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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...
Willam is probably the most notorious figure in RuPaul’s Drag Race herstory. The Season 4 rabblerouser was the first and only contestant to be disqualified from the series, but she...
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The two most popular songs in the John Hughes movie discography are the Psychedelic Furs’ “Pretty in Pink,” which inspired a movie of the same title, and Simple Minds’ “Don’t...
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Van Halen’s David Lee Roth wasn’t kidding when he once sang “Dance the Night Away.” Although he’s back with his old band doing rock classics — like “Panama,” which Van...
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Clark Beckham made it all the way to the finale on this just-wrapped season of American Idol, and he never compromised his artistic integrity, sticking to his guns for his...
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Nick Fradiani just won Season 14 of American Idol, and Big Machine’s Scott Borchetta is about to put him to work. But somehow Nick still found time, the day after...
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Matt McAndrew may have placed runner-up (to the also-worthy Craig Wayne Boyd) last season on The Voice, but he’s already shaping up to be one of the biggest stars to...
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While Season 13 American Idol champion Caleb Johnson had the quickest album release in the series’ history — his full-length debut, Testify, came out in August 2014, only three months...
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Quentin Alexander had one of the most crazy and controversial runs in American Idol history, due to a heated verbal exchange between him and judge Harry Connick Jr. last Wednesday (an incident that likely...
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The 1980s was the golden age of music video. MTV was brand-new, there were no rules, and video directors dreamed in neon. It’s no wonder, then, that so many musical...
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Michelle Chamuel was never a typical reality show contestant. Openly gay, proudly nerdy, and deeply rooted in indie-rock and electronica, with two unsuccessful, unaired Voice auditions behind her, she seemed like the...
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