It’s been 17 years since the current version of Lollapalooza made its home in Chicago’s Grant Park. Though there are lovers and haters of the festival for a variety of reasons, the 2022 version went off mostly without any issues and definitely without the cloud that hung over it last year. On a bright note, it […]
Beyoncé‘s latest album, Renaissance, is out now. So far, the album has been met with universal acclaim. However, that didn’t stop people from noticing that the pop icon used “spazz,” which is considered an ableist slur to those with cerebral palsy, on “Heated.” A rep for Beyoncé said that “the word, not used intentionally in a […]
New Orleans-born rapper Mystikal was arrested yesterday (July 31) in Prairieville, La., according to the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office. The artist, whose real name is Michael Tyler, was charged with first-degree rape, simple robbery, domestic abuse battery (strangulation, false imprisonment) and simple criminal damage to property. According to Sheriff Bobby Webre, deputies responded to an […]
Travis Scott is continuing his return to live performance following the 2021 Astroworld tragedy with a seven-show residency at Resorts World Las Vegas’ Zouk Nightclub. The series begins on Sept. 17 and is dubbed Road to Utopia in a nod to Scott’s long-in-the-works next studio album, Utopia. Organizers say the shows “just may feature some […]
Atlanta’s annual Music Midtown festival has been canceled amid a 2019 Georgia Supreme Court ruling making it easier for people to carry firearms onto publicly owned property such as the city’s Piedmont Park, where the event was planned to take place on Sept. 17-18 with My Chemical Romance, Jack White and Future. The Live Nation-produced […]
The Joe Walsh-led annual VetsAid benefit concert will be a hot ticket for rock’n’roll fans this fall, as it will feature what’s being billed as the final performance of Walsh’s pre-Eagles band James Gang, plus appearances by Dave Grohl, Nine Inch Nails, The Black Keys and The Breeders. The Drew Carey-hosted event will be held […]
“I used to play high school basketball,” Perry Farrell says, serving as a message and warning statement, but not in the Al Bundy sense. Standing in the Lollapalooza press area mid-Friday afternoon, the Jane’s Addiction/Porno for Pyros singer (and Lollapalooza co-founder) has his eyes on one thing: a basketball version of Connect 4. His warning […]
The lovefest between Billy Corgan and Perry Farrell continues. A handful of days after performing on Corgan’s livestream fundraiser for the victims of the July 4 shooting in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Farrell brought out the Smashing Pumpkins boss to cover “When the Levee Breaks” during Porno for Pyros’ Lollapalooza set. Joining Corgan […]
Fiona Sly remembers her dad’s playfulness the most. “He was extremely funny… extremely funny,” she says with a smile and some weight. “I miss having his humor.”Her father, Tony Sly, was the mellifluous voice of the Californian punk-rock band No Use for a Name. On July 31, it will be 10 years since the world […]
This interview originally appeared in the April 1994 issue of SPIN. I’ve been coming up with lots of theories lately, for no special reason except maybe to kill time between episodes of the Larry Sanders Show. Here’s one: When I first heard Pavement‘s new album Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, I was convinced it was secretly […]