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Bruce Springsteen has just released “There Goes My Miracle,” the second single from his upcoming LP Western Stars. Like the first single, “Hello Sunshine,” it’s heavily influenced by 1960s/1970s California pop artists like Glenn Campbell and Burt Bacharach. It features a string section and soaring vocals by Springsteen. The song …

If you walk down Fifth Avenue in Manhattan on the last Sunday of June, you’d be confronted by a barrage of rainbow floats. Likely, you’d think to yourself, “Wow, this truly is a celebration of the LGBTQ community.” But upon further scrutiny, you may notice that several of these floats …

Looking back on her childhood, Guinevere Turner recalls the usual mixed bag of good times and incidents she would rather forget. But unlike most people, she was born into a tightly knit commune of 100 adults and 60 children. “So much of my childhood is full of really fond memories …

Keith Flint, the late lead singer of the British electronic group Prodigy, had unspecified amounts of cocaine, alcohol and codeine in his system when he died in March Though the new report confirms Flint died by hanging — as reported in an earlier inquest released one week after his death …

Could Mick Jagger — singer of “Satisfaction,” “Paint It Black,” “Start Me Up” and dozens more songs you know by heart — be underrated as a lyricist? That’s the theory Rolling Stones backup singer Bernard Fowler was working with when he recorded his newest album, Inside Out. “I think that …

Sting is coming to the The Colosseum at Caesars Palace for a show he’s calling Sting: My Songs. “The show will present a compendium of Sting’s songs,” reads a press release, “with dynamic, visual references to some of his most iconic videos and inspirations.” Tickets for the 16-night run go …

Although the trial of Keith Raniere, the alleged mastermind behind the self-empowerment cult NXIVM, doesn’t begin until the end of April, the court proceedings have already given us plenty of drama. There’s been fainting in court, child pornography charges and, as with all things 2019, a brief appearance by attorney …

One of the juiciest details in the redacted Mueller report reveals President Trump’s profane reaction to learning that he would be investigated by a special counsel over his connections to Russia. According to notes taken by Jody Hunt, who served as chief of staff to then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the …

Excerpted from David Kushner’s book, The Players Ball: A Genius, a Con Man, and the Secret History of the Internet‘s Rise, published by Simon & Schuster. [Find the book on Amazon.] Gary Kremen nervously lingered inside his grandfather Manny’s barbershop, ready to bust his move. It was the late 1970s …

Every April, vinyl geeks from around the world congregate at local music shops to celebrate Record Store Day. It’s a chance for them to get their hands on limited-edition LPs they can’t buy online or at chain stores and catch intimate in-store performances. The tradition began in 2008 and it’s …