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David Archuleta on coming out, struggling with suicidal thoughts, being ‘done’ with the church and dating men By

“I feel like I’ve had to distance myself, really, from what I first based my faith on, and just faith in general,” says the former American Idol teen star, who...

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It’s time to play the music! After 50 years, Dr. Teeth & the Electric Mayhem release first album to prove ‘rumors of rock’s demise are greatly exaggerated.’ By

The veteran felt rockers chat with me about their long-overdue studio debut (which features originals written by Linda Perry plus covers of Beach Boys, Cyndi Lauper, KISS, Simon & Garfunkel,...

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Belinda Carlisle talks self-love, marital love and ‘Big Big Love’ at age 64: ‘With sobriety came the confidence that this is really what I’m meant to be doing in life’ By

The Go-Go’s star, who battled media criticism of her appearance, an eating disorder, and drug addiction for years, explains to me why she had “the confidence this time around,” while...

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Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott on dueting with Swift and Cyrus, going symphonic and surviving trends: ‘I had no issues with Kurt Cobain trying to kill the ’80s’ By

In 2008, Def Leppard. signed up to film a TV special with a then-rising country star named Taylor Swift — and they received two CMT Awards nominations. Fifteen years later,...

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Lyndsey Parker on AXS TV’s ‘The Top Ten Revealed’: Glam Bands By

Wham bam, thank you, bands! It’s The Top Ten Revealed most glittering episode yet, as we celebrate the metal gurus, diamond dogs, and 20th century boys of glam-rock. View this...

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May Pang on her ‘Lost Weekend’ with John Lennon that never really ended: ‘I don’t have closure’ By

May Pang details her relationship with John Lennon in this frank conversation. Pang, a then-assistant for Lennon and Yoko Ono, explains how Ono first approached her about engaging in an...

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Lyndsey Parker on AXS TV’s ‘The Top Ten Revealed’: B-Sides By

In the words of Blue Oyster Cult, it’s time to play B-sides. Flip over those 45s and tune in as The Top Ten Revealed compiles the best rock ‘n’ roll...

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Peter Gabriel on the future of AI: ‘We might as well just grab the algorithms and dance with them, rather than fight them’ By

Peter Gabriel joins me to explain how music can improve lives and debates the pros and cons of artificial intelligence. Reverberation: Do Everything Better With Music co-author Keith Blanchard, filmmaker...

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Grandmaster Flash on shooting ‘Wild Style’ in his kitchen, how Blondie’s ‘Rapture’ changed his life and why he once ‘looked at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a place that would never accept us’ By

The hip-hop pioneer also describes how he joined The Masked Singer and shares the origin story of Blondie’s “Rapture” and his thoughts on the 2023 Grammy Awards’ salute to rap....

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Debbie Gibson on how her late manager ‘Mama Diane’ guided her: ‘The brilliant thing about my mom is I don’t have a #MeToo story’ By

The teen idol chats with me about her last-minute The Masked Singer appearance, which was a tribute to her later mother, and why it’s important for her to take chances...

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