There is a remarkable scene early in Eric Clapton:Life in 12 Bars, the new Showtime documentary about the guitarist’s career, that sums up his meteoric rise as a British-blues prodigy and worldwide superstar: Bob Dylan in a London hotel room in 1965 watching John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers on television and raving …
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Green Day never have an easy time assembling their setlist. A two-and-a-half hour show somehow needs to touch on their massive catalog of hits, cuts from their new album, deep cuts the hardcore fans love to hear and unexpected covers. In May, we went backstage with Green Day at the …
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A new documentary, I Am Sam Kinison, will explore the life and impact of the controversial shock comic with commentary from Charlie Sheen, Jay Leno, Tommy Chong and Corey Feldman, among others. The film will premiere on Spike TV on December 19th at 10 p.m. EST, with an uncensored version …
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Billy Corgan unveiled a kaleidoscopic 40-minute silent film, Pillbox, featuring music from his new solo album, Ogilala. Corgan wrote the film and directed it alongside longtime collaborator Linda Strawberry. Pillbox tells the story of a couple who are forced to part when the man heads overseas to war. The opening …
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New York Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard joined a number of athletes and celebrities over the weekend in trolling Donald Trump after he said he was “probably”going to be named Time magazine’s Person of the Year. Syndergaard tweeted that Sports Illustrated told him he was probably going to be Sportsman of …
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A decade before she turned the 1981 single “Bette Davis Eyes” into a Grammy-winning phenomenon, Kim Carnes and her husband, Dave Ellingson, were living in Los Angeles and writing songs for music publisher and producer Jimmy Bowen at the same company that would launch the Eagles’ Glenn Frey and Don …
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Warren “Pete” Moore, an original member of the legendary Motown singing group the Miracles, died Sunday at the age of 78. Motown founder Berry Gordy confirmed Moore’s death in a statement. No cause of death was provided. “I am deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Warren ‘Pete’ Moore, …
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Dave Chappelle announced the release date for his third Netflix special on Friday. Dave Chappelle: Equanimity is due out on December 31st. In the brief teaser for the project, Chappelle inserts himself into a scene from the first season of Stranger Things. After Eleven uses her formidable powers to neutralize …
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A musical cross-country journey in the wake of the September 11th attacks of 2001 is at the heart of a new, award-winning film called American Folk. Starring Joe Purdy and Amber Rubarth as two folk-playing musicians who meet after their plane is grounded in California, the film was shot in …
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Guns N’ Roses closed out their Tuesday night concert at Tulsa, Oklahoma’s BOK Center by bringing out Foo Fighters‘ Dave Grohl to perform “Paradise City.” Grohl “just happened to be in the neighborhood,” Axl Rose told the audience; Foo Fighters are scheduled to perform at the same venue as part …
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