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Month: December 2023
The Rolling Stones took over New York’s Racket last month for a launch event celebrating Hackney Diamonds, their first new studio album in seven years. The band is now commemorating that performance with a new live album, out January 19th. Hackney Diamonds (Live Edition) comes as a double CD that will feature the original album tracklist along
CoSign alum Genesis Owusu is back with a new banger titled “Survivor,” now included as an additional track to his sophomore album, STRUGGLER. Over a thundering beat recalling Kanye West’s Yeezus era, Owusu raps about taking on adversity. “I was never one to run/ But I better take my place,” he spits. “There’s a feeling I can’t
On November 30th, 2023, Celtic punk legend and The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan passed away at the age of 65. A gifted songwriter and lyricist, MacGowan left an unmistakable mark on music history, both as a member of The Pogues and beyond. More than that, he became an unlikely folk hero of Christmastime with the
Shane MacGowan’s passing has led to an outpouring of tributes from fellow musicians. “Every time I heard him sing I heard the truth, and my heart filled up with humanity,” wrote Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers. He proceeded to share an anecdote about the time he met the Pogues singer: “I once saw him
The Pitch: It’s hard to imagine having a worse Christmas than Brian Godluck (Joel Kinnaman) does, when John Woo’s Silent Night begins: Not only is his son brutally killed by a drive-by shooter in his own front yard, but when he chases after the culprits on foot, he ends up getting shot in the throat
KISS will be playing their final two concerts ever at Madison Square Garden on Friday (December 1st) and Saturday (December 2nd). Ahead of those shows, Mayor Eric Adams has declared November 30th as official “KISS Day” in New York City. The honor comes as part of as the band’s massive takeover of the Big Apple
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Radio Public | Pocket Casts | RSS Nothing strikes the hearts of ARMY like, “Hello, this is BigHit Music.” Once we hear those fateful words, we know that something big is on the horizon. This time around, it was something huge, inevitable, and a tad hard to swallow: the military service announcements. On this episode of
Phish are set to follow in the footsteps of U2 with an April 2024 residency at the $2.3 billion Sphere in Las Vegas. “From the moment we first heard about Sphere and its potential, we’ve been dreaming up ways to bring our show to this breathtaking canvas,” said Phish frontman Trey Anastasio in a statement.
We don’t always cover celebrities’ love lives, but when we do, it often comes from a place of bewilderment: Rosalía is definitely dating Jeremy Allen White, US Weekly reports. “They started out as just friends, but things have turned romantic recently,” a source told the publication, confirming rumors that the Bear actor and the singer had started up
George Miller has revealed the first trailer for Furiosa, his upcoming prequel to Mad Max: Fury Road. Officially titled Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, the film officially hits theaters on May 24th, 2024. The film stars Anya Taylor-Joy as Imperator Furiosa, with a supporting cast that includes Chris Hemsworth, Tom Burke, Nathan Jones, Angus Sampson,
Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose has been accused of violent sexual assault by a former model, according to a lawsuit filed in New York Supreme Court on Wednesday. The incident allegedly took place more than 30 years ago. Sheila Kennedy, a former Penthouse model, alleges that she was “violently” sexually assaulted by the singer
Fans of Hall & Oates may be saddened to learn that the iconic pop-rock duo are currently on opposite sides of a bitter legal dispute. Daryl Hall, 77, sued John Oates, 75, in Nashville Chancery Court on Nov. 16, as first reported by Philadelphia magazine. The court documents are sealed — for Private Eyes only,
Contestants of Netflix reality competition show Squid Game: The Challenge have threatened legal action over the alleged injuries they obtained while filming, including hypothermia and nerve damage. A British personal injuries law firm announced on Thursday that it sent letters of claim to the show’s production company, Studio Lambert, on behalf of two Squid Game:
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is currently immersed in the first phase of reshaping the Canadian broadcasting landscape through the implementation of Bill C-11, known as the Online Streaming Act. As the two-week public hearing unfolds, diverse voices are emerging, with Indigenous media players hoping the bill will result in more equal opportunities.
Taylor Swift on Sunday met with the family of Ana Clara Benevides Machado, the 23-year-old fan who this month died while attending the star’s concert in Brazil. Ahead of her final Eras Tour show at the Allianz Parque stadium in São Paulo, Swift posed for a photo with the Machado family, Entertainment Tonight reported. In
Taylor Swift‘s ever-popular Eras Tour is making one more stop this year: your living room. On Monday, the pop star told her Canadian fans they would be able to rent and stream her Eras Tour film just in time for her birthday on Dec. 13. Not only that, Swift also said the soon-to-be released extended
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted November 29, 2023 2:56 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – Blue Jays radio voice Ben Wagner will not return to the team’s broadcast booth next year. In a statement, Sportsnet says it has decided not to renew his contract for next season. Related Videos
Shane MacGowan, the bold, Irish punk singer-songwriter and frontman of The Pogues, has died. He was 65. The legendary musician was in poor health and had been recently hospitalized. MacGowan was receiving treatment for a diagnosis of encephalitis, a dangerous infection that causes swelling of the brain. MacGowan’s wife, Irish writer Victoria Mary Clarke, announced
The author of a new book about the British Royal Family has been scrutinized after a Dutch translation of the bombshell publication named two members of the family who allegedly raised concerns about the skin colour of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s unborn son, Archie. The Dutch version of Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and
The popular video game-turned TV show, The Last of Us was a huge success for the Alberta economy. According to a new report by Oxford Economics, $141 million was spent across the province to ensure the show became a reality, making it the largest series ever filmed in Canada. “Including $70 million on labour and
Happy Singh Soni is not, well, happy: He is longing for more. And, given his condition at the outset of Celina Baljeet Basra’s debut novel, why wouldn’t he be? His home, a Punjabi farming village that is being steadily encroached upon by an expanding theme park, is no place for a young man with ambition—of
After decades of being a largely underserved area of scientific study, fungi are finally having their moment. The phenomenon feels not unlike the overnight appearance of a mushroom; all it took were the right conditions for the right fruiting body. The conditions: a reading public amid COVID-19 lockdown in spring 2020, aching for connection. The
Michael Cunningham has used three timelines to great effect in his novels Specimen Days and The Hours, his acclaimed homage to Mrs. Dalloway. He does so once again in Day, which follows a Brooklyn family on the same April day over three years: 2019, 2020 and 2021. As Day opens, Isabel and Dan, in early
As long as piracy has existed, it has been shrouded in myth, legend and rumor, which compromises the reliability of primary texts describing its major figures. Author Katherine Howe tackles this historical pitfall in her newest novel, A True Account. Hannah Masury, nicknamed “Hannah Misery” by the clientele at the waterfront inn where she works
Author Ying Chang Compestine mixes a smart, clever heroine into her own take on the Rapunzel story, inspired by Chinese culture and food as well as Compestine’s own childhood. In a world of myriad fairy-tale retellings, Ra Pu Zel and the Stinky Tofu stands out as delightful, energetic and unique: a fairy tale you will
Liberty Hardy is an unrepentant velocireader, writer, bitey mad lady, and tattoo canvas. Turn-ons include books, books and books. Her favorite exclamation is “Holy cats!” Liberty reads more than should be legal, sleeps very little, frequently writes on her belly with Sharpie markers, and when she dies, she’s leaving her body to library science. Until
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Summer Loomis has been writing for Book Riot since 2019. She obsessively curates her library holds and somehow still manages to borrow too many books at once. She appreciates a good deadline and likes knowing if 164 other people are waiting for the same title. It’s good peer pressure! She doesn’t have a podcast but