Not that it’s any big surprise at this point, but Geddy Lee recently re-affirmed the sad fact that Rush are over as a band in a new interview with the Toronto Sun. “Neil [Peart] insisted that [the 2015 R40 tour] was his last gig,” he said. “And you know, Alex …
Read More »Watch Sylvester Stallone Face His Past in First 'Rambo: Last Blood' Trailer
Following a series of trips around the world, Sylvester Stallone‘s aging war hero finds himself settled down in Arizona in the trailer for Rambo: Last Blood. Set to a backdrop of Lil Nas X‘s “Old Town Road” in the desert, the clip follows John Rambo (Stallone) as he goes from …
Read More »Illinois Poised to Become 11th State to Legalize Recreational Marijuana
Update (5/31/19): On Friday, the Illinois State House voted 66-47 to pass the adult-use cannabis bill after three hours of deliberation, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.It will now be sent to Governor J.B. Pritzker’s desk. He has said that he plans to sign it into law, making Illinois the 11th …
Read More »Flashback: Martin Short, John Candy Go Punk as 'The Queenhaters' on 'SCTV'
In 2011, Rolling Stone asked readers to name their favorite punk bands of all time, with thousands of fans anointing the Ramones, the Clash, the Sex Pistols, Green Day and others as the best the genre has to offer. They were all wrong. There is only one right answer: The …
Read More »Joe Trohman on the Damned Things' Return and Fall Out Boy's Future
From the start, the Damned Things’ existence seemed unlikely: What were two dudes from Fall Out Boy doing in a band with the guy from Anthrax? But FOB lead guitarist Joe Trohman and drummer Andy Hurley knew their hard rock, and ended up sounding right at home on the band’s …
Read More »'Chernobyl' Review: Revisiting Russia's Nuclear Disaster as a Season in Hell
In the early morning hours of April 26th, 1986, just outside the Northern Ukraine city of Pripyat, something went wrong at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Thanks to a simulated power-failure exercise, human incompetence, design flaws and an inability to stop the domino effect as things began to spiral out …
Read More »Lauren Alaina Covers Cheap Trick's 'Surrender' at Sound City Studios
Rising country star Lauren Alaina travelled to Los Angeles’ iconic Sound City Studios to record a cover of Cheap Trick’s classic hit “Surrender.” Alaina and her band — composed of a guitarist, bassist, banjoist and drummer — gave the song their own country flair with amped-up acoustics. “We kind of …
Read More »Tessa Thompson, Chris Hemsworth Fight Intergalactic Evil in New 'Men in Black' Trailer
Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth suit up and do battle with shape-shifting aliens that have managed to infiltrate the MIB organization in the new trailer for Men in Black: International, out June 14th. The new clip introduces Thompson’s character, Agent M, a new recruit who spent 20 years trying to …
Read More »Engineer Ordered to Pay Prince Estate Nearly $4 Million Over Posthumous EP
The sound engineer who tried to release an unauthorized Prince EP was ordered to pay the late musician’s estate $3.96 million, Billboard reports. Engineer George Ian Boxill, who worked with Prince between 2006 and 2008, was behind the Deliverance EP, which he tried to release April 21st, 2017 to mark …
Read More »Coachella Worker Dies in Fall at Festival Site
One week before Coachella 2019 begins, a worker constructing a stage at the Indio, California festival site fell to their death. Coachella organizers Goldenvoice said in a statement Saturday, “Today, Goldenvoice lost a colleague, a friend, a family member. Our friend fell while working on a festival stage. It is …
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