Apple Music has launched an exclusive livestream channel for Kanye West‘s upcoming premiere event of his album Donda, taking place Thursday, August 5th at 8:00 p.m. ET from Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium. On Apple Music’s homepage, the music service advertised the stream as: “Watch Kanye finishing Dondain Atlanta” — and that’s …
Read More »How ZZ Top Conquered MTV With the 'Eliminator' Trilogy
The world is mourning today for the late, great Dusty Hill of ZZ Top, who died Tuesday. He was a beer drinker, hell-raiser, sharp-dressed broom duster, and bassist in the same trio for more than 50 years. But Dusty was more than just a legendary bluesman — he and ZZ …
Read More »Court Sides with Voters, Thwarts GOP Plan to Stop Working People from Getting Health Care
Despite attempts by state Republicans to block it, more than 275,000 working Missourians are eligible to receive health care through the state’s Medicaid program, the state supreme court has ruled. Last summer, 53 percent of Missouri voters supported a constitutional amendment to expand the state’s Medicaid program, part of the …
Read More »Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen Announce Co-Authored Book 'Renegades: Born in the U.S.A.'
President Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen will release a joint book, Renegades: Born in the U.S.A., on October 26th globally via Higher Ground/Penguin Random House. The tome is described as “a collection of candid, intimate, and entertaining conversations,” which beganin Spotify’s co-produced podcast of the same name. Published in an …
Read More »Kanye West, Dua Lipa, Pusha T Feature on New Pop Smoke Posthumous LP
Kanye West, Dua Lipa, Pusha T, and Future are among the artists that will feature on Pop Smoke’s second posthumous album Faith, out at midnight Friday. The rapper’s manager Steven Victor revealed the entire 21-song tracklist Thursday, hours before Faith’s release, with Pharrell Williams, 21 Savage, Rick Ross, the-Dream, Migos’ …
Read More »Garth Brooks Tells Touring Musicians to 'Get Back in the Game' in First Stadium Concert Since Pandemic
Pandemic? What pandemic? That seemed to be the vibe among the 68,000 people at Garth Brooks’ concert at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Saturday night, the first major stadium concert anywhere in the U.S. since the arrival of Covid-19. Social distancing? Nope. Masks? Maybe a few wore them. Heck, …
Read More »Flashback: Blink-182 Play a Scorching 'Dammit' in 1999
Blink-182 fans have dealt with some pretty heavy news in the past few weeks. It started in late June when Mark Hoppus revealed that he’s battling cancer and is in the middle of chemotherapy. “It sucks and I’m scared,” he said in a statement, “and at the same time I’m …
Read More »ExxonMobil Lobbyist on Playbook for Plastic: “It's Just Like on Climate Change”
Greenpeace UK has released additional video clips of its explosive, undercover interview of one of ExxonMobil‘s top lobbyists. In these new video segments, Keith McCoy, senior director of federal relations for the oil giant, describes how the company’s playbook for dealing with public outrage over its plastic pollution is “just …
Read More »I Moved to Portland Because It Seemed Like a Safe Bet in the Face of Climate Change. I Was Naive
PORTLAND, OREGON — The streetcars stopped running because power cables were melting. The public pools were shut down to protect lifeguards and pool staff from “severe heat.” Roads and intersections began to buckle. Economic and civic life in this Pacific Northwest city ground to a halt as temperatures soared to …
Read More »Puerto Rico Gets Much-Needed $4 Billion in Pandemic Funds for Education
Puerto Rico will receive nearly $4 billion in federal pandemic relief funds for education as part of the American Rescue Plan, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona announcedwhile visiting the island. “The students of Puerto Rico have suffered enough,” Cardona said on Monday, according to the AP,during a trip to the …
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