When it was revealed that Chris Jericho would fight Kenny Omega for the IWPG United States Heavyweight Championship at Wrestle Kingdom 12 in January, it shocked wrestling fans across the world. For Jericho, a chance to main event the Tokyo Dome was another feather he could put in his already …
Read More »Taylor Swift Talks 'Symbolic' Lawsuit, Groping Trial, Sexual Assault
Taylor Swift was among the “Silence Breakers” named as Time‘s Person of the Year, a cohort of women who stepped forward and spoke out about sexual misconduct and harassment. For the corresponding article, Swift – who also appeared on the cover alongside Harvey Weinstein victim Ashley Judd and others – …
Read More »Watch Sharon Jones & Dap-Kings' Rousing 'Sail On!' Video
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kingsunveiled the new video for “Sail On!,” a standout track off the late singer’s final LP Soul of a Woman. Like the band’s intimate “Call on God” video, the brassy “Sail On!” relies on archival footage of Jones recording the song with her band at Brooklyn’s …
Read More »Michael Flynn Pleads Guilty: What You Need to Know
This past Valentine’s Day, President Trump asked then FBI Director James Comey to stick around following a meeting with a group of national security officials in the Oval Office. It was a dramatic moment. After the others filed out, Trump made an insistent plea to Comey – who, it turns …
Read More »AC/DC's Malcolm Young: Bandmates, Admirers Remember Quiet Rock Legend
“I’ve never felt like a pop star,” Malcolm Young told Rolling Stone in 2008. “This is a 9-to-5 sort of gig.” Playing with AC/DC, the guitarist stood in the back, stone-faced, holding down the rhythm as his younger brother Angus soloed and stalked the stage in his trademark schoolboy outfit. …
Read More »Fall Out Boy's Midlife Crisis
Patrick Stump was listening to Fall Out Boy‘s almost-complete seventh album, Mania, in July when he realized there was a major problem: It wasn’t very good. “It freaked me out,” the singer says. “I was like, ‘I don’t think this is something the four of us will like, I don’t …
Read More »Taibbi: New Drone Strikes Underscore How Much Power We Give Trump
While all of us were preparing for Thanksgiving dinner, the United States was busy preparing an attack on the Yemeni province of Badhya. Residents later reported that the region spent much of the day under attack from Saudi jets and American drones, which hovered overhead and intermittently fired missiles from …
Read More »Why David Cassidy Bared All for Annie Leibovitz's Cover Photo Shoot
David Cassidy, the musician, actor and Partridge Family teen idol, died Tuesday at the age of 67. Earlier in the year, Cassidy revealed that he was battling the early stages of dementia, an illness both his mother and grandfather suffered from. Cassidy’s admission came after video emerged of the singer …
Read More »Panic! At the Disco Plot New Live LP, 'All My Friends We're Glorious'
Panic! At the Disco will release a new live album, All My Friends We’re Glorious, on December 15th. The career-spanning, 21-track LP documents the pop-rock band’s tour behind their fifth LP, 2016’s Death of a Bachelor. The record will be available as a limited-edition double-vinyl and digital download, with a …
Read More »See Dead & Company's Buoyant 'Jack Straw' on 'Colbert'
Dead & Company performed a breezy, unhurried rendition of the Grateful Dead standard “Jack Straw” on The Late Show. Former Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir and noted Grateful Dead superfan John Mayer traded lead vocal duties, playing up the contrast between their voices: Weir sang with a pleasant, laid-back rasp; …
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