Bruce Springsteen is offering one fan the chance to meet him and see one of his sold-out shows on Broadway as part of a charity contest to benefit the Bob Woodruff Foundation. The contest is run through Omazeand participants can enter with a minimum $10 donation. Donations guarantee fans a …
Read More »'Atlanta': Watch Donald Glover in Eerie Season Two Trailer
Two days after FX announced the release date for Atlanta’s second season, the show debuted its first trailer during the Golden Globe Awards. The clip features Sonder’s “Too Fast” playing as creator-star Donald Glover and Brian Tyree Henry and Lakeith Stanfield appear illuminated by a giant spotlight. In one frame, …
Read More »Flashback: Hear Johnny Cash's Rare 1954 Sun Studios Demo 'My Treasure'
In 2001, Memphis-based record producer Sam Phillips was enshrined in the Country Music Hall of Fame, hailed as “one of the most important non-performers in American music.” Among the first to recognize – and capitalize on – the full potential of blending musical genres and inventing what would become the …
Read More »Kyrie Irving Says Leaving Cavaliers Was 'Inevitable'
Kyrie Irving’s request to be traded from the Cleveland Cavaliers in the off-season caught many basketball fans by surprise, but the four-time All-Star felt as though their divorce was “inevitable,” according to a new interview.While speaking with ESPN’s Jackie MacMullan in a wide-ranging interview, Irving opened up about the blockbuster …
Read More »Lin-Manuel Miranda's 'Hamilton' Extends 2018 Tour
Lin-Manuel Miranda‘sHamilton is expanding its 2018 tour. The hit musical will run in 20 additional cities, up from five in 2017. Hamilton will continue to run in New York City, London and Chicago, while the show’s North American trek will include stops in Denver, Houston, Las Vegas, Washington D.C., Atlanta, …
Read More »The Roots' Black Thought on How He Spit Nearly 10-Minute Viral Freestyle
On December 14th, Black Thought – the voice of the Philadelphia-bred band the Roots, and presence on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – reminded us why he deserves consideration on your greatest rappers of all time list. While visiting Funkmaster Flex’s show on Hot 97.1 FM in New York …
Read More »Watch Macklemore Play Cop, Clerk, Mom in Hilarious 'Corner Store' Video
InMacklemore‘s “Corner Store” video featuring Dave B and Travis Thompson, rebellious teenagers party in a park and outrun security officers. The track appears on Macklemore‘s new solo album, Gemini. The Johnny LeFlare-directed clip opens with Dave B and Thompson, two rising Seattle MCs, strolling through a bodega and trying to …
Read More »Paul Thomas Anderson on 'Phantom Thread,' Daniel Day-Lewis's Retirement
You started hearing rumors and half-whispered, cryptic comments last year: Paul Thomas Anderson is working on a new film; it has something to do with the London fashion world in the 1950s, maybe; it will reunite him with his There Will Be Blood star Daniel Day-Lewis, potentially; it’s loosely based …
Read More »SHINee Singer, K-Pop Star Jonghyun Dead at 27 of Possible Suicide
UPDATE: Hundreds lined up outside the Asan Medical Center in Seoul, South Korea on Thursday, watching for a hearse bearing the coffin of their pop idol, Kim Jong-hyun. His SHINee bandmates and members of the pop group Super Junior carried his coffin from the hospital to the waiting car, according …
Read More »Eminem's 'Revival': A Track-by-Track Guide
Eminem, the best-selling rapper of all time, returned at midnight with Revival, his first album in four years. The new LP sprawls across 19 tracks, touching on rock, gospel, pop and, of course, hard-bitten hip-hop. Eminem veers from sassy to self-deprecating, dependent to dismissive, murderous to politically conscious, uncontrollably lusty …
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