Lyndsey Parker
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How one Iranian-American teen’s bootleg mixtape circuit 'allowed us to mainline Western entertainment once again' (exclusive book excerpt)
“They were turned down just low enough so as not to be heard outside, inadvertently alerting the Revolutionary Guard… who under the Islamic law had the right to raid the party, confiscate our ‘contraband,’ any other ‘inappropriate’ items, and take us all to jail,” writes Lily Moayeri. → Read More
Ailing Ozzy Osbourne pulls out of Power Trip festival: 'My body is telling me that I'm just not ready'
"I am much too proud to have the first show that I do in nearly five years be half-assed," the metal legend, who has been dealing with a 2003 spinal injury that he re-aggravated in 2019, announced Monday. → Read More
Debbie Gibson on unrealized 'Star Search' dreams and bogus teen-idol rivalries: 'I just have to take a moment to say Tiffany's voice is un-freakin'-believable'
"I almost wonder what it would be like if she wrote me a song, and I wrote her a song — like, 'Hey, this is my vision for you,' and she went, 'This is my vision for you.' I think that would be kind of interesting." → Read More
Debbie Gibson on unrealized 'Star Search' dreams and bogus teen-idol rivalries: 'I just have to take a moment to say Tiffany's voice is un-freakin'-believable'
"I almost wonder what it would be like if she wrote me a song, and I wrote her a song — like, 'Hey, this is my vision for you,' and she went, 'This is my vision for you.' I think that would be kind of interesting." → Read More
Original Maroon 5 drummer Ryan Dusick on addiction, recovery after being fired from band: 'I was convinced… that the rest of my life was just going to be this big letdown'
"I did hold a grudge for some time, but even when I was still struggling, I was 10 times more upset with myself than I was with them," says the founding member, whose "breakdown" led to him exiting Maroon 5 after their first hit album. → Read More
Why Andrew Ridgeley let George Michael walk away from Wham!: 'I couldn't be resentful of my best friend'
"We made a pact, if you like, that we'd never reform Wham!, because Wham! was a sort place in time," says Ridgeley of what Michael once called "the most amicable split in pop history." → Read More
Justin Hawkins's wild ride: A one-way ticket from the Darkness to the darkness and back
"I think the majority of people that bought into us recognized that I was in a dangerous place, but I think that's part of the reason why it was appealing," says the 17-years-sober rock icon-turned-YouTube darling. → Read More
Fall Out Boy references 9/11, Cobain, 'Tom DeLonge and aliens,' Fyre Fest in updated 'We Didn't Start the Fire'
"So much has happened in the span of the last 34 years — we felt like a little system update might be fun," Fall Out Boy bassist Peter Wentz explained. → Read More
The Alarm's Mike Peters opens up about album he wrote in cancer ward: "I thought, 'This is it.
"I was creating my own soundtrack of hope to keep me going," says the four-time cancer survivor, who made 'Forwards' during one of the most difficult health battles of his life. → Read More
Patti LaBelle fumbles during BET Awards' Tina Turner tribute due to teleprompter snafu: 'Whatever, I can't see the words'
LaBelle, who experienced a similar lyrics-flubbing disaster at the 1996 National Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony, must have been feeling some sense of déjà vu. → Read More
Sara Bareilles, Kelly Rowland on sight-unseen singing show 'Breakthrough': 'I think it would save a lot of women in the industry'
"The industry is always all about the image and how you look and what you have on, but that is out the window with this show," says Rowland. → Read More
'Sex'-y love story of Berlin’s Terri Nunn and radio DJ Richard Blade to be made into biopic
The new wave power couple's torrid affair inspired Berlin's widely banned “Sex (I’m A…)," one of the sexiest singles of the 1980s. → Read More
L.A. Skid Row choir receives unprecedented approval from Red Hot Chili Peppers to cover 'Under the Bridge' on 'AGT'
RHCP rarely clear their songs for talent shows. There’s still never been a Chili Peppers cover on the U.S. versions of 'Idol,' 'The Voice' or 'The X Factor.' → Read More
Wayne Coyne recalls thinking the Flaming Lips' '90210' episode was 'such a disaster that there's no way it will air'
"It occurred to us that it would be ridiculous and absurd and funny. It didn’t really matter if it was artistically good or bad." → Read More
Ministry's Al Jourgensen exclusively reveals plans to re-record long-disavowed 'With Sympathy' songs: 'F*** it. Instead of being owned, let's own it.'
Forty years later, the industrial-metal provocateur still hates his debut album. But a random night seeing a Ministry cover band made him realize, "This is not something to be so angry about for the rest of your life." → Read More
Jason Isbell talks new album, marriage and 'letting go' of gender roles: 'F*** all that.
"I grew up around a lot of people who were just sort of existing under the tyranny of their big old redneck father. ... Nobody's happy in that situation — including the big redneck father." → Read More
Out of sync: Why 'biggest band in the world' the Police mysteriously split after their biggest album
"And then they tried to get us back together. But that's another story — which is kind of pathetic, actually," says guitarist Andy Summers. → Read More
Bad Bunny talks transgressive fashion, Twitter trolls and tabloid romance rumors: 'You have to think about the love in your house and not the hate of your neighbor'
"There are people who love you, and people who hate you. It's inevitable. Nobody is ever going to be 100% loved." → Read More
Hanoi Rocks' Michael Monroe finally meets Vince Neil, 39 years after car crash that killed drummer Razzle: 'One of the most important moments of my life'
Four decades after the accident that ended Razzle’s life — and ultimately ended Finnish glam band Hanoi's burgeoning career — Monroe has made amends with Neil, who was behind the wheel on that tragic night in '84. → Read More
'Outlaw Love' country star Brooke Eden on coming out: "They basically told me, 'You can either be in love or you can be a country singer — but you can't be both.'"
After years of believing that the country community would shun her if she shared her truth, Eden married Hilary Hoover in a dream ceremony conducted by Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks. → Read More