In a 2017 interview on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast, Metallica’s James Hetfield discussed what compels him to channel his darker emotions into songs. “What it is, is, if I can get it out of my head, it makes it better,” he said. “Better out than in.” That often goes for …

Justin Bieber has announced a rescheduled 2021 World Tour after his original Changes Tour shows this summer were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The new stadium and arena tour will kick off June 2nd, 2021, at San Diego’s Pechanga Arena, and run through August 15th, with a final show …

In the spring of 2012, I spent a few entertaining days hanging out with the five young members of a British boy band who were just breaking big in the United States. The guys from One Direction were unjaded, unguarded, totally charming, and a puppy pile of optimism and energy. …

In the late Seventies, when punk and disco were still new and subversive, Gang of Four smartly fused the two for a hard-hitting yet danceable sound, which the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Interpol gleefully mined for gold records in the Aughts. But Gang of Four’s members never stopped experimenting and …

Without exception, there’s nobody music companies would like to hear from lessthan Richard Busch. And he’s rather pleased about that fact. An attorney specializing in copyright infringement, Busch — head of entertainment at Nashville-based King & Ballow — makes his living accusing people of stealing. Most famously, he accused Pharrell …

When Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III was resoundingly defeated this week in his race to reclaim the Senate seat he’d once held for 20 years, I wish I could say I celebrated. On the face of things, it should have been gratifying to see the end of a political career that …

As COVID-19 cases in California continue to skyrocket, Downtown Disney, the shopping district area of Disneyland in Anaheim, California, officially reopened late last week. The same week, another place that could arguably be referred to as the Happiest Place on Earth also opened its doors: a gay porn set, specifically …

The miniature of the Nostromo spaceship used in Alien, one of Tom Cruise’s fighter pilot helmets from Top Gun and a Darth Vader costume from Star Wars’ 1977 promotional tour are among the highlights in an upcoming auction of movie props. The Prop Store’s August 26th and 27th virtual auction …

Guitar brand Gibson wants some long-lost documents back, and it’s willing to pay some serious cash for them. The missing paperwork in question — shipping ledgers on rare Gibson guitars from the late 1950s — may not sound valuable, but they contain authenticity-verifying information on some of the most iconic …

When former Billy Joel drummer Liberty DeVitto started work on his new memoir Liberty: Life, Billy and the Pursuit of Happiness about 15 years ago, he was still angry. Joel had just fired him from his band after 30 years together, and DeVitto saw the book as a chance to …