Will Smith continues to stand by his promise that the Fresh Prince and DJ Jazzy Jeff will embark on their decades-delayed world tour in 2016. The rapper-turned-actor stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Friday to promote his upcoming drama Concussion when the subject of Smith’s resurgent music career popped up…. Source: RollingStone Link: Will Smith […]
Miley Cyrus reverts back to a baby in the video for “BB Talk,” literalizing the overemotional cooing and twee talk of an ex by dressing up as a baby, skulking around in a crib and throwing food. The Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz track details Cyrus’ disdain for her former beau, whose PDA and awkward interactions with… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
The year is swiftly wrapping up, which means it’s a perfect time to reflect on the year in music. During the past 12 months, 2015 has seen comebacks (Janet Jackson, Missy Elliott), breakout stars (Fetty Wap, Shawn Mendes) and strong showings from the chart-dominators of the past several years (Drake, Rihanna). Now we… Source: RollingStone Link: Weekend […]
With Adele's album "25" breaking sales records, one of the keys to the British singer's success is an unusual pop music demographic — older adults. The buyers of "25" come from "a demographic not normally closely examined in the millennial-fixated entertainment industry," sales tracking service Nielsen Music said in a study. US consumers who bought […]
Early numbers for NBC’s Coat of Many Colors, which aired Thursday night, December 10th, suggest good news for fans of Dolly Parton and country music. With 12.8 million viewers, the two-hour special based on Parton’s autobiographical song was the most-watched film on the “big four” broadcast networks in nearly four… Source: RollingStone Link: Dolly Parton's […]
Björk has had it with the “rednecks” running Iceland. The singer is at her home, where it is midafternoon yet below freezing, and her daughter has just returned home from school and is practicing piano in the background. As bassy scales ring out behind her, the singer tells Rolling Stone that with… Source: RollingStone Link: Bjork Talks […]
Victoria Ruiz and Joey DeFrancesco, lead singer and guitarist of the most exciting punk band in America today, Downtown Boys, are eating pizza before a show in their hometown of Providence and discussing the finer points of Internet policy. “We really need to connect on-the-ground policing with Internet surveillance and… Source: RollingStone Link: Downtown Boys: […]
Today (December 11th) marks the 71st birthday of Brenda Lee, who was just 13 years old when she first recorded “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” in 1958. The song has gone on to be recorded by hundreds of artists, making it one of the most successful Christmas songs of all… Source: RollingStone Link: Flashback: See […]
Janis Joplin’s psychedelic Porsche sold for $1.76 million Thursday night at RM Sotheby’s “Driven By Disruption” car auction in New York. The iconic vehicle – a pearl-white 1965 Porsche 365c 1600 Cabriolet decked out with a kaleidoscopic Flower Power paint job – was expected to bring between $400,000 and $600,000, CNN reports. Joplin purchased the Porsche… Source: RollingStone Link: Janis […]
Adele’s return was the pop happening of 2015, but compared to many other acts who reemerged this year, the three-year gap between 2012’s “Skyfall” and the seismic impact of “Hello” was a mere blip. The year has been rife with sudden comebacks by bands or solo stars who had been absent from the popular consciousness… Source: RollingStone Link: 2015: The […]