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Joan Jett & The Blackhearts will rock a five-night residency at the House of Blues Las Vegas inside Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in June 2025.

The performances will take place June 13th, 14th, 18th, 20th and 21st. An artist pre-sale starts today (December 11th) at 10 a.m. Pt using the code Jjbhvegas, while a Live Nation pre-sale begins Thursday (December 12th) at 10 a.m. Pt with the code Joy. A general on-sale starts Friday (December 13th) at 10 a.m. Pt via Ticketmaster.

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Fans can expect Jett and company to perform songs like “Bad Reputation,” “I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll,” “I Hate Myself for Loving You,” and “Crimson and Clover,” among other favorites.

Last year, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts released the EP Mindsets, featuring six new songs. Earlier this year, the band supported Alanis Morissette on her summer tour.

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts were inducted into the...

Michael J. Fox is making it a family affair on the red carpet!

The 63-year-old Back to the Future actor and wife Tracy Pollan were joined by their four kids – son Sam, 35, 29-year-old twin daughters Aquinnah and Schuyler, and 23-year-old daughter Esme – at the 2024 A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Cure Parkinson’s event on Saturday night (November 16) held at Cipriani South Street in New York City.

Other stars in attendance included Stevie Nicks, Maggie Rogers, Joan Jett, Katie Couric and husband John Molner, comedian Zarna Garg, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. actor Clark Gregg, George Stephanopoulos and wife Ali Wentworth, Lauren Bush Lauren and husband David Lauren, Schmigadoon! actor Keegan-Michael Key, Rescue Me actor Denis Leary, Today co-host Willie Geist, and comedian Roy Wood Jr.

The event comes as The Michael J. Fox Foundation has raised $116 million overall toward Parkinson’s disease research. Since...

Pop singer-songwriter Hayes Warner sat down to answer some of her fans’ burning questions in her new uInterview.

Warner, a New York native, is a rising pop star, who was named one of People’s Emerging Artists to Watch in 2023. A graduate of Northwestern University’s musical theatre program, Warner has composed music for Disney, Paramount, and Netflix, and has opened concerts for artists including Flo-Rida, the Neon Trees and Fetty Wap.

Asked by one fan what musical artists inspired her, Warner responded, “I’d say my biggest artistic influences are – I love women who have big energy on stage, so I’d say definitely Haley Williams from Paramore, I love Joan Jett, [Debbie Harry in] Blondie. Obviously, I have been loving everything Charlie Xcx is doing right now, and just her whole career. I’d say definitely them.”

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Alan Sacks, who teamed with stand-up comic and fellow Brooklynite Gabe Kaplan to create the popular 1970s ABC sitcom Welcome, Back, Kotter, has died. He was 81.

Sacks died Tuesday of complications from lymphoma in New York while on a visit there, his wife, talent agent Annette van Duren, told The Hollywood Reporter. He was first diagnosed 22 years ago but spent several years in remission before the cancer returned.

In the 1980s, after a project involving the iconic L.A. band The Runaways never got off the ground, Sacks took the footage and incorporated it into a plot about a director working on a tight deadline to finish a movie starring Runaways member Joan Jett.

The resulting film, Du-Beat-e-o (1984), which he also helmed, was set against the background of the hardcore L.A. punk scene and featured Ray Sharkey and Derf Scratch of the punk band Fear.

He also wrote and...

Film and TV writer-producer Alan Sacks, who had an eclectic career that included co-creating the popular 1970s series “Welcome Back, Kotter” and working on projects set in the 1980s L.A. punk scene, died of complications from lymphoma on Tuesday in New York. He was 81.

Sacks was born in Brooklyn and started his career in the research department of ABC Television. After moving to Los Angeles, he continued working at ABC as a program executive. Along with Gabe Kaplan and Peter Meyerson, he helped develop and co-create “Welcome Back, Kotter,” basing the sitcom on his high school friends in Brooklyn and on Kaplan’s stand-up routine.

He also worked on “Chico and the Man,” created by “Welcome Back, Kotter” executive producer James Komack.

In 1991, Sacks created and produced a Saturday morning children’s show, “Riders in the Sky,” for CBS, which replaced the “Pee-Wee Herman Show.”

During the 1970s and ’80s,...

Longtime animal rights activist Joan Jett has once again teamed up with PETA for a new commercial calling on proponents of women’s rights to think beyond species and fight for the reproductive rights of female animals.

Premiering during The Rachel Maddow Show on Monday (October 21st), the spot features the punk rock legend’s face morphing into images of other women and animals like a cat, fox, cow, monkey, dog, and sheep. Watch it below.

“We are daughters, sisters, and mothers,” Jett says in the ad. “We all feel pain and fear and love, and if any of us were forcibly bred or had our breast milk or eggs taken and sold, or our children stolen from us to be experimented on, we’d all feel violated and angry and heartbroken.”

She continues, “Ask yourself: Would I wish this fate on my mother or my sister or me? We...

“This world is bullshit,” Chappell Roan recently said, during an extended TikTok rant. “You shouldn’t model your life on what we think is cool and what we’re wearing and what we’re saying and everything. Go with yourself.” All right, fine, that was actually what Fiona Apple said on the VMAs in 1997 — and at the time, Apple’s dissatisfaction with fame briefly threatened to become the essence of her brand, overshadowing the brilliance of her music. But Apple continued creating, and her songs have long since outlasted any passing controversies.

Although it lasted only one season, Freaks and Geeks continues to hold a special place in viewers hearts 25 years later.

On Wednesday, series creator Paul Feig and EP Judd Apatow celebrated the milestone anniversary of his breakout ’80s-set high school series, which aired 1999 to 2000 on NBC, along with stars Seth Rogen, Martin Starr and Samm Levine.

“Freaks & Geeks premiered 25 years ago today on @nbc,” wrote Feig with throwback photos from the set. “It was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life and changed everything for me. Eternally grateful to @juddapatow for taking a chance on my little spec script about growing up in Michigan and making it happen with @dreamworks as well as to our stellar cast, writers, directors and crew for bringing it to life. I truly love you all.”

Apatow wrote, “Happy 25th anniversary Freaks and Geeks!” Starr called his time on the show the “happiest I’ve ever been,...

Two video game remasters have kicked off the Halloween season a month early, in more ways than one. Lollipop Chainsaw RePop and Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster, released on September 12 and September 19 respectively, are intriguing titles in their own merits. They’re examples of being bold about changing cultural aspects of old games and the compromises that come with fitting modern expectations.

When looking at both releases together, there’s more in common than just zombie killing. The remasters cut beyond ironing out the rough edges of decades-old games to fit modern standards.

In the summer of 1982, Ronald Reagan was in the White House, “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” led the box office, “Dallas” topped the Nielsen rankings and Joan Jett’s “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll” was No. 1 on the pop chart. The U.S. was suffering through the end of a recession but still embracing the “Morning in America” moment for pop culture. Amid this heady mix, the Milwaukee Brewers exploded, quite unexpectedly, as the hottest team in Major League Baseball.

The legacy of that almost-miracle season for the Brewers is revisited with great affection in a new documentary directed by Sean Hanish. “Just a Bit Outside: The Story of the 1982 Milwaukee Brewers.” The project from Cannonball Prods. was a labor of love for Wisconsin natives Hanish and Kelly Kahl, former CBS Entertainment president, who produced the pic with Paul Jaconi-Biery.

“Just a Bit Outside” opens today for a limited run in...

It’s been 12 seasons, and Carrie Underwood is still waiting for the end of the weekend. The country star kicked off the 2024 season of Sunday Night Football on NBC with a revamped opening that put new emphasis on the chorus of “Waiting All Day for Sunday Night,” the NFL’s SNF theme song built around Joan Jett’s “I Hate Myself for Loving You.”

As she’s done for the past 11 seasons, Underwood strutted her way through the highly produced opening segment, belting out lyrics about the specific teams doing...

“Impossible Future,” the new single from long-running New York queerpunks the Dead Betties, is all about striving for a better tomorrow. “My life is not about how good I look on paper,” frontman Joshua Ackley sings over driving guitars. “My life is not about how far I run from danger.” Where he and his bandmates do run, however, is toward optimism. “I want an impossible life,” Ackley sings in the chorus. “This is the future now.” The song, which is on Spotify now, is the title track of the trio’s new EP,...

Adele‘s “Someone like You” is a beautiful pop ballad that doesn’t seem to have anything to do with classic rock music. However, a 1950s rock star inspired the tune. Interestingly, Adele said the same star paved the way for “Rolling in the Deep.”

Adele’s ‘Someone like You’ was inspired by 1 of Elvis Presley’s contemporaries

Dan Wilson is a professional songwriter who has a background in 1990s alternative rock. He was part of the band Semisonic, which is most known for their one-hit wonder “Closing Time.” He’s also known for co-writing Adele’s “Someone like You,” which is probably her most famous song besides the seminal “Rolling in the Deep.”

During a 2021 interview with American Songwriter, Wilson recalled writing “Someone like You.” “After we listened to a bunch of [1950s rock ‘n’ roll star] Wanda Jackson songs on YouTube, we went to the main room of the studio where the piano is.

After July’s Republican National Convention attracted such luminaries as Hulk Hogan, Kid Rock and Amber Rose, this year’s Democratic National Convention is drawing arguably bigger stars like Oprah, Spike Lee, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Stevie Wonder.

This year’s DNC, celebrating Vice President Kamala Harris’ historic presidential nomination, was hosted by Tony Goldwyn, Ana Navarro, Mindy Kaling and Kerry Washington, with each star emceeing one night of the event. The four-day convention featured performances by Stevie Wonder, John Legend, Patti Labelle and other major musicians; surprise appearances by the likes of Oprah Winfrey, who gave a speech urging those who are registered as independent like herself to vote; a daytime panel moderated by Julia Louis-Dreyfus; and more.

Besides the noteworthy political figures who made an appearance at the DNC, including President Joe Biden and Harris herself, these are the recognizable names who have been spotted at events around the convention.

Saint Vitus Bar, the long-running Brooklyn metal venue, has permanently closed its location on Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint.

The club had been closed indefinitely since February after the NYC Department of Buildings cited code violations, with authorities shutting down operations during the middle of a set by Nyhc band Mindforce.

The violations included a lack of maximum occupancy signs, allegedly exceeding the allotted maximum capacity multiple times, and operating as a food/drink establishment without the proper certification.

The venue’s founders formally announced the closure on social media, and left the door open for a possible re-opening at a new location:

“1120 Manhattan Ave. 2011-2024

Saint Vitus Bar to be continued…

Thank you to everyone who was a part of it.

Love and Hails,

Arty, George, David”

Many notable metal artists lamented the closure in the comments, including Anthrax’s Scott Ian, Suicidal Tendencies/ex-Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg, and more.

The 2024 Democratic National Convention is about to kick off!

The event starts on Monday (August 19), running through Thursday (August 22) at the United Center in Chicago, Ill.

During the event, several celebrities will be appearing at the rally to show support for Vice President Kamala Harris and Tim Walz‘s 2024 Presidential campaign.

50,000 visitors are expected to come to Chicago for the event, including 5,000 delegates and alternates and 15,000 members of the media.

Ahead of the DNC, four celebrities were just announced to be hosting the festivities – find out who they are!

Keep reading to find out more…

There are over 100 events happening, with confirmed attendees throughout the week including John Legend, Jon Stewart, Billy Porter, Joan Jett, Octavia Spencer, DJ D-Nice, Lil Jon and stars of RuPaul’s Drag Race.

The Creative Coalition, led by Robin Bronk, has also confirmed details for a series of events, including Uzo Aduba, Sheryl Lee Ralph,...

Greg Kihn, the singer, songwriter, guitarist and West Coast pop star best known for his bouncy hit “Jeopardy,” which made it to No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 before being parodied by “Weird Al” Yankovic, has died. He was 75.

Kihn died Tuesday after a battle with Alzheimer’s, publicist Michael Brandvold announced. His family did not want to disclose the location of his death.

Kihn blended folk, classic rock, blues and melodic pop in a style that helped define the Bay Area music scene in the 1980s. His first hit was “The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ‘Em),” which got to No. 15 on the Hot 100 in May 1981.

The Greg Kihn Band released the danceable “Jeopardy” in January 1983, and only Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” kept from nabbing the No. 1 spot. A huge MTV favorite, it was quickly spoofed by Yankovic as “I Lost on Jeopardy,” which even featured the host of the game show,...

While the world waits to see if/when/how Taylor Swift or Beyoncé will weigh in on the historic campaign to elect Kamala Harris as president, details are surfacing on the celebrity contingent that has committed to traveling to Chicago next week for the Democratic National Convention.

The 2024 DNC is the official event where Democrats from all 50 states and the U.S. territories will come together from Aug. 19 to 22 to rally for Harris in her bid to be elected to the White House alongside vice presidential candidate Tim Walz. Nightly programming will be headquartered at Chicago’s United Center with other party activities set to take place at McCormick Place Convention Center, all of which are rolled out as a collaboration between the Democratic National Committee, the Chicago host committee, the City of Chicago and the State of Illinois. Per the DNC, 50,000 visitors are expected to descend upon Chicago, a...

Although she may be one of the most recognizable names in country music, Carrie Underwood is a hardcore rock fan. She famously performed multiple times with Guns N’ Roses’ Axl Rose, brought out Joan Jett at her 2019 CMA Fest set, and regularly covers Motörhead’s “Ace of Spades” in concert. Now, Underwood has teamed up with alt-metal band Papa Roach for a new version of the band’s hit “Leave a Light On (Talk Away the Dark).”

The song originally appeared on Papa Roach’s 2022 album Ego Trip and became...

“The Sporting Image” is the summer 2024 edition of the Notebook Insert, a seasonal supplement on moving-image culture.Illustration by Ivy Johnson.The first-ever pregame sports commentary show, Football Preview, premiered on CBS in 1956. Over a modest fifteen-minute running time, a team of network analysts introduced the star players and dramatic stakes of the matchup to come, encouraging viewers to stay tuned for the main event. This space also allowed more opportunities for advertisers: those priced out of in-game slots might be able to afford one during the preshow, while well-heeled sponsors could cram in a second or third commercial.1The sight of a squad of analysts at a desk would now be far too visually sedate to open a National Football League game. These days, NBC’s Sunday Night Football broadcast draws viewers in with a theme song: “Waiting All Day for Sunday Night,” performed by Carrie Underwood, which retrofits...

Want to travel through time with Reggie Watts? His new comedy special, Never Mind, dropping Saturday on the Veeps streaming service, takes you on a musical Tardis back to the 1990s. Watts’ sonic journey, from the Pov of the late 20th century, marvels at the dream of instant delivery, how expensive laser printers are and just how much he’s looking forward to Windows 98.

Watts recently talked to me about the new special, his comedy heroes and the perks of hanging with James Corden. Not surprisingly, he revealed that he preferred meeting Dolly Parton to Chevy Chase.

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“I love the idea of time travel. And I thought that the ‘90s were an interesting time because it was a transition into the modern internet. And I think it’s funny to set (my special) in another time period.”

“Absurdism and those types of comedy, I don’t think that’s...

Singer Cherie Currie still has a bitter taste in her mouth about the time The Runaways opened for Rush in 1977, insisting that the prog-rock legends sabotaged her band’s set.

A scene in the movie The Runaways shows guitarist Joan Jett (played by Kristen Stewart) breaking into a dressing room of an unnamed band and urinating on one of their guitars. Jett herself revealed to Jam! Music in 2010 that the band who inspired that scene was Rush, claiming, “They sat on the side of the stage and laughed at us. That sort of stuff pisses me off.'”

Now, Currie, in a new interview with The Metal Voice, has offered new details on the incident that took place during a concert in Detroit in February 1977.

“We had been treated so well by Tom Petty who opened for us, and Cheap Trick who opened for us, but Rush sabotaged our set,...

At long last, the great Bikini Kill performed live on late-night television, taking the stage on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on Monday, July 15.

The riot grrrl pioneers marked the occasion with a ground-shaking, speaker-rattling rendition of their classic 1993 single, “Rebel Girl.” “When she walks, the revolution’s coming/In her kiss, I taste the revolution,” Kathleen Hanna howled before launching into the chorus, “Rebel girl, rebel girl/Rebel girl you are the queen of my world!”

Bikini Kill’s long overdue late-night debut comes amidst a busy summer for the band.

Britney Spears has given us some of the most memorable dance songs of the past 25 years. She’s also really bad at doing covers. She’s managed to ruin tracks from many different genres, including 1960s psychedelia, hard rock, and an a capella classic.

5. ‘The Beat Goes On’

In many ways, Spears is the heir to Cher. It only made sense for her to record “The Beat Goes On,” one of Cher’s most beloved hits from her days with Sonny Bono. However, the production on Spears’ version is horrid and the tune sounds out-of-place on one of the records that defined 1999.

At least Spears was staying in her lane with this one. She was a pop diva taking on the work of another pop dive. Many of her later covers were more awkward because she went out of her comfort zone.

4. ‘I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll’

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Joan Jett may not give a damn about her reputation but the cast of Freaks and Geeks better fully realize that of the short-lived cult series. And by and large, they do. Really, how can anyone deny the impact that the Paul Feig-created and Judd Apatow-produced dramedy had on the careers of Linda Cardellini, James Franco, Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, John Francis Daley, Samm Levine, Martin Starr, and Busy Phillipps? Yeah, it was that stacked of a cast before we even knew it.

One who continues to be reminded of just how impactful Freaks and Geeks was is Seth Rogen, who played “freak” stoner Ken. As he told Entertainment Tonight, “I still am good friends with a lot of the people that were on the show. People kept watching it — I meet teenagers all the time who come up to me and say they love the show.” You...

Sonny & Cher’s “The Beat Goes On” is arguably one of Cher’s only additions to the 1960s classic rock canon. Britney Spears had the opportunity to make the song seem cool to a new generation and failed miserably. In fact, Spears has struggled to produce decent covers throughout her career.

Britney Spears covering a Cher song should have been a passing of the torch

Sonny & Cher had a successful television show, but today they are primarily remembered for two of their singles: “I Got You Babe” and “The Beat Goes On.” The former receives a lot more attention than the latter, but “The Beat Goes On” is still a great song. It’s a clever ditty about how culture changes on the surface but the core of humanity stays the same.

Some of the lyrics are a little clunky, but they’re more memorable than the average 1960s pop song.

Towa Bird is the rock & roll firecracker we need right now. She’s the kind of upstart guitar shredder who comes along saying things like “I just want to be the lesbian Paul McCartney.” That takes attitude, kind of like calling your debut album American Hero. But Bird doesn’t lack for confidence. All though her rise to the top, she’s been a true believer—she really wants to be your new favorite queer Asian female glam-rock star.

The 25-year-old singer-songwriter was born in Hong Kong to Filipino and English parents,...

Alanis Morissette’s daughter, Onyx, celebrated her eighth birthday by joining her mother on stage to sing “Ironic” in Nashville on Sunday night.

The uber-sweet moment came during Morissette’s set at Bridgestone Arena, the latest stop on her 2024 “The Triple Moon Tour” with Joan Jett & the Blackhearts (get tickets). Bringing Onyx onstage, Morissette led the crowd in singing “Happy Birthday” — which on its own should be a sample, just for the sheer fact that it’s Morissette’s voice delivering “Happy Birthday.”

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From there, Onyx took the lead for “Ironic,” singing the verses as her mom watched with a precious look of love and pride. When the chorus came, Onyx lit up and belted the words with confidence, as the crowd sang along. The whole thing is honestly adorable — watch a video of the performance below.

Morissette also posted a photo to Instagram of her and Onyx,...

Steven Van Zandt will be in spotlight of a new documentary centered on the career of the E Street Band rocker and The Sopranos actor.

Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple will first premiere at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival before heading to HBO on June 22.

The first trailer for the Bill Teck-directed documentary showcases many of Van Zandt’s musical peers who praise the guitarist in the film, including Paul McCartney, Eddie Vedder, Bill Wyman, Bono, Darlene Love, Joan Jett, Peter Gabriel, and, of course, Bruce Springsteen.

“He was a great performer,...

Independence Day is here, and Deep Tracks is focusing on the most essential fourth releases from American classic rock artists! We’re counting down your favorites, as voted by you.

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Fourth releases from American classic rock artists

These are the possible album choices for this year’s “Fourths for the Fourth” countdown:

Allman Brothers Band – Brothers And Sisters

Aerosmith – Rocks

Al Kooper – New York City (You’re A Woman)

Alice Cooper – Killer

Beach Boys – Little Deuce Coupe

Big Star – In Space...

Rock’s friskiest couple Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox are back with a brand-new edition of their “Sunday Lunch” performance series. This time around, the King Crimson guitarist and the new wave singer deliver a lickin’ good version of the Iggy & The Stooges classic “Search and Destroy.”

Sporting matching mohawks, the married pair pay homage to the godfather of punk, Iggy Pop, with a playful rendition of the Raw Power tune. Robert plays the song’s iconic guitar licks while Toyah sings and dances seductively around her husband. It all culminates with Toyah slowly licking the side of Robert’s face.

The ever-youthful Robert and Toyah just celebrated their 78th and 66th birthdays on May 16th and May 18th, respectively. They’ve been entertaining fans with their “Sunday Lunch” series for four years now.

‘Search and Destroy” follows performances of blink-182’s “Dammit,” Beastie Boys’ “(You Gotta) Fight for Your...

The thin line between cheating death and chasing it appears to have been smudged, repeatedly, by maverick video journalist Margaret Moth, the subject of first-time filmmaker Lucy Lawless’ fascinating documentary “Never Look Away.” At least, that’s the impression we’re left with at the end of this compact yet complex portrait of a singularly and aggressively unconventional war correspondent who inspired equal measures of admiration and anxiety among her friends, colleagues and lovers throughout her 20 years of assignments in the world’s trouble spots — Baghdad, Sarajevo, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Zaire, you name it, she was there — for CNN.

Something of an enigma even to those closest to her — “I never fully understood what was ticking inside of her” is a comment typical of responses by interviewees questioned by an off-camera Lawless — Moth was fond of proudly proclaiming, “I live life to the fullest.” But it was a life she repeatedly risked by going places,...

Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox take on blink-182’s “Dammit” in the latest installment of their “Sunday Lunch” series, as the married couple deliver an “elderly edition” of the coming-of-age punk anthem.

The 77-year-old King Crimson guitarist and the 65-year-old new wave singer have proven to be ever-youthful since launching their “Sunday Lunch” YouTube series in 2020, serving up playful covers of popular rock songs. And their performance of “Dammit” is filled with energy, as Toyah jumps up and down while singing blink-182’s first hit single.

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It’s only at the end that Toyah calls it an “elderly edition” of “Sunday Lunch,” causing Robert to break out in laughter.

Over the past year, Toyah and Robert have offered up covers of Beastie Boys’ “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party),” Kiss’ “Lick It Up,” Cream’s “Sunshine of Your Love,” Joan Jett’s “Bad Reputation,...

Jason Derulo has canceled his upcoming performance at SeaWorld Orlando’s Seven Seas Food Festival. In a sign of appreciation, PETA is thanking him with dolphin-themed gifts.

Originally scheduled to perform at the park on April 21st, Derulo’s cancellation comes after he heard about SeaWorld’s unsavory practices from PETA, according to the animal rights organization. Now, country musician Chris Young is booked for the performance instead.

As PETA explained, they informed Derulo of SeaWorld’s practice of “forcibly impregnating” dolphins and whales, as well as their history of having over 500 dolphins and whales die in captivity (including 40 orcas). Though it’s unclear if Derulo canceled solely because of PETA’s intervention, the organization is now thanking him with dolphin-themed gifts.

Specifically, Derulo will receive a “SeaWorld Sucks” t-shirt, dolphin-shaped fruit snacks, and a stuffed dolphin toy for his son. In a statement, PETA’s Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman said,...

Workday is getting ready to go back on tour.

The human-resources and finance software company is ready to launch another leg of the ad campaign it launched in 2023’s Super Bowl Lvii, in which popular musicians set the record straight on whether high-performing corporate types ought to be called “rock stars.” In this go-round, two new ads will be seen during The Masters between April 8 and April 14 and in five key overseas markets: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

“We gained a ton of momentum” from the initial campaign that featured, among others, Ozzy Osbourne and Joan Jett, says Emma Chalwin, Workday’s chief marketing officer, during an interview. The company saw a 24% increase in audience consideration of Workday a a brand that could be trusted and a 50% increase in leads, among other notable spikes in metrics, Chalwin says. “It was kind of a no brainer to do a version two.

Five years ago, Robert Fripp was still merely known as the legendary guitarist of prog-rock pioneers King Crimson. Fast-forward to the present, and he’s the guy who does kooky “Sunday Lunch” YouTube videos with his wife Toyah, so it wouldn’t exactly be a shock if he joined OnlyFans. Thankfully, though, a new video declaring as much is merely an April Fools’ joke.

The clip was posted on the 77-year-old Fripp’s Instagram page with the caption, “Robert has officially joined OnlyFans! Subscribe now for exclusive, jaw-dropping content you never knew you needed…” In the video, we see a naked Fripp seductively sitting on a staircase, with only his guitar strategically preventing things from getting X-rated.

An accompanying URL (onlyfans.com/robertfripp) leads to a dead link, ultimately letting us know that it’s an April Fools’ Day prank. Whew!

It’s not the only fun new clip from Fripp.

An animated video for Mark Knopfler’s all-star charity single “Going Home (Theme From Local Hero)” – which brought together a stunning lineup of over 60 guitar gods to raise funds for Teen Cancer America and the Teenage Cancer Trust – has been released. It features the final recording of Jeff Beck along with contributions by Bruce Springsteen, David Gilmour, Slash, Ronnie Wood, Joan Jett, Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend, and Sting.

The song came out a week ago, but it was difficult to discern who was playing what part throughout the ten-minute song.

Kristen Stewart might forever be known as Bella Swan from the Twilight series. But she’s now making a name for herself for her edgy fashion choices. In Love Lies Bleeding, Stewart plays Lou, an introverted gym owner who falls for bodybuilder Jackie, played by Katy O’Brian. And Stewart’s been making waves with her fashion choices while promoting the film. Here’s what a source said about Stewart going for “shock” value.

Kristen Stewart wants the outfits she wears while promoting ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ to ‘shock,’ a source claims

Kristen Stewart has become an LGBTQ icon through the years, and fans adore her in Love Lies Bleeding. While the star may have played it safe regarding her fashion choices in the past, she’s laying it all out on the table in 2024. She and her stylist, Tara Swennen, are challenging stereotypes about “female sexuality” with her looks, a source told Us Weekly.

Mark Knopfler has teamed up with a host of fellow guitar legends to record a version of his song “Going Home (Theme from Local Hero)” to raise funds for Teenage Cancer Trust and Teen Cancer America.

The Dire Straits frontman tapped Eric Clapton, Slash (Guns N’ Roses), David Gilmour (Pink Floyd), Brian May (Queen), Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath), Pete Townshend (The Who), Alex Lifeson (Rush), Bruce Springsteen, Ronnie Wood (The Rolling Stones), Joan Jett, and many more, forming what he has dubbed “Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes.” Notably, the star-studded version opens with the final recorded guitar track by the late Jeff Beck.

Knopfler’s longtime collaborator Guy Fletcher handled the production of the track, which might be the greatest assemblage of guitar talent to co-exist on a single song. The Sgt. Pepper‘s-style artwork was created by Sir Peter Blake.

The full song can be heard below now, featuring...

Today, renowned music journalist, media personality, and industry tastemaker Allison Hagendorf announced the second season of her weekly celebrity-interview show, The Allison Hagendorf Show. Premiering in celebration of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, the show will debut with Grammy-Award winning Halestorm frontwoman, Lzzy Hale, who is also being recognized this week as part of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s latest exhibit, Revolutionary Women in Music: Left of Center. Over the past 20 years, Hagendorf has proudly advocated for female artists, starting as an A&r executive and continuing as Global Head of Rock at Spotify, providing a unique platform for artists to share their never-before-heard stories.

Starting on March 7, 2024, weekly video episodes will drop every Thursday at 11 a.m. Et/8 a.m. Pt, on YouTube, Instagram, and Vevo, with the audio available on all streaming platforms. Upcoming show guests will include Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Nile Rodgers,...

Keith Richards takes on the Velvet Underground’s classic “I’m Waiting for the Man” for an upcoming tribute album dedicated to the music of Lou Reed.

Arriving a day before what would have been Reed’s 82nd birthday, Richards also shared a new video of studio footage from the recording of his rendition, which puts his trademark Rolling Stones riffage on the Velvet Underground & Nico track.

“To me, Lou stood out. The real deal!” Richards said in a statement. “Something important to American music and to All Music! I miss him and his dog.

Light in the Attic Records has announced a new Lou Reed tribute album. Titled The Power of the Heart: A Tribute to Lou Reed, it’s out on April 20th, but Keith Richards’ cover of “I’m Waiting for the Man” is out today in celebration of Reed’s birthday, which falls on March 2nd.

In addition to Richards, The Power of the Heart also features contributions from Angel Olsen, The Afghan Whigs, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Rosanne Cash, and Lucinda Williams, among others. See the artwork and full tracklist below.

The Power of the Heart will be available on silver nugget vinyl exclusively for this year’s Record Store Day in addition to CD and digital platforms. All physical formats will include photos of Reed taken by Mick Rock and Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, as well as liner notes penned by the album’s producer, Reed’s close collaborator Bill Bentley.

Alanis Morrisette will be going on a tour this summer.

Beginning in June at the Talking Stick Resort Amphitheater in Phoenix, The Triple Moon Tour will be making more than 30 stops across the United States and Canada. Some of the major cities included in the tour will be Dallas, Nashville and Denver.

Morissette will be doing back-to-back shows in Columbia, Maryland, and Toronto, Canada. After her show in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, she will then take a short break from the tour to join the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Gwen Stefani at the Minnesota Yacht Club Festival.

Joining Morrisette will be the Blackhearts, Morgan Wade and rock and roll icon Joan Jett.

“I am inspired and heartened and feel giddy inside to be going on this upcoming summer tour with Joan and Morgan and all our teams,” the “You Oughta Know” singer said in a statement. “Can’t wait to see you,...

Kristen Stewart Is Strong as fuck, and I do not mean this metaphorically. I am not, for instance, talking about any experience from her past that she has quote-unquote risen above, like that time she was in those vampire-werewolf movies and dubbed the World’s Most Hated Actress because she did not appear sufficiently stoked to sit in a room full of journalists and discuss making out with her co-stars. Or the time she was photographed kissing her much older (and married) Snow White and the Huntsman director, and, due to the horror this engendered,...

Dire Straits’ Mark Knopfler has united with over 60 artists — including Bruce Springsteen, David Gilmour, Slash, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Ronnie Wood, Jeff Beck, Pete Townshend, Sting, Brian May, Joan Jett, Nile Rogers, and Brian May — to create a new version of his 1983 instrumental “Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero.”

The song arrives on March 15, though you can hear a brief sample right now. It’s the final recording Jeff Beck created before his death in January 2023. All proceeds from the release will benefit Teenage Cancer Trust and Teen Cancer America.

Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox kick it old-school with their latest “Sunday Lunch” performance. The married couple take on the Beastie Boys classic “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party).”

The King Crimson guitarist plays the Licensed to Ill song’s iconic riff as Toyah shows off her rhyme-slinging skills. Robert even chimes in on vocals in the chorus, and wraps up the performance by exclaiming, “Fight for your right to party with Toyah and Robert’s ‘Sunday Lunch.'”

These days, Toyah and Robert don’t post new “Sunday Lunch” videos every week, often re-posting past performances from the archives, but this is a brand-new edition of the popular YouTube series.

The couple celebrated New Year’s Eve with a cover of Kiss’ “Lick It Up,” and last year they performed such songs as Joan Jett’s “Bad Reputation,” Cream’s “Sunshine of Your Love,” Mötley Crüe’s “Shout at the Devil,...

In all of Stephen King’s massive catalog, few works are as bleak as his 2010 novella collection Full Dark, No Stars. Rather than supernatural entities, these four dark tales feature human monsters and deal with the horrors that live inside the human heart. Two novellas serve as mirror images of each other, exploring the female response to predatory men. “Big Driver” follows cozy mystery writer Tess Thorne on a mission of revenge against the stranger who raped her and left her for dead. “A Good Marriage” centers Darcy Anderson, a happily married woman faced with a horrifying choice when she discovers her husband’s secret life.

Both novellas were faithfully adapted into feature films in the year 2014 – for better or worse. Premiering on Lifetime, Big Driver tackles King’s rape-revenge story with Maria Bello staring as the vigilante writer and Olympia Dukakis as her literary detective. Ann Dowd and Joan Jett...

Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox celebrated New Year’s Eve with a special “Sunday Lunch” performance of the Kiss song “Lick It Up.”

Less than a month after Kiss played their final show ever, the married couple paid tribute to the legendary rock band by putting their own spin on the classic tune.

‘The “Sunday Lunch” performance features King Crimson guitarist Fripp in Gene Simmons’ “Demon” makeup, with a giant red tongue as an accessory. All the while, Toyah dances around and sings the song’s suggestive lyrics.

The next day, January 1st, the couple posted a “Happy New Year” greeting, featuring Toyah planting a big kiss on Robert’s lips.

This past fall, Toyah and Robert embarked on their first-ever “Sunday Lunch” tour, hitting multiple cities in the UK. While they no longer post new videos every week, 2023 saw the couple offering frisky renditions of Cream’s “Sunshine of Your Love,...

Alanis Morissette was a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Friday (December 15th), where the self-proclaimed Wham! superfan performed her own take on “Last Christmas.”

Morissette recorded a cover of “Last Christmas” for her new holiday-themed EP of the same name, which also features “Little Drummer Boy,” “What Child Is This,” and “Happy Xmas (War Is Over).” For her Wham! tribute on Fallon, she stayed faithful to George Michael’s 1984 original, her distinct mezzo-soprano seamlessly fitting into its melody.

Morissette also sat down for an interview with Fallon, where the pair discussed her upcoming “The Triple Moon Tour” with Joan Jett, being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with a speech from Olivia Rodrigo, and a questionable impression of Morissette that Fallon performed on SNL many years ago. Watch it all below.

You can get tickets to Morissette’s 2024 tour dates here. She also recently...

With the holiday season in full swing, Alanis Morissette dropped by The Tonight Show to perform a cover of Wham!’s “Last Christmas.”

The George Michael-penned classic is among the seasonal tracks that feature on Morissette’s recently released Last Christmas EP, which also boasts a rendition of John Lennon’s “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” alongside standards like “Little Drummer Boy” and “What Child Is This?”

“I have been obsessed with George Michael my entire life and had the pleasure of meeting him backstage at one of my shows.