Paul Stanley, Ozzy Osbourne and several other rockers are fed up with companies that call their employees rock stars for completing basic tasks with proficiency, and they’re airing their grievances in a new Super Bowl ad for Workday. The previously teased spot, which you can watch below, opens with Stanley closing out a Kiss show, then wheeling around to implore […]
Dana Carvey stayed on Saturday Night Live longer than he wanted to. After starting alongside Phil Hartman, Jan Hooks, Kevin Nealon and Victoria Jackson with one of the strongest individual debuts in SNL history, Carvey quickly made himself indispensable, his facility with impressions soon latching onto several political figures so valuable to Saturday Night Live […]
It was a big night for many classic rock artists at the 65th annual Grammy Awards — not that you saw much of it on TV. The majority of the rock winners were honored during the Premiere Ceremony, a pre-televised event that dished out the large majority of the Grammys’ 91 categories. Ozzy Osbourne took […]
Nirvana and Heart sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson received lifetime achievement awards on Saturday at the Recording Academy’s Special Merit Awards, joining a prestigious group of honorees that also included the Supremes, Chic’s Nile Rodgers and rapper Slick Rick. Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear all attended the ceremony, which took place at the […]
The producers of Wattstax had a problem when it came to the industry’s rating system. Intended for family audiences, their movie followed along as multiple Stax Records-affiliated R&B and soul legends took the stage in August 1972 at the sprawling Los Angeles Coliseum to commemorate the Watts riots, with topical man-on-the-street interviews interspersed throughout. Some […]
Respected Bruce Springsteen fanzine Backstreets announced its closure after 43 years as a result of the musician’s “dynamic ticket pricing” campaign, which saw tickets for his 2023 reunion tour with the E Street Band shooting out of many supporters’ price ranges last year. The controversial strategy, overseen by Ticketmaster, meant that some entry fees for […]
Melinda Dillon, the two-time Oscar-nominee who starred in such films as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Absence of Malice and A Christmas Story, has died at 83. The actress’s passing was confirmed by her family, who noted that her date of death was Jan. 9. No further details were given. Born in Hope, Ark., […]
REO Speedwagon’s Kevin Cronin introduced Derek Hilland as a replacement for Neal Doughty, who bowed out after 55 years last month. Keyboardist Doughty – co-founder and the only member to appear on all of the band’s records – explained that he had enough of traveling, and although he still enjoyed performing, it was time for him […]
Shania Twain said Prince once invited her to Paisley Park to record “the next Rumours album,” referring to Fleetwood Mac‘s hit 1977 LP. The country star, who is set to release her sixth album, Queen of Me, on Friday, recently spoke with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe and shared the story of Prince’s invitation. Back in 2008, Twain was going through […]
For as long as it has existed, people have attempted to define rock ‘n’ roll. “I don’t think anyone can really explain rock ‘n’ roll,’” says the character Jeff Bebe in Almost Famous. “Maybe Pete Townshend, but that’s okay. Rock ‘n’ roll is a lifestyle and a way of thinking and it’s not about money […]