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Anthony Head, the actor who played Rupert “Ripper” Giles on TV’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer, died of complications due to pneumonia at the age of 72. His daughters Emily and Daisy Head announced their father’s death in a statement to the BBC, writer the actor “passed away peacefully of complications due to pneumonia, surrounded by his family.” Outside of the Buffyverse, Head played crucial roles in the British sketch comedy show Little Britain, the fantasy drama Merlin, and the sports comedy Ted Lasso. But the role of Ruper Giles, Buffy Summers’ mentor and “Watcher,” looms large over his legacy. Outside…
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. There are two phrases most dads seem genetically programmed to repeat: “Ready to rock and roll” and “I don't need anything for Father's Day.” If you've never heard your dad say either of those, try listening a little more closely. While he'll probably never retire “ready to rock and roll” before leaving the house, a restaurant, or pretty much any location he's at, we may have found a way to put an end to the annual “I don't…
The Red Clay Strays never set out to captivate country music. Even though they accidentally became Nashville's latest heroes, that's still the case. “We're country boys,” Brandon Coleman tells me. “We were all raised in the South, and we were all raised on country music. But we just make whatever noise we make when we make our art, and it's too exhausting to try to stick to a genre.” The Strays' frontman is seated at a table with his bandmates at Green Valley Ranch, a swanky casino-resort in the Las Vegas suburb of Henderson. There's gambling there, of course, and…
With the Boss on stage Dropkick Murphys, Roseanne Cash, Kenny Chesney and Trombone Shorty Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. As the portable audio arms race heats up, brands are stuffing more features than ever into tiny earbuds. Many premium options offer Dolby or spatial audio, Apple and Samsung have added live-translation functionality, and there are some wacky features like the ability to use tap controls as a camera shutter. But even premium earbuds sometimes lag in an essential department — call quality. That’s why Anker’s Soundcore sub-brand has made crystal-clear calls a central part of the appeal…
Last year, Kasher Quon dropped a music video that uses the Detroit scam rapper’s ridiculously vivid and sometimes offensive punchlines as prompts for a batshit AI cartoon. In “Transported,” a dude with a small afro has a shaking fit at a liquor store counter as a group of Asian caricatures watch him in confusion (“Yo’ bum ass mad the liquor store just ran out of beer”) and a balding Italian man yells at his pizza boy for flashing money into his phone camera on the job (“Shouldn’t be posting banks on the ’Gram if you work at Happy’s, he at…
Bruce Springsteen celebrated the American semiquincentennial, and the upcoming opening of the Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music, by performing Thursday night at the 'Music America: The Songs that Shaped Us' concert at the Oceanfirst Bank Center in Monmouth, New Jersey, where he shared the bill with Roseanne Cash, Kenny Chesney, Shemekia Copeland, Dropkick Murphy's, Valerie June, Keb' Mo', and Trombone Shorty. Little Steven's Disciples Of Soul was the house band for the show, which honored 250 years of American music, and Bob Santelli, Director of the Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music, served as the host. Springsteen, who wrapped…
Forced to close due to an eviction: over 60 jobs at risk Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM
Here comes one of those pieces of news that you never want to give… Lo Spirit of Milan is forced to close. After over ten years of activity, the historic Milanese venue interrupts its programming following the expiration of the rental contract for the spaces that host it and the failure of the owners to grant an extension. Hosted since 2015 inside the former Cristallerie Livellara factory, one of the most significant examples of recovery of industrial archeology in Milan in the heart of Bovisa, the Spirit de Milan it has established itself over the years as one of the…
Organisers of Primavera Sound have issued a statement after a number of performances were cancelled last night due to severe weather conditions, and both Massive Attack and Oklou have shared updates with fans after the chaotic opening day at the festival. Yesterday (Thursday June 4) was the opening day of the festival at the Parc del Fòrum in Barcelona, which is scheduled to run until Sunday (June 7). There was heavy rainfall and strong winds throughout the day, and worsening conditions meant that various areas of the festival site were soon closed, including the Estrella Damm and Revolut stages. Around…
