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Elton John Recalls Surprising Iggy Pop Onstage — in a Gorilla Costume
As Sir Elton John, one of the most fabulously attired performers in rock ‘n’ roll history, prepares for his farewell tour, everyone is wondering what he’s going to wear....
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Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova: ‘Things Are Not That Different for Our 2 Countries’
“Things are not that different, surprisingly, for our countries,” muses Nadya Tolokonnikova, leader of notorious Russian feminist punk/art collective Pussy Riot. “It’s not the easiest time right now, and...
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Brian May Talks Politics: ‘We’re Not Heading in the Direction of Compassion’
Sitting with Yahoo and poring over his glossy new coffee table book, Queen in 3-D, guitar god and stereoscopic photography enthusiast Brian May pauses on page 88, gazing at...
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RuPaul Talks Punk, Politics, and Pulse: ‘Most People Are Still Living in the Dark Ages’
RuPaul Charles’s days in Wee Wee Pole, the band he fronted when he was a fixture on Atlanta’s early-’80s queer new wave/punk scene, are long gone. And lamentably, he...
(This article originally ran on Yahoo Music for Live Aid’s 30th anniversary, and has been updated.) They were the world. They were the rock ‘n’ roll children. Hard as it may...
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There are many, many ways that pop-culture fans have discovered shapeshifting rocker/actor Michael Des Barres over the decades. Some may know him from his big-screen debut at age 17 in...
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Grammy-nominated pedal steel virtuoso Robert Randolph is sitting at Studio City’s Licorice Pizza Records on June 25, and he has two reasons to celebrate today: The release of his debut...
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When Linda Perry wrote 4 Non Blondes’ “What’s Up?” decades ago, during “the Reagan years” when the so-called Teflon President was “doing some fucked-up stuff,” she was “just sitting in...
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Ringo Starr held his first annual Peace & Love Birthday Celebration back in 2008, but as he celebrated his landmark 85th birthday during possibly one of the most troubled years of...
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In America, Kevin Rowland may be best known as the denim-dungaree’d street urchin crooning one of the biggest hits of the ‘80s, Dexys Midnight Runners’ “Come On Eileen,” on a...
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Global pop star Arilena Ara is logged onto Zoom from her native Albania, chatting with superstar songsmith Diane Warren, the writer of her debut U.S. single, the classically Warren-esque power...
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The day after Redman performed as part of the Roots Picnic Experience: Class of ’95 at the Hollywood Bowl, he visited another iconic L.A. location, the last-standing Licorice Pizza Records...
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Salem Ilese was still in elementary school when she got her first big break, but she was clearly already born to be a pop star. Her supportive parents — her...
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I am proud, honored, and downright shocked to announce that I won a total of four awards (two for first place, one for second place, and one for third) at the Los Angeles Press Club’s 2025 Southern California Journalism Awards!...
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