Last fall, an undocumented 17-year-old was arrested while crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. The girl, referred to in court documents as Jane Doe, was sent to a private Texas detention center under contract with the Office of Refugee Resettlement. Shortly after her arrival, she learned she was eight weeks pregnant and …

“It’s the perfect tour, I think,” says Rob Zombie about Twins of Evil: The Second Coming, his co-headlining jaunt with Marilyn Manson that kicks off July 11th at Detroit’s DTE Energy Music Theatre. The trek, which pits Zombie’s B-movie-splattered groove metal against Manson’s industrial-goth exorcisms, is a match made in …

It’s been a dozen years since Suzanne Santo and Ben Jaffe sat together in the lobby of a West Hollywood pot dispensary, acoustic guitars in hand, strumming the song that would eventually become the closer for every HoneyHoney show. “Those were some of our first gigs, playing the weed shops …

John Lydon‘s Public Limited Ltd. will mark its 40th anniversary with a North American fall tour launching October 9th in New Orleans, Louisiana and concluding November 6th in Mexico City, Mexico. Tickets go on sale Friday, July 13th at 10 a.m. local time. The 18-date trek follows a busy streak …

Elvis Costello revealed that he was recently diagnosed with a “small but very aggressive cancerous malignancy” and canceled the final six dates of his ongoing European tour. While the singer-songwriter began the summer trek after undergoing surgery, he wrote on his website that doctors urged him to nix the dates …

When the polls closed in Mexico’s presidential election Sunday evening, the winner by a landslide was Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a socialist reformer and unabashed champion of the working class. It’s a hugely significant turn of events. Since 2000, Mexico has been governed by pro-business technocrats, responsible centrists with economics …

Sheryl Crow says her next studio album will be her last. The singer-songwriter shared the news in a recent interview with radio host Kyle Meredith. “I made the decision in my head that the record that comes out next year will be my last full album and I’ll just start …

Eric B & Rakim will reissue their entire catalog on vinyl for the first time with the pioneering rap duo’s The Complete Collection 1987-1992. The 8-LP, 2-CD set collects the duo’s four albums – 1987s Paid in Full, 1988’s Follow the Leader, 1990’s Let the Rhythm Hit Emand 1992’s Don’t …

In 1980, Robert Shafran drove from Westchester County to the Catskills. It was his first day of college – a community college, he modestly notes, but still, he was going. As he walked through the campus, the 19-year-old noticed how friendly everyone was … excessively so, in some cases. Then …

The family and record label of Vinnie Paul has announced a public memorial for the late Pantera drummer. “Vinnie Paul: A Public Celebration of Life” will take place Sunday, July 1st – the day after Paul’s private funeral in his native Texas – at Dallas’ Bomb Factory venue. Fans hoping …