BTS‘ Jimin is in the hospital after undergoing surgery for appendicitis and testing positive for COVID, according to the group’s label Big Hit Music. The Korean singer is “currently recuperating” after the procedure and is expected to make a “speedy” recovery. Jimin experienced “sudden abdominal pain” and a “mild sore …
Read More »Greg Abbott Attacks Freedom of Private Businesses With Latest Vaccine Mandate Ban
Texas’ Republican Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order banning any entity in the state, including private businesses, from mandating a Covid-19 vaccine for employees or customers. “No entity in Texas can compel receipt of a COVID-19 vaccine by any individual, including an employee or a consumer, who objects to …
Read More »New York's 'Homecoming' Show: An All-Star Concert Becomes a Pandemic Metaphor
Don’t call it a comeback, since it wasn’t quite that. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/see-journey-perform-dont-stop-believin-at-nyc-homecoming-show-1215220/ On Saturday evening, the long-awaited “We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert” in New York’s Central Park became an unintentional metaphor for the ongoing pandemic when the all-star show was shut down and later cancelled less than halfway through by …
Read More »On the Road Again: Tour Crews Are Hopeful But Wary as Concerts Return
The moment Richard Coble has been anticipating will arrive in just over a month. At Dallas’ Globe Life Field on July 24th, the tour manager will gather together the members of Green Day from a warm-up room and walk them to the stage for the first show of their long-delayed …
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