She’s got the voice of a Bronx angel, the moves of a Fly Girl and the body that launched Google’s image search function — literally. And in the months leading up to its 2018 Video Music Awards, MTV announced that this year’s Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, the highest honor …
Read More »Ariana Grande Breaks Down Crying During Beats 1 Radio Interview
Ariana Grande became emotional discussing the Manchester bombing in 2017during her Beats 1 Radio interviewFriday with Ebro Darden.The pop singer appeared on the show to promote her new album, Sweetener, which was released earlier in the day. After playing the final track on her album “Get Well Soon,” Darden gave …
Read More »Kanye West, Kid Cudi Debut Live 'Ghost Town' at Surprise Show
Kanye West joined Kid Cudionstage to perform at a private party Thursday night in Los Angeles, where the rappers debuted the live rendition of the Ye standout “Ghost Town.” The impromptu show– which took place during a party to celebrate Yeezy Season 4 collaborator Willo Perron, High Snobriety reports– occurred …
Read More »Mariah Carey Mourns Aretha Franklin: 'My Inspiration, My Mentor, My Friend'
Mariah Carey remembered her VH1 Divas partner Aretha Franklin as “my inspiration, my mentor and my friend” in a poignant tribute to the Queen of Soul, who died Thursday of pancreatic cancer at age 76. In a series of tweets, Carey called Franklin “the ultimate singers’ singer” and “the greatest …
Read More »Pearl Jam Kill Trump and Burn the White House on Concert Poster
Pearl Jam promoted their recent Missoula, Montana concert Monday with a poster that depicted the White House on fire and a bald eagle picking at President Donald Trump’s corpse. The band’s bassist, Jeff Ament, designed it with his artist friend Bobby Brown, who is known online as Bobby Draws Skullz. …
Read More »John Lennon's 'Imagine' Film Returning to Theaters With Bonus Features
The film Imagine, which John Lennon and Yoko Ono codirected and costarred in, will return to theaters this fall with extra footage. It also features restored footage and a newly remastered soundtrack mixed in Dolby Atmos by Paul Hicks, who has won Grammys for his work on the Beatles’ box …
Read More »Kanye West Wasn't Kidding About His Trump Support
On Thursday night, Kanye West returned to Jimmy Kimmel Live for his first public interview since his disorienting run-up to Ye, in which he endorsed President Trump, called slavery a choice and announced that he was bipolar. Over the course of his interview, West doubled down on many of the …
Read More »See Weird Al Shred Accordion With Weezer on 'Africa' Cover
Halfway into Weezer’s über-ironic cover of Toto’s “Africa” at Wednesday’s Los Angeles concert, they leveled up. “Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic!” Rivers Cuomo exclaimed. Yankovic came out with a serious look on his face, accordion in hand and doubled up Cuomo’s guitar solo. He then took the …
Read More »'Austin City Limits' Recruits St. Vincent for Season 44 Premiere
St. Vincent will set the tone ofAustin City Limits‘44th season with an hour-long premiere episode that airs October 6th. The artist born Annie Clark filmed her concert at Austin’s venerable Moody Theater on May 14th, with the gig drawing heavily from the singer’s latest LP Masseduction. In an exclusive video …
Read More »Hear Logic's Optimistic New Song 'One Day' With Ryan Tedder
Logic teamed with OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder for his uplifting new single “One Day.” “I’ll be richer than I was before / One day / I’m gonna have enough money to buy the store / One day / Young Sinatra said you know I finally do it my way / You …
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