Melissa Etheridge lined up a live virtual performance as part of Shatterproof’s Stronger Than Addiction Challenge on September 26th. The event, a digital replacement for the non-profit’s annual 5K run/walk, will raise funds and awareness for addiction treatment. “We are honored that Melissa Etheridge will be our special guest,” said …
Read More »See the Weeknd's Gravity-Defying 'Blinding Lights' 2020 VMAs Performance
Fresh off the release of his new single “Over Now” with Calvin Harris, the Weeknd performed his massive After Hours hit “Blinding Lights” during the virtual 2020 MTV Video Music Awards. From Hudson Yards’ gravity-defying sky deck the Edge, a battered and bruised Weeknd embodied his cinematic, red-suit sporting After …
Read More »Tony Awards to Take Place Virtually in Fall 2020
The 74th Annual Tony Awards will be presented virtually this fall due to Covid-19, Tony Award Productions and the American Theatre Wing announced on Friday. A date and platform for the ceremony will be announced soon along with final eligibility determinations for this year’s nominees. Broadway League president Charlotte St. …
Read More »Neil Young Announces 1990 Crazy Horse Live Album/Film 'Way Down in the Rust Bucket'
A special club gig that Neil Young and Crazy Horse played on November 13th, 1990 at the Catalyst in Santa Cruz, California, will be released as an album and film titled Way Down in the Rust Bucket on December 6th. Young has previewed select songs from the show over the …
Read More »Trini Lopez, 'If I Had a Hammer' Singer and Actor, Dead at 83 From Coronavirus
Trini Lopez, the guitarist and singer whose renditions of “If I Had a Hammer” and “Lemon Tree” climbed the charts in the 1960s and an actor who appeared in films including The Dirty Dozen, has died of complications from COVID-19, the Hollywood Reporter reports. He was 83. The news was …
Read More »MTV VMAs 2020 Exit Barclays Center, Will Take Place at Outdoor NYC Locations
The MTV Video Music Awards announced late Friday that this year’s COVID-affected ceremony will not take place inside Brooklyn’s Barclays Center as originally planned, with the VMAs instead opting to stage audience-less outdoor performances in and around New York City. “The 2020 VMAs will be held on Sunday, August 30th …
Read More »Fyre Festival Merch Seized by U.S. Marshals Hits the Auction Block
Unsold merchandise from the infamous Fyre Festival has been put on the auction block by the U.S. Marshals in an attempt to recoup some money for the fest’s many victims. Auction vendor Gaston & Sheehan will handle the sale, which includes 126 items ranging from Fyre-branded t-shirts and sweatpants to …
Read More »Major League Baseball Will Blast Pre-Recorded Noise Into Crowdless Games
A typical American summer with hot dogs, soft drinks, and a jam-packed baseball stadium won’t exist in 2020. But the games themselves are still scheduled to take place — just within empty stadiums, with music and pre-recorded noise pumped in — marking the first time Major League Baseball has ever …
Read More »Dirty Honey Want to Spark a Classic Rock Revival
Back in January, Dirty Honey singer Marc Labelle was wearing a vintage-looking Aerosmith T-shirt onstage at Nashville’s Basement East while belting out the classic-rockers’ 1976 hit “Last Child.” It was a bit on the nose, but that’s the unabashed appeal of this L.A.-based band, a Seventies/Eighties rock outfit that isn’t …
Read More »Louisville Police Department Fires Detective Over Killing of Breonna Taylor
One of three Louisville, Kentucky officers that were involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor, who was shot in her home on March 13th while she was sleeping, has been fired, authorities announced on Tuesday. In a termination letter to Detective Brett Hankison that the Louisville Metro Police Department released …
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