The Snapchat story has, by most accounts, been a rosy one for the music business in recent times. The Snap Inc.-owned platform has struck licensing agreements with the likes of Warner Music Group, Universal Music Group, and Sony Music Entertainment in the past two years – during a period where Snapchat’s user base has grown […]
Some of the footage in this post includes flashing images. We totally understand if you’re not ready to head back out into the world, but you might be missing out on a strange trend at the gigs of your favorite artists. It’s becoming more and more likely that someone, right up front, will capture a […]
Primetime Puff. Photo: Kevin Mazur/VF22/WireImage for Vanity Fair The 2022 Billboard Music Awards will have more problematic performers than a Dave Chappelle show. And the show’s host, Diddy, couldn’t be happier about it. On Thursday, Diddy posted on Instagram that he personally requested Travis Scott, whose set at his November 2021 festival Astroworld left ten […]
Heavy metal’s original satirical demigods Spinal Tap will reunite with director Rob Reiner for a sequel to their 1984 classic, This Is Spinal Tap. Along with Reiner returning as director — and as the in-film documentary, Marty DiBergi — Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, and Christopher Guest will reprise their roles as band members David St. […]
Sludge-pop greats torch are gearing up to open Meshuggah‘s tour this fall, alongside converges on leg one and In Flames on leg two, and frontman Steve Brooks has now revealed on Instagram that this will be his final tour with the band. “We’re a few months away from the last tour I’m doing with Torche,” […]
On Tuesday evening, the Italian hosts for the Eurovision Song Contest semifinal broadcast included Cristiano Malgioglio, a songwriter and popular television personality also known for his outlandish couture, who riffed on his love life. Speaking of the five countries that automatically get into the final — Italy, France, Germany, Spain and Britain — he quipped, […]
(CNN) — Ashley Judd and her family wanted the world to hear from them how Naomi Judd died. The younger Judd appeared in an interview with Diane Sawyer, which aired on Thursday on “Good Morning America.” She said her family de ella had agreed that she share the cause of death of her mother de […]
In the few months that From Software’s Elden Ring has been out, the internet has enjoyed taking its creators’ carefully considered artistic vision and just kind of wreaking havoc on it. Aside from finding strategies to defeat particularly difficult enemies by doing stuff like messing with their programming so they act like dopes—a time-honored From […]
For 45 years, the Rolling Stones’ Love You Live has been one of rock’s greatest teases. About 75 percent of the double LP was recorded in arenas and stadiums during the band’s 1976 tour, and presented competent but rarely exhilarating or necessary renditions of concert warhorses and deep cuts. But tucked away (on side three) […]
7 items in this article 3 items on sale! Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photo: Courtesy If you’re like us, you’ve probably wondered what famous people add to their carts. Not the JAR brooch and Louis XV chair but the hairspray and the electric toothbrush. We asked the musician Rob Thomas about his grown-up peanut butterthe candle […]