The Supreme Court cleared the way Friday for the president’s final execution, ensuring that President Donald Trump‘s execution spree on his way out of office cost 13 people their lives. Dustin Higgs, who was convicted of ordering the murder of three women in Maryland in 1996, died by lethal injection …
Read More »Foo Fighters Ring in 2021 With New Song 'No Son of Mine'
Foo Fighters have loudly rung in the new year with their new song “No Son of Mine,” the latest single from the band’s upcoming album Medicine at Midnight. While the laidback first single “Shame Shame” showed off Foo Fighters’ funky side, “No Son of Mine” finds the band returning to …
Read More »Save Our Stages: How an Industry Hail Mary Became Live Music's $15 Billion Lifeline
For Dayna Frank, owner of First Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the feeling was completely indescribable. For Kerri Park, general manager at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia, there was a palpable shift towards positivity. For Christine Karayan, owner of the Troubadour in Los Angeles, there was still some understandable hesitancy. It …
Read More »'The Flight Attendant' Sticks the Landing
This post contains spoilers for The Flight Attendant, whose finale is now available on HBO Max. Back when I used to travel to places in the before time, I would greet the sound of the plane’s wheels touching down on the runway with an exhalation and a little smile. I …
Read More »Chester Bennington's Ex-Wife Samantha Details Singer's Struggles in Book Excerpt
Chester Bennington met his first wife, Samantha, when he was 19 and she was 22. A few years later, he auditioned for Linkin Park and their lives quickly changed. The couple had a son, Draven, in 2002, but ultimately, they weren’t able to work as a couple and divorced in …
Read More »Year in Review: So, How Was Your 2020, Jehnny Beth?
So, How Was Your 2020? is a series in which our favorite entertainers answer our questionnaire about the music, culture and memorable moments that shaped their year. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December. Jehnny Beth, the erstwhile frontwoman for noise-punks Savages, broke out with a solo album, To …
Read More »The FDA Approved a Covid-19 Vaccine. Now What?
Update, Sat. Dec. 12th, 4:15 pm: This story has been updated to include the FDA and CDC approval of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine. On Friday, December 11th — two days after the single deadliest day of the Covid-19 pandemic in the U.S. so far — the Food and Drug Administration …
Read More »NRA Accuses Former Top Lobbyist of Grift
The National Rifle Association is accusing its former top lobbyist of fleecing the organization of more than $1 million from 2015 to 2019. The allegation that Chris Cox benefited from extravagant, unauthorized expenses that were charged to the nonprofit appears in a tax document filed by the NRA in November …
Read More »Musicians on Musicians: Barry Gibb & Jason Isbell
L ast year, Jason Isbell came home to his wife and bandmate, Amanda Shires, and played her a duet he’d just recorded with Barry Gibb. “She said, ‘That’s the best I’ve heard you sing,’” Isbell says. “I said, ‘Well, I was singing with Barry Gibb. I had to do my …
Read More »Spotify Donates $500,000 to U.S. Indie Music Venues
All across the U.S., independent concert venues are revamping their marquees to include fun facts about artists that have played there in the past: Lady Gaga at Tampa’s Ritz Ybor, Childish Gambino at Portland’s Aladdin. The concept may sound simple — but it took a national deal with Spotify to …
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