Music

Japanese hard-rock band Band-Maid is returning to the limelight after several years away. Band-Maid has kicked off a new era with its newest album, Epic Narratives, released on September 25, 2024, as a triumphant culmination for the band and its fans. The band has also recently wrapped up their latest ZEPP Tour, sending their fans

After so many painful years with no Dexter, we are now in for a true Dexter renaissance. Showtime brought Dexter back to life in 2021 for Dexter: New Blood. They’re bringing him back to life again for the Summer 2025 series Dexter: Resurrection. And in between, we’re getting the Dexter prequel series Original Sin, featuring

Let’s get it out of the way: Yes, singer-songwriter Miller Campbell is related to Glen Campbell, but only distantly. “I’m just one of the many cousins,” she laughs. “It’s a massive family.” In fact, despite how large he looms in family lore, she counts herself more fan than kin. “A lot of my new record

The Pitch: In 1961, a young man rides a motorcycle up to the hospital where Woody Guthrie is being cared for and introduces himself as Bob Dylan (Timothée Chalamet), and he plays a song on the guitar for his folk hero. From there, the early years of Dylan’s career unfold, as he chafes against the

Former Friends star Lisa Kudrow surprised fans of the popular sitcom by revealing how often the cast saw each other after the show ended. While appearing on the Tuesday, December 10 episode of Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s Dinner’s on Me podcast, Kudrow, 61, revealed that she and her co-stars — Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, and the late Matthew Perry

Danzig have announced a 2025 West Coast tour set to take place in March. The brief six-date jaunt will feature support from Down, Abbath, and Cro-Mags. Frontman Glenn Danzig and company will kick off the outing on March 21st in Las Vegas. The tour will then hit Lincoln, California; Seattle; Portland, Oregon; and Los Angeles,

Actress Christina Applegate has been open about her struggles with multiple sclerosis, which she was diagnosed with back in 2021 — but evidently, her symptoms had already been present two years prior.  In a new episode of Applegate’s Messy podcast — which she co-hosts with fellow actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler, who is also living with MS — Applegate spoke in conversation with Dead to

Following his previously announced solo tour, Jason Isbell is set to return to the road with his trusty band, The 400 Unit, for another lengthy 2025 tour. The new dates kick off with a three-night stay in Austin in April and stretch through late July. During the last month of the tour, they’ll make a

This interview appeared in the recent print issue of SPIN, and was done before the election and before Joe Biden stepped down. The rest of it is timeless, baby. For a long time now, Bill Maher, host of the magnificently smart and incendiary and hilarious talk show Real Time With Bill Maher, has been the

When considering actors to play the son of infamous Star Wars gangster Jabba the Hutt, why not look to one of today’s buzziest actors? Variety reports that The Bear star Jeremy Allen White has been cast as the voice of Jabba Jr. (okay, the character’s actually named Rotta the Hutt) in 2026’s The Mandalorian &

Released on June 21st, 19-Something and Four, Bee Thousand, the seventh album by Dayton, Ohio’s Guided by Voices, was ushered into the time-and-space sphere. The record may clock in at 36:35, but in reality—whatever that even is—Bee Thousand has proved to be a timeless piece, able to exist as an artifact of a certain musical

Timothée Chalamet may end up earning an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown, but James Austin Johnson’s impersonation of present day Dylan is pretty damn phenomenal. Johnson already managed to get the character in Saturday Night Live once this season, albeit in an absurdly funny promo for a John

Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain will retire from touring with the band after a final show with the British metal legends tonight (Dec. 7) in Sao Paulo. The 72-year-old musician, who joined Maiden in 1982, suffered a stroke in early 2023 and was able to work his way back onto the stage after extensive rehabilitation.

Even while spending the last five years preparing to play Bob Dylan—including learning 30 of his songs for the biopic A Complete Unknown—Timothée Chalamet has apparently not missed a single major college football game. Or even the mid-majors. The actor (sporting a puffy pink jacket, natch) appeared on ESPN’s College GameDay in Atlanta on Saturday,

It’s the end of an era — the Eras era. This weekend, Taylor Swift will wrap her critically acclaimed Eras Tour after nearly two years of touring. The concerts will close out with three shows in Vancouver on Friday, December 6; Saturday, December 7; and Sunday, December 8.  Over the course of the tour — which first kicked off in March

PETA plans to protest an upcoming screening of Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu over the use of live rats in the film’s production and the suggestion that the rodents caused the bubonic plague. “A human is no more likely to be harmed or killed by a rat in real life than by a vampire, and false portrayals

A conversation turned into a therapy session on The Drew Barrymore Show. On the Thursday, December 5 episode of the show, singer and Wicked actress Ariana Grande joined the host on the couch, where Grande couldn’t help but express admiration for the Golden Globe-winning actress.  “I don’t know too much about what your relationship has been to this

Dead & Company will make their return to the Sphere in Las Vegas, announcing a new slate of residency dates taking place in the spring of 2025. The new dates, billed as “Dead Forever 2025,” follow their previous residency in which they played 30 shows at the Las Vegas venue this summer. Now, they’ve got

Exit is an enigma. They’re not in the limelight—even by indie standards—but their résumé suggests otherwise. Comprised of Andrew Manning, TJ Piccirillo, and William Tenney, all hailing from New England, Exit is punching well above their weight. A quick scroll through their Spotify page reveals a long list of decorated collaborators. Trevor Daniel, known for

British actor Paapa Essiedu, best known for his roles in I May Destroy You and Black Mirror, is reportedly in talks to play Professor Severus Snape in HBO’s upcoming Harry Potter television series, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Snape was famously played by the late Alan Rickman in the Harry Potter film franchise. Essiedu’s involvement

Khloé Kardashian has long been open about her struggles with her weight, frequently noting her various workout and diet routines. However, she recently confessed that she believes her transformation would’ve been easier had a certain medicine been around early in her journey. In an interview with Bustle published on Tuesday, December 3, Kardashian, 40, revealed that people

Fresh off a packed European tour, “NARUTO The Symphonic Experience” is set for a North American run in 2025. The live orchestral experience immerses visitors in a two-hour journey through the beloved anime, which is currently celebrating the 20th anniversary of its original TV adaptation. Beginning February 28th in Evansville, Indiana, “NARUTO The Symphonic Experience”

Gracie Abrams and Hozier will serve as the musical guests on the final Saturday Night Live episodes of 2024, with Abrams joining host Chris Rock on Dec. 14 and Hozier augmenting Martin Short on Dec. 21. Shaboozey was previously announced as the musical guest on this Saturday’s (Dec. 7) edition, which will be hosted by

My Chemical Romance has made a statement regarding the death of Bob Bryar, who was the longest-tenured drummer of the legendary emo act. “It is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to Bob Bryar, our former bandmate and an important part of the history of My Chemical Romance,” the band wrote in a

Name  Adam Gontier Best known for  Three Days Grace Current city  Nashville, TN Really want to be in  I’d travel back in time two months, and head to Northern Ontario Canada to do some fishing. Excited about  Rejoining Three Days Grace, creating new music, and touring the world in 2025.  My current music collection has a lot of  New rock/metal. And a little bit

Last month, The Cure celebrated the release of their comeback album, Songs of a Lost World, by playing an intimate concert at Troxy London. Now, the band has announced a companion release collecting all eight songs from their new album as they were performed at the show. Aptly titled Songs of a Live World: Troxy

Will Cullen Hart, who co-founded the beloved and influential Athens, Ga.-reared collective Elephant 6 and played with its associated bands Olivia Tremor Control and Circulatory System, died this morning (Nov. 29) at the age of 53. Per a statement from longtime friend and collaborator Robert Schneider of the Apples in Stereo, Hart passed away from

Bob Bryar, the longest-tenured drummer of My Chemical Romance, who played in the band between 2004 and 2010, has died at the age of 44. According to TMZ, Bryar was found dead at his home in Tennessee on November 27th. He had last been seen alive on November 4th, and his body was reportedly discovered

The 2025 edition of Las Vegas’ Sick New World festival, which was to feature headlining sets from Metallica and the reunited Linkin Park, has been canceled by organizers Live Nation. The third edition of the massive, single-day event was set for April 12 and was to have boasted more than 50 acts, including Queens of the Stone Age, Gojira, AFI,