Ringo Starr has rolled out dates for a 2020 tour with his All Starr Band. It kicks off May 29th at the Casino Rama in Ontario and wraps up June 28th at the Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater, Florida. Once again, the group will feature long-time members Steve Lukather, Colin …
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Stephen Colbert put himself in the hot seat on Friday night’s Late Show for a “flipped” interview with fellow late-night host Conan O’Brien. The Late Show host also revealed that, as a performer, he often gets depressed when he’s not in front of an audience. “What’s that like, to be …
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Greta Thunberg — 16-year-old Swedish climate change activist — dismissed meeting with President Donald Trump as pointless during an interview with Ellen DeGeneres on Ellen Friday. Thunberg and Trump briefly crossed paths at the United Nations in September. Following Thunberg’s impassioned and grave speech about climate change, Trump seemed to …
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Fox News’ Chris Wallace was at it again on Friday, filling the void of truth-telling on a “news” network that defends President Donald Trump regardless of the facts. Fox News host Sandra Smith asked Wallace about White House advisor Kellyanne Conway’s claims that the president isn’t being treated fairly regarding …
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After a handful of delays, Kanye West will release his new album, Jesus Is King, this Friday, October 25th. West tweeted the release date early Monday morning alongside a photo of Jesus Is King pressed on blue vinyl. The album’s arrival will coincide with the release of West’s accompanying film, …
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Even with the deaths of our elders today and the 400th anniversary of chattel slavery, we are often reminded that this terrible American past is within the reach of our oral, recorded history. Elijah Cummings, who died Thursday at 68, was the grandson of sharecroppers, the black tenant farmers who …
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Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen landed on comic book fans in the fall of 1986 with the force of a thunderbolt, if not that of a giant psychic interdimensional squid. (You kind of had to be there.) The series was, among other things, a murder mystery, an alternate history …
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HBO‘s Succession is about many things: power, privilege, family, kinky May/December relationships, metaphorically laden bed-shitting. But a parody that’s currently going viral on Twitter elegantly boils down the Shakespearean comedy-drama to one simple premise: at the end of the day, everyone just wants a taste of Daddy’s M&Ms. In the …
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The Beatles have dropped a heart-rendering new video for the George Harrison-penned “Here Comes the Sun.” The release is timed with the anniversary of Abbey Road, which turned 50 on Thursday. Directed by Trunk Animation’s Alasdair Brotherston and Jock Mooney, the clip features vintage photos of the group floating throughout …
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Bob Dylan rolled out dates for his fall North American tour earlier this month, but he was holding back on the grand finale: a ten-night run at the Beacon Theater in New York City. Tickets go on-sale September 27th for what will be his longest stand at a New York …
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