To really understand the popularity of the K-pop group Monsta X, you just have to listen. Friday, you heard it in the screams of hundreds of sleep-deprived fans who packed the legendary Roxy Nightclub in Hollywood for a private Monsta X performance, and then snaked a line down four blocks …
Read More »Watch Queen With Adam Lambert Replicate 1985 Live Aid Set at Australia Fire Fight Benefit Gig
Queen with Adam Lambert replicated the band’s legendary 1985 Live Aid setfor the first time Sunday at the Fire Fight Australia benefit concert. The band teased the performance earlier in the day, writing on social media, “The six-song set includes Bohemian Rhapsody, Radio Ga Ga, Hammer To Fall, Crazy Little …
Read More »Watch Harry Styles Cover Joni Mitchell's 'Big Yellow Taxi'
For a special Valentine’s Day morning show, Harry Styles and his band covered Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow Taxi” in the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast studio. Styles performed a faithful rendition of Mitchell’s classic environmental anthem, right down to the “ooh-bap-bap-bap” backup singers and the California singer’s hearty laughter at the …
Read More »'Livid and Frightened': Inside the DOJ Office at the Center of the Roger Stone Scandal
WASHINGTON — The decision by Trump appointees at the Justice Department to overrule career prosecutors and recommend a more lenient prison sentence for Trump adviser Roger Stone has left lawyers inside the U.S. Attorney’s Office that brought the case fuming, dejected, and looking for the exits. Former federal prosecutors and …
Read More »Watch FKA Twigs Perform 'Cellophane' at NME Awards
FKA Twigs performed her single “Cellophane” at the 2020 NME Awards in London and gave the track an intimate, eight-minute-long rendition accompanied by a cellist and a pianist. During the performance, the singer kept things simple, standing in the center of an illuminated red stage and bringing in some of …
Read More »Watch Backstreet Boys and Jimmy Fallon Sing 'Thong Song' as a Barbershop Quartet
Backstreet Boys showed off their singing prowess on The Tonight Show by joining Jimmy Fallon to perform Sisqo’s “Thong Song” as a barbershop quartet. Wearing matching outfits and hats, the group gave the song a serious rendition with careful harmonies and a few jazz hands. The band also sat down …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Eladio Carrión and Jhay Cortez, 'Hielo'
The drip determines everything nowadays in trap. Iced-out watches, bracelets, rings, and other bejeweled accessories signal success in line with the most braggadocious of a given rapper’s bars. But the coldness goes deeper than swag on “Hielo,” the latest single by Puerto Rican urbano artist Eladio Carrión and hit-making songwriter …
Read More »Joaquin Phoenix Rallies for 'Fight Against Injustice' in Best Actor Oscar Speech
Joaquin Phoenix took the stage at the Oscars Sunday to collect his Best Actor award for Joker with humility — and a plea for humankind to make peace with the natural world. “I have been a scoundrel in my life,” Phoenix said, a tremor in his voice. “I’ve been selfish. …
Read More »5 Seconds of Summer Feel 'No Shame' in New Video
Following the release of their new single “No Shame” this week, 5 Seconds of Summer have released a visual that, well, has no shame. Directed by Hannah Lux Davis and reminiscent of Nineties music videos like Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun,” the “No Shame” clip features all kinds of public displays …
Read More »Nicki Minaj Sounds Off on Trump, Regrets and Fake Retirement in Wild Talk
After a long day of panels, discussions and demos highlighting touring business trends at the Pollstar Live 2020 conference in Los Angeles, a keynote conversation between mega-mogul/manager Irving Azoff and the notoriously unabashed Nicki Minaj felt radical, refreshing and carefree. Plenty of previous guests talked in circles, providing fluffy, media-trained …
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