Tom Morello has announced the passing of his mother, Mary Morello, at the age of 102. A former high school history teacher and lifelong activist, she also founded the anti-censorship organization Parents for Rock and Rap. As her son proudly recounted in a 2021 essay for the New York Times,…
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Mr. Worldwide is now Mr. World Record. Miami rapper Pitbull set a Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people wearing bald caps on July 10th at BST Festival in London’s Hyde Park, at which he was a headliner. The official count was 22, 141 people in bald caps,…
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Jack White shared the stage with his daughter, Scarlett, during his concert at Brooklyn Paramount on Saturday night. The 19-year-old Scarlett, an aspiring artist, musician, and model based in New York City, joined her father on bass for performances of “Cannon,” John the Revelator,” and “Black Math.” Scarlett previously joined…
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The Cure announced Saturday that bass player Simon Gallup had briefly stepped away from playing on the band’s European tour because of an illness. Fortunately, the band has a worthy replacement: his son Eden. The band told fans on a social media post that shortly before a July 10th Berlin…
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JAY-Z returned to Yankee Stadium on Saturday, July 11th, to play the second of three consecutive shows this weekend. After celebrating the 30th anniversary of Reasonable Doubt on Friday, he performed the bulk of The Blueprint to mark its 25th anniversary. JAY-Z opened with “The Ruler’s Back,” bringing out Slick Rick to…
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Jack White has never been scared to instruct Satan to get behind him, well, at least not since 2005. Now, we know a bit more about White’s fearlessness when it comes to the Devil of Christianity amid a controversy that found the frontman of The White Stripes offering an opening…
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A New Jersey township council was serenaded with Morrissey and Lizzo songs at a meeting this week. Unfortunately for those council members, it wasn’t the artists singing their songs but average citizens utilizing their allotted time during a public comment period. A public access television broadcast uploaded to YouTube showed…
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Fiona Apple gave a sincere statement about where she’s at creatively in a video posted to social media Friday, decrying her inability to write about the “endless barrage of horrors.” Apple said she had spent a recent night writing and was “overtaken with the urge to reach out” in a…
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JAY-Z took it back to the beginning during the first of three Yankee Stadium shows on Friday, July 10th, celebrating the 30th anniversary of his debut album, Reasonable Doubt. Of the 24 songs performed, nine came from Reasonable Doubt. He kicked off the night with “Can’t Knock the Hustle” with…
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Huey Lewis confirmed during a recent podcast appearance that he has been “basically deaf” for nearly nine years after living with Ménière’s disease for several decades. On Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum, the artist explained this “immeasurable” change is why “music is not part of my life anymore.” During the interview,…
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