Attorneys for the FBI are seeking to get the Insane Clown Posse’s lawsuit against the organization dismissed on grounds that the group should not be able to sue them In 2011 the FBI classified the horrorcore rap duo’s fans Juggalos as a gang akin to the Bloods or Crips One… Source
On Tuesday Amnesty International admitted that a Belgian anti-torture ad campaign featuring an image of Iggy Pop used the singer’s image without permission and apologized for the error The original image featured the singer’s face bloodied and beaten and in French quoted him as saying “The future of rock & roll is Justin Bieber”; its… […]
A draft of Bob Dylan’s lyrics for his groundbreaking 1965 song “Like a Rolling Stone” sold for $2045 million at auction Tuesday afternoon 10 Greatest Bob Dylan Songs Bono on “Like a Rolling Stone” The lyrics were sold to an unidentified bidder at auction house Sotheby’s who called the sale a world record for a… […]
In the more than 15 years they’ve been together the members of Little Big Town — Karen Fairchild Kimberly Schlapman Phillip Sweet and Jimi Westbrook — have written songs in a number of configurations both within and outside their group For their latest single “Day Drinking” Fairchild Westbrook and Sweet… Source
Sharon Van Etten’s Tramp was one of the biggest breakout indie records of 2012 Produced by the National’s Aaron Dessner it featured liner notes jammed with bold-faced Brooklynites from bands like Wye Oak and Beirut and pushed Van Etten from tiny venues to huge clubs There was just one problem… Source
Willie Nelson’s Teapot Party movement which now has more than 115000 Facebook followers was founded after his 2010 arrest for marijuana possession in Texas His practical (and slyly humorous) advice to fellow pot advocates is to support like-minded candidates 100 Greatest Singers Willie Nelson “Get out and go vote” he says in… Source
When he isn’t rapping or solving especially heinous crimes on Law & Order SVU you can probably catch Ice-T wreaking havoc on Call of Duty with his “Sex Money Guns” squadron — and maybe doing his patented “dick dance” The rapper spoke about his love of gaming on Conan Monday… Source
Rosanne Cash is going to Washington Tomorrow morning the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter — and daughter of Johnny Cash — will testify before the House Judiciary Committee on the matter of music licensing and illegal downloading 100 Greatest Country Songs of All Time “Ring of Fire” Cash who is married to musician-producer John Leventhal… Source
Beatles drummer Ringo Starr got in touch with his former bandmate Paul McCartney when news broke that the latter was suffering a viral infection that forced him to postpone not just a string of Asian tour dates but also a US tour that was supposed to kick off in June… Source
Lana Del Rey has responded to a series of tweets that Kurt Cobain’s daughter Frances Bean Cobain wrote following Del Rey’s recent “I wish I was dead already” statement Cobain had admonished Del Rey that “the death of young musicians is nothing to romanticize” and after a Del Rey fan… Source
