Prior to the arena-filling premiere of Kanye West’s provocative, voyeuristic “Famous” visual, the rapper spoke to Vanity Fair about the video, which features synthetic versions of West and wife Kim Kardashian, Taylor Swift, Donald Trump and more naked in bed together. “It’s not in support or anti any of [anyone in… Source: RollingStone Link: Kanye West […]
Every month, Billy Joel performs in front of a sold out crowd at New York’s Madison Square Garden. On Friday night, the “Piano Man” singer took the stage at Huntington, New York’s intimate Paramount for a surprise three-song set alongside Joel cover band Big Shot, who were performing at the venue. With Big… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
The upcoming blockbuster Suicide Squad has dropped the video for the soundtrack cut “Sucker for Pain,” featuring a Suicide Squad-like assortment of MCs – Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, Ty Dolla $ign and Logic – alongside rockers Imagine Dragons and X Ambassadors. The video sees all six artists involved performing their joint cut on… Source: RollingStone Link: See […]
The rapper said, “It’s a comment on fame.” Source: Yahoo Music Link: Kanye West Explains New Music Video: 'It's a Comment on Fame'
Celebrated Brazilian musician Gilberto Gil was released Friday from a Sao Paulo hospital where he was treated over the past week for kidney problems. Gil, 73, on his Instagram account posted a photo showing the rear of a car with the words "homeward bound" superimposed on the image, as he ended his stay at the […]
Kanye West debuted his music video for The Life of Pablo track “Famous” Friday night at a watch party at Los Angeles’ Forum, where a 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. PST crowd witnessed perhaps the most provocative, controversial video of West’s career thus far. The Forum event was live streamed via Tidal,… Source: RollingStone Link: Kanye West […]
Former Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer Artimus Pyle will co-write and produce a biopic about his life with the Southern rock band. The film, tentatively titled Free Bird, also focuses on one of the music’s most tragic moments: The 1977 plane crash that claimed the lives of six people, including his friend and… Source: RollingStone Link: Former Lynyrd […]
A federal judge ruled Friday that auctioneers could not proceed with the sale of Whitney Houston’s 1986 Emmy Award. A temporary restraining order was issued against both Heritage Auctions and the late singer’s estate to prevent the auction of Houston’s Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music… Source: RollingStone Link: Whitney […]
One of the most wildly innovative and technically dazzling musicians in pop music history, Parliament-Funkadelic’s Bernie Worrell was like “Jimi Hendrix on the keyboards,” according to one-time bandmate Bootsy Collins, and that’s not a hyperbolic estimation. A classical-music child prodigy who attended the New England Conservatory of Music and Juilliard,… Source: RollingStone Link: Bernie Worrell: […]
Bernie Worrell, keyboardist for Parliament/Funkadelic and Talking Heads and a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, passed away Friday following a battle with cancer. He was 72. “Bernie transitioned Home to The Great Spirit,” Worrell’s wife Judie wrote on Facebook Friday. “Rest in peace, my love — you definitely made the world a better… Source: RollingStone Link: Bernie […]