Matt Lauer issued a statement on Thursday after multiple womencame forwardthis week accusing the Today host of “inappropriate sexual behavior,” including sexual assault. “There are no words to express my sorrow and regret for the pain I’ve caused others by words and actions,” he wrote. “To the people I have …
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Nominees for the 60th Annual Grammy Awards were announced Tuesday morning, with Little Big Town and Chris Stapleton leading the country contingent, earning three nods apiece. Little Big Town earned mentions for Best Country Song, Best Country Album (The Breaker) and Best Country Duo/Group Performance for “Better Man.” That tune …
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Wayne Cochran, the influential singer dubbed “The White Knight of Soul” and writer of songs like “Last Kiss” and “Goin’ Back to Miami,” died November 21st in Miramar, Florida. He was 78. Cochran’s son Christopher confirmed to the Miami Herald that the soul singer died following a battle with cancer. …
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A gifted banjo and fiddle player, John Hartford led a uniquely accomplished musical career that included pioneering newgrass music and winning multiple Grammys. One of his most enduring accomplishments is the song “Gentle on My Mind,” which Robert Ellis and Courtney Hartman have reimagined as a part of their new …
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Megadeth‘s Dave Mustaine had an auspicious introduction to AC/DC: At a record store at a California mall near where he grew up, he’d trade drugs for free records. One day, a female employee named Willow gave him a copy of the band’s 1977 albumLet There Be Rock. “God bless her …
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Last night, the new Call of Duty came out, and Post Malone was so stoked about it that he parked himself in front of his Xbox until 6 a.m. Right now it’s 4 p.m. and he’s back at it. It’s a sunny Friday in the affluent L.A. suburb of Tarzana, …
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The rock band Los Mesoneros were filling Caracas’ principal Alfredo Sadel Square with thousands of fans, earning four Latin Grammy nominations for their 2011 album Indeleble, and climbing to the top of their country’s music charts with pop-rock songs about love and infidelity, before they left Venezuela and started in …
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UPDATE: A judge has thrown out Gaslamp Killer’s defamation suit against RaeAn Medina, a woman who had previously accused him of rape. The producer’s case against second accuser Chelsea Tadros is still continuing. “The Court’s tentative ruling excuses RaeAn Medina from our defamation lawsuit but allows us to proceed against …
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Jeff Lynne and his Electric Light Orchestra have announced a summer 2018 North American arena tour, the Rock Hall-inducted band’s first U.S. trek in over 35 years. ELO’s first U.S. tour since 1981 kicks off August 2nd at Oakland, California’s Oracle Arena and spreads 10 shows over three weeks before …
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Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett, who has been sitting during the national anthem this season to protest police brutality and social injustice, stood up in support of the military before a Thursday night game against the Arizona Cardinals, who were hosting their “Salute to Service” night. It marks the …
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