The commercial wasn’t meant to serve as an epitaph. Kamala Harris’ November 20 ad remains arguably the boldest argument both from any of the Democratic candidates to be president and for Donald Trump to be a one-termer. She captured the essential, tangible dilemma at hand, skipping talk of battling for …
Read More »See Slayer Perform 'Angel of Death' at Final Show of Farewell Tour
Slayer’s lengthy farewell tour and the thrash metal legends’ four-decade touring career came to an end Saturday with what was billed as the band’s final concert ever at the Forum in Inglewood, California. Following the conclusion of “Angel of Death,” the last song of the final show, Slayer spent 10 …
Read More »Will Julian Assange and WikiLeaks Finally Tell the Truth About Seth Rich?
WASHINGTON —There is one person who can almost singlehandedly put to rest one of the more cruel conspiracy theories to infect American politics this century. That person is Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks who currently sits in Britain’s Belmarsh prison. That theory claims Seth Rich, a 27-year-old Democratic Party …
Read More »Shakira Shares Her Triumphant Return to Singing in 'El Dorado' Concert Documentary
Toward the end of Shakira‘s new documentary, Shakira in Concert: El Dorado World Tour, the pop superstar is onstage in her home country of Colombia, performing the final concert of her momentous 2018 tour. Throughout the film, which opens in theaters worldwide on November 13th, Shakira takes absolute control of …
Read More »Metallica Donate $100,000 to California Wildfire Relief Efforts
Metallica and its All Within My Hands Foundation will donate $100,000 to aid wildfire relief efforts in Northern and Southern California. The band announced the donation on Twitter, noting that $50,000 would go to the Sonoma County Resilience Fund and $50,000 to the Wildfire Relief Fund. Metallica also encouraged fans …
Read More »Neil Young Turned Down 'Millions' for 'Harvest' Tour
Neil Young has long shied away from performing his classic albumsin concert, and, in a new interview with the AARP, he says that is unlikely to change any time soon. “I was just offered millions of dollars for a tour to do Harvest,” he told writer Edna Gundersen. “Everyone who …
Read More »See Jack White Perform at Bernie Sanders Rally in Detroit
This past Sunday, Bernie Sanders held a rally at Detroit’s Cass Technical High School, where Jack White — a Detroit native and graduate of Cass Tech — got onstage to stump for the candidate and perform a short set of songs. White and his band opened with a mashup of …
Read More »Kanye West, Despite Himself, Is Bigger Than Ever
In 2013, Kanye West made his ambitions known. Between taking shots at Hedi Slimane and sincerely asking what Lady Gaga knew about cameras as a stunned Zane Lowe looked on, West talked about money — the money he no longer had, the money he needed to knock down barriers, and, …
Read More »Queen Enlist Fans Around the World for Three New Music Videos
Queen tapped 10,000 people from 120 countries to help them create three new music videos for “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Don’t Stop Me Now” and “A Kind of Magic.” Queen, YouTube Music, Universal Music and Hollywood Records came up with the fan music video initiative as a way to celebrate the original …
Read More »Watch David Byrne Perform 'One Fine Day' With Brooklyn Youth Chorus on 'Kimmel'
In honor of Jimmy Kimmel Live‘s special New York City week, David Byrne joined the Brooklyn Youth Chorus to perform “One Fine Day” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. For the dramatic performance Byrne uses the backstage hallways and rooms as well as the stage itself, taking a solitary microphone …
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