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Public Enemy’s Flavor Flav has been immortalised with his own Olympics-themed Funko POP! doll. The hip-hop legend’s involvement with the US Olympics team is being celebrated with the limited-edition item that will only be available until August 16. Named ‘POP: Team USA USAWP Flavor Flav’, orders can be placed this week, with shipping estimated in
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October 11, 1975. A day that changed television history forever. That was the Saturday night (live) when a new sketch show first debuted on NBC. Cobbled together by an inexperienced group of actors, producers, and writers, many of whom were getting their first exposure on national TV, the series was not expected to be a
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Singer Huey Lewis is getting his own mockumentary-style sitcom. The rocker will star as himself in Whatever Happened to Huey Lewis, a fictionalized version of his life. In reporting the project, Deadline noted that the show will be done “Curb Your Enthusiasm-style” with its story centered around Lewis’ efforts to navigate “his new life after
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Joni Mitchell will release the next installment of her archival series, Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980), on Oct. 4. Highlights from this collection include recordings and alternate takes from three of Mitchell’s albums, Hejira, Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter and Mingus, plus live cuts from various tours, including Bob Dylan‘s Rolling Thunder Revue.
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Wayne Shorter’s career contains virtually the entire history of the second half of 20th century jazz. He cut his teeth with Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers and eventually became the band’s musical director; he helped crystallise the emerging new sounds of Miles Davis’ Second Great Quintet and often composed for Davis; and he co-founded
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Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee has revealed what happened after his band’s notorious gross-out battle with Ozzy Osbourne. It’s a well-worn story that bears repeating: In 1984 the rockers were out together on tour. During one infamous drug-fueled stop, Osbourne snorted a line of ants in an effort to prove he was the wildest man
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Nobody can make a cello honk, slither, twang and gurgle like Mabe Fratti. In just a few short years, the prolific Guatemala-born, Mexico City-based musician, singer and composer has built an impressive international profile in experimental pop circles. Sentir Que No Sabes (which translates as Feel Like You Don’t Know) is her fourth album under
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At its peak, 10cc was seemingly untouchable. But all good things must often come to an end and eventually, the ’70s hitmakers would have their own version of that moment in a very uncomfortable way.  As bassist and vocalist Graham Gouldman recalls, it was sobering when a record exec played music from another band on
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