After some time away from the spotlight, former Judas Priest guitarist K.K. Downing has formed a new band that will pay homage to his past — alongside other ex-members of the heavy-metal pioneers. Downing joined the band in 1970 and left in 2011, saying, “I feel that Priest has played …
Read More »Watch the Who Play 'Tattoo' for First Time Since 2008
The Who marked the 50th anniversary of their landmark concert at Leeds University by playing a special acoustic gig at the tiny Pryzm club in London on Friday evening. The set was similar to the one they played at the hall earlier in the week, but it did contain the …
Read More »Watch Queen + Adam Lambert Break Out 'Whole Lotta Love' in New Zealand
Queen + Adam Lambert have been gigging steadily over the past year with a setlist that rarely varies from night to night. But on Monday at the Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin, New Zealand, they broke out Led Zeppelin‘s “Whole Lotta Love” midway through the show. On past Queen and …
Read More »How Do the Iowa Caucuses Work? Here's a Guide
It feels like “election season” has “officially begun” several times at this point, but Tuesday night in Iowa marks the first opportunity candidates will have to put some actual, non-symbolic points on the board. The Iowa caucuses will set the tone for the remaining few months of the Democratic primary …
Read More »Louis Tomlinson on Starting Over and Life After One Direction
When One Direction went on hiatus in late 2015, everybody figured Louis Tomlinson was poised for instant pop success as a solo star. After all, he co-wrote so many of the group’s most beloved tunes. But he’s just finding his voice now. His hotly anticipated solo debut, the excellent Walls …
Read More »Trailers of the Week: 'High Fidelity,' 'Little Fires Everywhere,' 'Miss Americana' and More
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5bkbfdVzbI High Fidelity Who hasn’t stopped and wondered what when wrong when navigating love and its subsequent comedowns? Rob (portrayed by Zoe Kravitz) dares to go back to her ex-lovers on a “vision quest” and actually ask then in the Hulu series adaptation of Nick Hornby’s 1995 novel. Set to …
Read More »'Dolittle' Review: Talk About a Cinematic Heap of Yak Dung
Robert Downey, Jr. talks to the animals in Dolittle, an object lesson in cinematic incoherence that would be easy to dismiss as a hot mess if it could even raise a temperature. Instead, this out-and-out disaster dissolves in a puddle of botched intentions that will leave children sad and confused …
Read More »Dave Grohl on Rush Drummer Neil Peart: 'We All Learned From Him'
Dave Grohl, a Neil Peart acolyte who inducted Rush into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013, penned a tribute to the drummer following news of Peart’s death Friday. “Today, the world lost a true giant in the history of rock & roll,” Grohl said in a statement …
Read More »Golden Globes 2020: Drunk Upon a Time in Hollywood
On the bright side, Cats didn’t win anything. But Ricky Gervais kept coughing up hairballs all night. The host’s shtick at the 2020 Golden Globes felt incredibly stale, which might be one reason the stars were hitting the champagne harder than usual. The celebrity speeches got loopier as the night …
Read More »In New Jersey, a Mega-Mall and a Twitter Account Reclaim a Misunderstood State
New Jersey’s Meadowlands is home to toxic waste, rumored bodies of dead mobsters, and, now, The American Dream — a three million square foot palace to shopping, dining and indoor entertainment. From the highway, it looks a like an airport mated with a waterslide: bright plastic tubes burst from its …
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