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Billy Preston documentary featuring Clapton, Ringo to screen at Doc NYC film festival
Homegrown Pictures/White Horse PicturesA documentary about the late keyboard player Billy Preston — perhaps best known for being the only guest musician ever credited on a Beatles record &m...
Nov 08, 2024
Mariah Carey kicks off her annual Christmas Time tour
Kevin Mazur/Getty ImagesIt's officially time.Mariah Carey kicked off her annual Christmas Time tour in Highland, California, on Wednesday. The Queen of Christmas celebrated the 30th anniversary of her...
Nov 07, 2024
Star of new horror flick 'Heretic' covers Bob Dylan's 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door' for the film
A24Are you ready for yet another cover of Bob Dylan's classic "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"?The song, which Dylan recorded for the soundtrack of the film Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, has been covered ...
Nov 07, 2024
Billy Joel and Sting announce only baseball stadium appearance for 2025
Myrna M. Suarez/Getty ImagesAfter launching their co-headlining tour in football stadiums this year, Billy Joel and Sting will continue the party into 2025 by performing in four football stadiums &mda...
Nov 07, 2024
Madonna once asked Rosie Perez to hook her up with this celebrity
Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty ImagesYou wouldn't think that Madonna would need any help making a love connection, especially back in her heyday. But according to Rosie Perez, she'...
Nov 07, 2024
Springsteen biopic casts actors to play Bruce's mom, producer and more
Jeremy Allen White as Springsteen in Mark Seliger/20th Century StudiosThe cast of the Bruce Springsteen biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere has expanded.The film, starring The Bear's Jeremy Allen White as ...
Nov 07, 2024
Peter Gabriel executive producing doc 'New Blood,' about Canada's indigenous people
Theo Wargo/Getty ImagesPeter Gabriel, who sang about Native Americans in his song "San Jacinto," has now become involved in a documentary highlighting the struggles of Canada's First Nation indigenous...
Nov 07, 2024
On This Day, Nov. 7, 1943: Joni Mitchell was born
On This Day, Nov. 7, 1943 ...Joni Mitchell was born in Alberta, Canada.Born Roberta Joan "Joni" Anderson, Mitchell's rise to fame began in the '60s and '70s with such classic songs as "Big Yellow Taxi...
Nov 07, 2024
Bruce Springsteen opens first post-election show with 'a fighting prayer for my country'
Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesAhead of the presidential election, Bruce Springsteen, who's been touring in Canada, introduced his song "Long Walk Home" as "a prayer for my country." And in his first post-...
Nov 07, 2024
Director Thom Zimny talks fan contribution to Bruce Springsteen documentary 'Road Diary'
Courtesy of DisneyThe new Bruce Springsteen documentary Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band is streaming now on Hulu and Disney+, and while the movie gives fans insight into the...
Nov 07, 2024