Two security guards who worked Travis Scott‘s Astroworld Festival in Houston are suing two weeks after a brutal crowd rush at the concert killed 10 people and injured hundreds of others, including the guards. Samuel and Jackson Bush, an uncle and nephew who worked the fest on Nov. 5th, told …
Read More »Billy Hinsche, Longtime Member of Beach Boys' Touring Band, Dead at 70
Billy Hinsche, singer in the Sixties boy band Dino, Desi and Billy and longtime member of the Beach Boys’ touring unit, has died at the age of 70. Lucie Arnaz — the daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz and whose brother Desi Arnaz Jr. was a member of Dino, …
Read More »Billy Porter, Machine Gun Kelly, Brandy Tapped to Present at American Music Awards
UPDATE (11/19): Billy Porter, Machine Gun Kelly, Brandy and more have been enlisted as presenters for this year’s American Music Awards. The other celebrities who will be handing out awards include West Side Story stars Ansel Elgort and Rachel Zegler, JoJo Siwa, Winnie Harlow, JB Smoove, Anthony Ramos, Liza Koshy, …
Read More »Adele Shatters Hearts as She Casually Belts 'To Be Loved' on Instagram
Adele performed a devastatingly gorgeous “To Be Loved” — while casually sitting in a living room — in a video she shared on Instagram. The heartbreaking track appears on 30, her five-star album arriving on Friday. Related: Where to Find Every Edition of Adele’s 30 Online In the clip, she’s …
Read More »Taylor Swift Digs Deep Into Heartache and Scarf Lore With 'All Too Well' Short Film
Brace yourselves: Taylor Swift has dropped a dramatic and moving short film for the long-awaited 10-minute version of “All Too Well.” Swift wrote and directed the short film, which was shot on 35mm. Sadie Sink (Stranger Things) and Dylan O’Brien (Teen Wolf) star as two doomed lovers. The story opens …
Read More »Korn Preview New Album 'Requiem' With 'Start the Healing' Video
Korn have announced new album Requiem. Their follow-up to 2019’s The Nothing arrives on Feb. 4 via Loma Vista Recordings. Jonathan Davis and company also shared the video for the first single, “Start the Healing.” The Tim Saccenti-directed live action and animated visual features footage of the band performing interspersed …
Read More »'Jagged' Trailer Recounts Alanis Morissette's Rise to Stardom
HBO has unveiled a trailer for Jagged, an upcoming documentary film that looks back on Alanis Morissette’s early success after she broke out in 1995. The film, directed by Alison Klayman and executive produced by Bill Simmons, is part of HBO’s Music Box series, which launched in July. The trailer …
Read More »Watch Brandi Carlile Cover Joni Mitchell's 'Blue' on 'Colbert'
Brandi Carlile appeared on The Late Show to perform two songs, a cover of Joni Mitchell‘s “Blue” and her own “This Time Tomorrow.” “This Time Tomorrow,” which Carlile performed alongside two musicians, comes off the singer’s new album In These Silent Days, which dropped last month. In These Silent Daysmarks …
Read More »Astroworld Attendees Mourn Festival Victims: 'We Were Feet Away From People Literally Dying'
It was Evan Pond’s first concert in nearly two years. The 16-year-old Toronto resident had expected a cathartic two days in Houston, Texas, at Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival — an escape from a trying year and a half of no live music during the pandemic. By the end of the …
Read More »Tomorrow Comes Today: Gorillaz Prep 20th-Anniversary Box Set
Gorillaz will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their self-titled debut with a massive box set, out Dec. 10. The collection contains previously unreleased documents from the Department of Music Correction, which contains 27 pages of memos, faxes, and early Jamie Hewlett drawings that were thought to be destroyed in a …
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