Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Music

CMT Awards: ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons Changed Famous Lyrics to “Sweet Home Alabama,” Wouldn’t Diss Neil Young (Exclusive)

Keen eared country music fans may have heard a change of lyrics Sunday night during the all star performance of Lynyrd Skynyrd's famous "Sweet...

Madonna Remembers Seymour Stein, “One of the Most Influential Men in My Life…I am weeping as I write this down”

Madonna's true colors come through in her tribute to Seymour Stein. She's written a moving piece on Instagram. He changed her life-- he gave...

Seymour Stein, On How He Met Madonna and Made Her a Star from His Hospital Bed: “And Now You Give Me the Money!”

In 1982, Seymour Stein wound up in Lenox Hill Hospital with a heart infection. But he'd sent his Sire Records scout Mark Kamins out...

Seymour Stein, the Great Music Man Who Gave Us Madonna, Talking Heads, Ramones, And More Dies at 80

I am very sorry to report the death at age 80 of my friend, Seymour Stein. He was a visionary music man, the creator...

Bruce Springsteen’s Sonically Sensational Show Lands in NY with Paul McCartney, Other A List Celebs in Audience

Bruce Springsteen is like some kind of car-- Maserati, Lamborghini? -- that goes from zero to 60 in 2 secs. That's what happened when...

Joni Mitchell All Star Tribute on PBS Featuring James Taylor, Brandi Carlile, Cyndi Lauper, Marcus Mumford, Stolen by…Joni Mitchell, Of Course!

The supernaturally gifted Joni Mitchell stole her own tribute show tonight, the PBS Library of Congress Gershwin Prize. There are plenty of stars on this...

Village People Founder Furious with “Spinning Gold” Movie for Pretending to Include “YMCA” Singers

Village People founder Victor Willis is furious about the new movie "Spinning Gold." The movie is about Neil Bogart, who created Casablanca Records. Among...

Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider Declares “We’re Not Gonna Take It” Can Be Used As Anti-Assault Rifle Anthem Even Though He’s a Gun Owner

Twisted Sister's Dee Snider has come out of the closet...as a gun owner who's against people owning assault rifles. This evening he declared on Twitter:...