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Jon Batiste at the 96th Annual Oscars held at Ovation Hollywood on March 10, 2024. Photo: Gilbert Flores Jon Batiste has responded to CBS’s announcement that The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will conclude in 2026. In a recent interview with Rolling Stone Australia/New Zealand, the Grammy-winning musician and former house bandleader for The Late...
The Lumineers Danny Clinch Folk-rock outfit The Lumineers are headed back Down Under, announcing the Australia & New Zealand leg of their Automatic World Tour for January 2026—their first visit to the region since 2022. Presented by Frontier Touring, the jaunt launches at Christchurch Town Hall on January 3, then proceeds through Auckland, Melbourne, Brisbane,...
Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance at AccorHotels Arena in Paris on June 1, 2022. Photo by David Wolff-Patrick/Redferns New Jersey’s own My Chemical Romance returned home for a headlining show on Saturday, August 9, and paid homage to another Garden State institution, Bon Jovi. The sold-out concert at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford marked...
Art Fein, Pioneering Public Access TV Host and Music Historian, Dies at 79 Art Fein at Elvis Presley’s 80th birthday celebration, Avalon Hollywood, January 8, 2015. Photo: Mireya Acierto/Getty Images. Art Fein, an influential figure in Los Angeles’s music community and creator of the acclaimed public access series Art Fein’s Poker Party, passed away on...
Gunna RO LEXX Gunna’s The Last Wun Dominates This Week’s New Music Poll In our latest reader poll, published August 8, Atlanta rapper Gunna’s sixth studio album, The Last Wun, was selected as the standout release of the week. Capturing nearly 57% of total votes, The Last Wun outpaced strong contenders such as Machine Gun...
Bobby Whitlock in 1975, posed beside a vintage car with a bottle of Dom Pérignon and his acoustic guitar. Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. Renowned keyboardist, singer-songwriter and Derek and the Dominos co-founder Bobby Whitlock died on August 10, 2025, at 1:20 a.m. He was 77. According to his manager Carol Kaye, Whitlock succumbed to...
Zach Bryan performs in support of his “The Quittin Time Tour 2024” at Ford Field on June 20, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan. Scott Legato/Getty Images Zach Bryan is bidding Kansas City farewell as the NFL season approaches. On August 8, the 29-year-old country artist declared he would never return to the Midwestern city following a...
Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards, Peacock Theater, Los Angeles, January 15, 2024. Photo by Gilbert Flores. Reality television star Kourtney Kardashian has addressed the uproar following images of her 21-month-old son, Rocky Thirteen, aboard a boat without a life vest. On August 8, the 46-year-old shared a series of...
Following his departure from Rockstar Games in 2021, co-founder and former vice-president Dan Houser—celebrated for shaping the narratives of Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead and beyond—unveiled Absurd Ventures. After debuting the studio’s signature franchises last year, 2025 will expand their creative horizons with a suite of new offerings. Book A year has passed since the...
