News Spotify Brings Back Political Ads After Suspending Them in 2020 “We have spent the past two years strengthening and enhancing our processes, systems and tools to responsibly validate and review this content.” By Evan Minsker May 25, 2022 Facebook Twitter Spotify’s 2022 “Desert Kick Back” in Coachella, California (Randy Shropshire/Getty Images for Spotify) Facebook
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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are finally returning to the road for a globe-trotting 2023 world tour. The long-awaited reunion will mark the ensemble’s first outing in six years, and may be just the beginning as Springsteen suggested in the announcement: “I’m looking forward to seeing our great and loyal fans next year.
News Watch Harry Styles Cover Wet Leg’s “Wet Dream” He covered the indie pop band in a BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge session, alongside renditions of “Boyfriends” and more By Jazz Monroe May 24, 2022 Facebook Twitter Harry Styles (BBCRadio1VEVO/YouTube) Facebook Twitter Harry Styles performed a suite of tracks for BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge
Chris Pratt is set to voice Garfield in an upcoming feature from Alcon Entertainment, and now Samuel L. Jackson has joined the cast as a brand new character: Garfield’s father, Vic (via The Hollywood Reporter). Written by David Reynolds and directed by Mark Dindal, the currently untitled animated film will be distributed by Sony Pictures.
News Watch Turnstile Perform “Blackout” on Fallon Check out the band’s latest late night performance, plus their new interview with Nardwuar By Nina Corcoran May 24, 2022 Facebook Twitter Turnstile on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (Todd Owyoung/NBC) Facebook Twitter Turnstile have been taking over late-night TV one show at a time, and they
After teasing her return in last month’s first-look preview, Marvel has fully unveiled Natalie Portman’s Mighty Thor, Goddess of Thunder in the first trailer for Thor: Love and Thunder. Debuted during Game 4 of the NBA’s Eastern Conference finals, the new trailer reveals far more of the upcoming fourquel (a first for a Marvel Cinematic
News Gia Coppola to Direct Boy Band Documentary Superfans: Screaming. Crying. Throwing Up. The project is based on Maria Sherman’s Larger Than Life: A History of Boy Bands From NKOTB to BTS By Allison Hussey May 23, 2022 Facebook Twitter Backstreet Boys fans, December 1996 (Photo by Paul Bergen/Redferns) Facebook Twitter Gia Coppola is set
This summer, Freddie Gibbs is heading from the stage to the country. The rapper’s film debut, Down with the King, has officially scored a June 28th digital release date, and as a preview, the project’s first trailer is out now. Directed by Diego Ongaro (Bob and the Trees) and co-written by Ongaro and Xabi Molia, Gibbs
Talon David’s “Love at a Distance” isn’t your typical “love” song. There is a poetic delicacy present in every aspect of the song – the singing, vocal arrangement, lyrics, and interplay between the guitar and percussion has a reach far exceeding what pop songs attempt usually. It isn’t lowest common denominator in any way. Writing
News Eminem Interrupts Pete Davidson’s Final Eminem Tribute SNL Sketch: Watch “Pete—don’t fucking do it again,” Em said in “Forgot About Lorne,” a cut-for-time sketch made for Davidson’s last episode as an SNL cast member By Evan Minsker and Madison Bloom May 22, 2022 Facebook Twitter Pete Davidson & Eminem in “Forgot About Lorne” Facebook
The Pitch: While it’s been three years (and an entire pandemic) since we last saw Mike (Finn Wolfhard), Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), and the rest of the denizens of Hawking, Indiana in the third season of Stranger Things, for them it’s only been six months. The Battle of Starcourt Mall kicked off a host of changes for
News Kendrick Lamar’s Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers Has Biggest No. 1 Debut of 2022 The Pulitzer winner strode past Bad Bunny, who hopped over Future last week with Un Verano Sin Ti By Allison Hussey May 22, 2022 Facebook Twitter Kendrick Lamar, March 2019 (Photo by Santiago Bluguermann/Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Kendrick Lamar’s
King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and his singer wife, Toyah Willcox, treat fans to a revealing rendition of Radiohead’s “Creep” for their latest “Sunday Lunch” performance. Toyah sports nothing but plastic food wrap and strategically placed photos of Fripp, as she sings the alt-rock classic. With a “Fripp’s a Creep” sign mounted on the kitchen
News Pitchfork to Host Livestream Panel About the Future of Jazz Cécile McLorin Salvant, Jen Shyu, and Samora Pinderhughes will join the conversation, produced in conjunction with the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation By Pitchfork May 20, 2022 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter Pitchfork is hosting a panel next week about jazz artists pushing the genre forward,
Saturday Night Live bid farewell to several of its longest tenured cast members during an emotional season finale episode on Saturday, May 21st. Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson, and Kyle Mooney each said goodbye to Studio 8H in their own unique ways. As the undisputed star of SNL over the last several seasons, it was
News Pete Davidson to Depart SNL He’d said that he was “ready to hang up the jersey” at the end of last season By Allison Hussey May 20, 2022 Facebook Twitter Pete Davidson, May 2022 (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue) Facebook Twitter Pete Davidson is expected to leave the cast of Saturday Night
Billie Eilish isn’t one to censor herself; In just the past few months alone, the pop megastar has boldly vocalized her secret battle with COVID-19, how being exposed to pornography at a young age affected her, and her anger towards restrictive abortion laws. But more recently, during her appearance on Netflix’s My Next Guest Needs No
News Sharon Van Etten Performs “Mistakes” on Colbert: Watch A track from her latest album We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong By Allison Hussey May 21, 2022 Facebook Twitter Sharon Van Etten (Still via Twitter) Facebook Twitter Sharon Van Etten closed out the week on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Friday night (May
K-pop superstars SEVENTEEN are hitting the road this summer for “WORLD TOUR [BE THE SUN] – NORTH AMERICA” in celebration of their forthcoming album, Face The Sun. Get tickets here, and read on for more details including pre-sale dates. What Is SEVENTEEN’s Next Tour? SEVENTEEN — comprised of S.COUPS, JEONGHAN, JOSHUA, JUN, HOSHI, WONWOO, WOOZI,
There’s nothing wrong with incorporating a little indulgence into your sound when you’ve got as melodic a disposition as The Little Wretches do, and in tracks like “Heaven Was Open,” this group makes a case against the stripped-down sound of their peers that doesn’t need much to appeal to the masses. The Little Wretches make