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Whoopee! Bob Eubanks talks mortgaging his house for the Beatles, touring with the Stones, managing Dolly Parton, meeting Richard Nixon, and, yes… THAT notorious ‘Newlywed Game’ question By

  You may know Bob Eubanks at the long-running host of The Newlywed Game or Rose Parade, but you may not know that he got his start in rock ‘n’...

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David Archuleta talks coming out, embracing his sensuality, and leaving the LDS church: ‘I thought it was worse to be gay than to experience life’ By

When David Archuleta became an overnight teen heartthrob in 2008 via American Idol and his No. 2 pop single “Crush,” he was extremely uncomfortable with all the attention from his...

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Pentatonix’s Mitch Grassi on his surprising, or perhaps *not*-so-surprising, electrogoth solo project Messer: “I’ve never been the clean-cut, ‘normal’ member of the band.” By

Most people know Mitch Grassi from Pentatonix, who won NBC’s talent show The Sing-Off in 2011, parlayed that opportunity into YouTube stardom, and eventually won three Grammys and made history...

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An oral history of Live Aid: The ones who made a brighter day, 40 years ago By

(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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Michael Des Barres on the Power Station’s invitation to play Live Aid: ‘It was like saying Rudolf Nureyev wanted to dance with me’ By

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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Why Diane Warren wanted to work with Albanian pop star Arilena Ara: ‘Holy s***, this girl can f***ing sing! This is just Celine-level.’ By

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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This is where all the magic happens: Redman talks ‘Muddy Waters Too,’ his ‘journey with self-healing,’ and the greatest ‘Cribs’ episode of all time By

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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DJ Lance Rock talks ‘full-circle moment’ playing Coachella with Yo Gabba Gabba!: ‘An acknowledgement of what the show had meant to people’ By

View this post on Instagram A post shared by LICORICE PIZZA RECORDS (@licoricepizzarecords) On May 30, orange-tracksuited icon DJ Lance Rock did a DJ set at Studio City’s famous Licorice...

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‘The Voice’ Season 27 champ Adam David talks addiction, redemption, and how he finally got clean: ‘I didn’t know how I was going to get out of that. I felt very much trapped.’ By

Six years ago, Adam David had just played Austin’s South by Southwest festival for the first time, an opportunity that should have been an exciting career breakthrough for the rising...

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The War and Treaty’s Michael Trotter Jr. & Tanya Trotter talk upcoming biopic: “The tagline is, ‘The war brought him music. Music brought him love.’” By

Twenty years ago, Michael Trotter Jr., a U.S. Army veteran and one-half of married Americana duo the War and Treaty, nearly competed on American Idol. “I tell this story all...

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