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Songs by Bruce Springsteen, Prince, Otis Redding make Barack Obama's summer playlist
ABC/Jeff NeiraFormer President Barack Obama has unveiled the 2022 edition of his annual summer playlist. Among the 44 songs that made the cut are Obama pal Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark" as...
Jul 26, 2022
Watch Slash shred "Sweet Child o' Mine" in new Capital One commercial
Gary Miller/Getty ImagesSlash is bringing his shredding chops to the advertising world. The Guns N' Roses rocker is featured in a new Capital One commercial in which the spokesperson declares that wor...
Jul 26, 2022
Farm Aid 2022, with John Mellencamp and more, taking place in North Carolina this fall
Courtesy of Farm AidDetails have been unveiled about the 2022 Farm Aid festival, which will take place on Saturday, September 24 in Raleigh, North Carolina. As usual, the event will be headlined by Fa...
Jul 26, 2022
Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" hits new peak on 'Billboard' Hot 100
ZIK Images/United Archives via Getty ImagesKate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" keeps on running up that chart. Specifically, the Billboard Hot 100. The English artist's 1985 single, which has seen a ma...
Jul 26, 2022
Green Day confirms intimate Lollapalooza aftershow
Burak Cingi/RedfernsAfter a mysterious tease earlier this week, Green Day has indeed announced an intimate Lollapalooza aftershow. The punk rockers will play Chicago's Metro concert hall this Friday, ...
Jul 26, 2022
Elton John, Madonna, Red Hot Chili Peppers & among 2022 MTV VMA nominees
MTVElton John, Madonna and Red Hot Chili Peppers are among the nominees for the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards. Elton has received two nods thanks to his hit collaboration with British pop star Dua Lipa,...
Jul 26, 2022
Mike Campbell unsure whether he'd ever take part in a Hearbreakers reunion
Daniel Boczarski/Redferns via Getty ImagesTom Petty and the Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell has been busy this year touring with his own band The Dirty Knobs, whose second album, External Combus...
Jul 26, 2022
Rolling Stones touring band members to pay tribute to Charlie Watts in NYC
David Wolff - Patrick/RedfernsAs The Rolling Stones prepare to wind down their current European tour leg next week comes word that some members of the rock legends' touring band will team up for a ser...
Jul 25, 2022
Bob Rafelson, 'Monkees' co-creator and 'Five Easy Pieces' director, dead at 89
Bob Rafelson in 1990; George Rose/Getty ImagesBob Rafelson, the director, producer and writer best known for co-creating The Monkees TV series and helming the 1970 film Five Easy Pieces, "died peacefu...
Jul 25, 2022
Ohana Encore festival, which was to have featured Alanis Morissette, has been canceled
Courtesy of Ohana FestivalEddie Vedder's Ohana Encore, the companion weekend to the Pearl Jam frontman's Ohana Festival, has been canceled. No official announcement was made, but the Ohana website no ...
Jul 25, 2022