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Onstage in a red — though not raspberry — beret, a bearded John Travolta introduced the inaugural performance from punk all-stars Cretin Family for the Ramones 50th Anniversary Tribute by resurrecting the geriatric cemetery joke: people were literally dying to get in. There was no rim shot from Blink-182-Cretin drummer Travis Barker, but the raucous performance by the Cretins, rounded out by Rancid guitarist (and the event’s musical director) Tim Armstrong; Green Day singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong; and Ramones bassist CJ Ramone, could have raised the dead. In this legendary internment oasis in the middle of a gritty Hollywood neighborhood,…

Never had Will Forte found himself so caught between art and commerce. The former Saturday Night Live star had received a call in November 2023 inviting him to a screening of the new Looney Tunes movie he’d just made, Coyote vs. Acme. Test audiences had loved it, and the producers were excited to finally share it with the whole cast. The very next day, like an anvil falling from the sky, Forte and his collaborators were crushed by the news that Warner Bros, the film’s studio, had decided to shelve the movie for a tax write-off. The private screening still…

Platinum-selling singer D4vd pleaded not guilty Monday at his rearraignment on charges he sexually abused 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez before killing and dismembering her and concealing her remains in the front trunk of his Tesla. He also switched out his defense team, replacing high-profile lawyers Blair Berk and Marilyn Bednarski with two public defenders. After the hearing, Bednarski said “there is no conflict,” and that D4vd, born David Anthony Burke, made the decision. She declined to say how he might qualify for a publicly funded defense considering his financial success as a recording artist. “This morning, the court granted our…

OsamaSon’s musical output to date has been plagued by leakers. At least he seems to be leaning into it. A lineup shakeup at Toronto’s First Class Fest, which took place over the weekend, led to the rapper performing both nights, and he took the opportunity to turn his Saturday (August 29) set into a showcase of exclusively unreleased material. OsamaSon’s 18-song setlist included live debuts of “All Day,” “Range Rover,” “Guap in My Pants,” “Movie,” “Broad,” and “Creek.” Check it out and watch footage of his performance below.In 2024, a data dump of more than 400 unreleased OsamaSon tracks hit…

Those that Rodrigo welcomed to the stage were her heroes and the women that have shaped her, and throughout the day, I was moved by the festival’s commitment to intergenerational womanhood, artistry, and connection. There are the performers, of course, like Bikini Kill and Garbage, who carried themselves as the quasi-elders of the festival (“I just turned 60, so I’m very old and I know exactly what I’m talking about,” Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson jokes at one point.) These women dispensed advice on artmaking, growing up, and standing up for what you believe in between songs: Hanna advised young girls…

“I chose to respond with a celebration: the biggest we could possibly imagine,” the Colombian superstar wrote in an op-ed for El Pais Shakira‘s 12-date residency in Madrid, Spain is not simply just a continuation of her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran world tour. It’s a much-needed celebration created in response to how Latinos are being treated around the world. “This began with pain. It began when I saw our people persecuted simply for being Latino, families forced to live in fear,” the Colombian superstar wrote in a new op-ed El País. “Faced with that, anger is legitimate. But I…

John Galliano will no longer be honored with a special exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art after a fierce round of criticism over offensive statements he made about Jewish and Asian people in 2011.  Galliano confirmed the exhibit would no longer take place in an Instagram post, in which he again apologized for the “pain” he caused with his 2011 outburst, which led to his conviction on hate crime charges in France. “I understand that meaningful atonement is not achieved through an exhibition, institutional recognition, or a single public gesture,” Galliano wrote. “It is a continuing responsibility, demonstrated through…

Tom Hardy has released his first official rap album with Czarface, featuring guest appearances from Busta Rhymes, Method Man and El-P. The Oscar-nominated actor performs under his Frankie Pulitzer moniker on ‘Czarface Meets Frankie Pulitzer’, which arrived on Friday (August 28) via Silver Age, having been first announced in June. The 15-track album is a full-length collaboration with Czarface, the hip-hop collective comprising Wu-Tang Clan rapper Inspectah Deck and underground duo 7L & Esoteric. The record sees Hardy making sly references to his own acting career, including on ‘Grim-Visaged War’, which sees him recite the opening “winter of our discontent” monologue from Shakespeare’s Richard III, using the distinctive voice of Bane from 2012’s The Dark Knight Rises. ‘Raw Forever’, his collaboration with Busta Rhymes, includes…

To state the obvious, there will never be another Dolly Parton. No one can fill her high heels, cultivate such a diverse group of listeners from Nashville to Nairobi, or better embody the American poverty-to-philanthropy story. But there are artists in country music who have at least some of that same Dolly sparkle. Reba McEntire, a longtime friend of Parton’s, is one from the legacy class. Garth Brooks possesses that entertainer DNA too. In today’s contemporary scene, Lainey Wilson certainly has that Dolly approachability: It’s easy for fans to make a connection with or even see themselves in the Louisiana…

The duo also played their Breach song “Robot Voices” live for the first time at the East London music festival Twenty One Pilots covered Radiohead and the Beatles at their All Points East appearance in London Sunday night in addition to premiering “Robot Voices,” a song from their latest record Breach. The rap-rock duo played through nearly 30 songs during their set at the East London festival, including hits “Stressed Out,” “Trees,” and “Heavydirtysoul.” Just after playing “Tear in My Heart,” they debuted the Breach song “Robot Voices” with added assistance from guitarist Emi Grace, and segued directly into a…