. There aren’t many shows that open with safety advisories, but then again, there …
Read More »Brett Kavanaugh Instigated Bar Fight After UB40 Concert, Police Report Reveals
British reggae band UB40 have found themselves ensnared in the latest probe into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh‘s collegial drinking habits following a report that Kavanaugh and some Yale classmates were involved in a bar fight following a UB40 concert in September 1985. The New York Times reports that the …
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