Bono suggested the United States deploy comedians Amy Schumer, Chris Rock and Sacha Baron Cohen to fight violent extremism during a Senate subcommittee hearing, Reuters reports. The hearing specifically dealt with the “causes and consequences of violent extremism and the role of foreign assistance.” The U2 frontman joined a panel of diplomats and aid… Source: RollingStone Link: Bono […]

Filmmaker Peter Berg will direct a new documentary about Rihanna styled after D.A. Pennebaker’s famous 1967 Bob Dylan film, Don’t Look Back, Deadline reports. The doc will be one of the first from Berg’s new non-scripted production company, Film 45 (the logical offshoot of his film/TV company, Film 44). Berg described the as-yet-untitled movie… Source: RollingStone Link: Rihanna […]

Hip hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa has denied accusations that he sexually abused a former member of his Universal Zulu Nation. In a statement to Rolling Stone, Bambaataa says the accusations levied upon him by Ronald Savage “are baseless and are a cowardly attempt to tarnish my reputation and legacy in hip-hop at this… Source: RollingStone Link: Afrika Bambaataa […]

LONDON (AP) — David Gest, a music producer, reality TV star and former husband of Liza Minnelli, was found dead Tuesday at a London hotel. He was 62. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Music producer David Gest dies in London at 62

It may have taken them awhile to get it going but Cole Swindell and Dierks Bentley finally cut “Flatliner.” The opening cut on Swindell’s forthcoming album, You Should Be Here, is anything but DOA as a cheeky Swindell and Bentley rhapsodize about a heart-stopping beauty who’s “got the pretty turned up… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear […]

St. Vincent’s Annie Clark will make her directorial debut with a segment in XX, an upcoming anthology horror film composed of four shorts starring and helmed entirely by women. Clark will film her portion of the movie this spring, though no details were offered regarding the cast or plot. Clark did, however, co-write… Source: RollingStone Link: St. […]

As Rob Thomas pointed out during his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction speech last week, Chicago aren’t exactly the coolest band in the world. “People say a lot of things about Chicago,” he said. “And I know that ‘badass’ generally is not one of them, but just remember… Source: RollingStone Link: Flashback: Chicago […]

The last time Vince Gill and Keith Urban co-hosted one of their All for the Hall benefit shows in Nashville, Maren Morris was still an unsigned artist, paying the bills as a songwriter while chasing down a record deal. That was May 2014, before “My Church” became a Top 5… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Maren […]

In what its organisers, Wizard World, are calling a world-first, when this year's Comic Con lands in Philadelphia on June 3 it will do so with its own music concert series. "Wizard World Comic Con already presents the best in celebrity meet and greets, movies, television, science fiction and comics and we believe that including […]

Ice Cube responded to Gene Simmons’ latest comments about the inclusion of N.W.A and other hip-hop artists in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show Tuesday, saying, “Everybody’s got their own opinions and Gene, he’s an OG in the game, but he’s just wrong on this.” While Simmons… Source: RollingStone Link: Ice […]