A seemingly innocuous vehicle, secretly enhanced with added fuel tanks, police detection equipment and various after-market gadgets, has embarked on an illegal race across America. It may sound like the plot to a blockbuster film, but this Cannonball Run is definitely real. The origins of the legendary coast-to-coast race can be traced to Car and Driver editor
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Dappy has helped save a man’s life after talking him out of jumping off London’s Tower Bridge. The former N-Dubz rapper was shooting a music video nearby when he saw a number of police cars and ambulances arrive in the area. It was then he was alerted to a 27-year-old man, who was a fan
Bands like BLK JKS don’t come along often, especially in places like Johannesburg. There was no South African indie rock scene to speak of when the group emerged from the city’s Spruitview district in the mid-2000s, and their distinctive sound – a blend of kwaito, dub and township soul fired through a prism of dissonant
The ’80s were a weird time for patriotic pop, protest songs and nuanced commentary on America that fell somewhere between pop and protest. The decade was also a weird time for David Lee Roth. He’s never been described as normal, but from “Hot For Teacher” to “Just a Gigolo/I Ain’t Got Nobody” to re-recording his
The house that OutKast recorded many of their early hits in has now been made available to rent on Airbnb. As part of Black Music Month, Big Boi, one half of the pioneering Atlanta duo alongside André 3000, is giving fans the opportunity to stay in The Dungeon, the home of the studio where The
Narrated by Kenny Aronoff himself “Sex, Drums, Rock ‘n’ Roll” the audio version is an intimate, riveting and passionate rendition of the inspirational book written by one of the historically documented best drummers on the planet. Aronoff played drums with John Mellencamp for 17 years, drummed for Smashing Pumpkins, and has played with The Beatles….a
Jane Curtin and Laraine Newman, two of Saturday Night Live‘s original cast members, have opened up about witnessing the notorious backstage fight between Chevy Chase and Bill Murray. “I think Jane and I and Gilda [Radner] [all] witnessed it,” Newman said Thursday on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, recalling a 1978 spat between
An animator has recreated the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest using LEGO designs and characters. Alexandro Kröger, who last year provided his own take on the Netflix film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga as well as the 2020 cancelled Eurovision, has now shared the grand final of this year’s contest The video gives
For a band that has its roots in progressive rock, it’s no surprise to learn that Crash of the Crown, the new Styx album which is being released this week (June 18), could have been a double LP. Still, the group decided it was better to not overstay their welcome (although they did find a
Britney Spears has revealed that she’s unsure if she’ll ever take to the stage again in a new video posted to Instagram. READ MORE: Framing Britney Spears: what happens now in the pop star’s conservatorship fight? Spears answered questions that were apparently sent in by fans on the platform, including one asking if she feels ready
Foo Fighters have revived their disco moniker, the Dee Gees, for an upcoming album. The 10-track Hail Satin, featuring five Bee Gees covers, is out July 17 on limited-edition vinyl as part of Record Store Day‘s second 2021 event. The LP, recorded at the band’s 606 studios, is split directly between tributes to the Gibb brothers and live-in-the-studio
Paris Jackson has opened up about her past suicide attempts in a new interview with friend and fellow musician Willow Smith. In 2017, Jackson, who is the daughter of the late Michael Jackson, told Rolling Stone that she had tried to kill herself multiple times, with her last attempt being in 2013. Speaking to Smith
Journey announced a pre-Lollapalooza club show, a new festival slot and the release date of their upcoming single. The band will play July 29 at Chicago’s Aragon Ballroom. Tickets will be available June 18 at 11AM ET at their official site. The performance, dubbed their “official Lollapalooza aftershow,” is scheduled for two days before their gig
Lorde has shared a new teaser video for her album less than a week since the release of her comeback single, ‘Solar Power’. The clip, titled “Every perfect summer’s gotta take its flight”, features wide aerial shots of a crop circle and a beach formation that both spell out the letters “SP” – the initials
When I was in high school, I tried to rap and sing the popular Eminem/Rihanna duet “Love the Way You Lie” as part of the talent show. It was as a single person, not as part of a duet, and it went about as well as you’d expect. For most people, there’s generally a strong
KK’s Priest, the band comprising former Judas Priest guitarist KK Downing and singer Tim “Ripper” Owens, have released the title track off their upcoming debut album, Sermons of the Sinner. The blistering, six-minute thrasher bears all the hallmarks that have made Downing and Owens metal legends: furious double-bass drumming, light-speed guitar solos and piercing, operatic screams. “Sermons of the sinner /
The first ever David Bowie World Fan Convention is due to take place across multiple venues in Liverpool next summer. Scheduled for June 17-19, 2022, the inaugural event will see a host of Bowie collaborators and affiliates presenting panels, live performances, and a “Bowie Ball” to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the artist’s classic album
In 1990, Irish singer Sinead O’Connor scored the biggest hit of her career with a rendition of the Prince penned track “Nothing Compares 2 U.” The song was originally released in 1985 on the self-titled debut album by the Family. The group was one of many acts nurtured by Prince at the time, signed to
The Killers have unveiled their collaboration with Bruce Springsteen, entitled ‘Dustland’. The single, released today (June 16) after several teases and previews, is a re-recording of the band’s song ‘A Dustland Fairytale’, which first appeared on their 2008 album ‘Day & Age’ and served as the record’s fourth and final single. The new version sees
Rush’s Alex Lifeson has unveiled two new instrumental solo tracks titled “Kabul Blues” and “Spy House.” Both songs feature textural keyboards and other atmospheric sonic flourishes. Lifeson flexes his soulful lead playing, especially on the aptly titled “Kabul Blues,” on which he fires off an array of bluesy licks. Lifeson is joined on both songs by