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Nashville rejects sign for Morgan Wallen’s new bar, decrying his behavior

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Nashville councilmembers have rejected plans for a glowing sign to be erected at Morgan Wallen’s new bar along the city’s neon-lit strip of honky tonks, citing his use of a racial slur that caused controversy in 2021 and recent criminal charges accusing the country star of throwing...
Lauryn Hill’s classic ‘Miseducation’ album tops Apple Music’s list of best albums of all time

LOS ANGELES — Let the debate begin. Who has the best music albums ever? Apple Music certainly has an idea. The music streaming giant announced on Wednesday their 10 greatest albums of all time with Lauryn Hill’s 1998 iconic “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” claiming the top spot. Hill’s debut...
Pittsburgh CLO’s ‘Lady Day’ is a beautiful, raw evening spent with a legend

Billie Holiday will undoubtedly — and deservedly — be a household name for generations to come. The revered jazz singer was just 44 years old when she passed in July 1959. “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill,” the first musical of Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera’s summer 2024 season, takes...
Christian metal band P.O.D. drops the boom in Pittsburgh area concertVideo

The venue for P.O.D.’s show Tuesday night could not have been more fitting, as the veteran Christian metal band played New Kensington’s Preserving Underground, a former church converted into a concert hall. With stained glass windows behind and to the left of the stage, P.O.D.’s stop on their I Got...
Matthew Perry’s death under investigation in connection with ketamine level found in actor’s blood

LOS ANGELES — Authorities have opened an investigation into how Matthew Perry received the supply of ketamine that killed him, police said Tuesday. Los Angeles police are working with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service with a probe into why the 54-year-old “Friends” star had...
Heart’s Ann Wilson on reuniting with sister, music business and Led Zeppelin ahead of Pittsburgh concertVideo

After several years of strained relationships, a physical altercation in the family and separate solo tours, sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson are back together as Heart. ”Well, there’s no explaining why somebody wants to do music. It’s just, when you want to do it, you want to do it,” Ann...
OpenAI is halting use of ChatGPT voice that Scarlett Johansson says is ‘eerily similar’ to hers

NEW YORK — OpenAI on Monday said it plans to halt the use of one of its ChatGPT voices that “Her” actor Scarlett Johansson says sounds “eerily similar” to her own. In a post on the social media platform X, OpenAI said it is “working to pause” Sky — the...
Elvis Presley’s granddaughter fights company’s attempt to sell Graceland estate

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Riley Keough, the granddaughter of Elvis Presley, is fighting plans to publicly auction his Graceland estate in Memphis after a company tried to sell the property based on claims that a loan using the king of rock ‘n’ roll’s former home as collateral was not repaid. A...
TribLive reporter pens book chronicling punk band Brainiac

In May 1997, an Ohio punk band called Brainiac, on the verge of exploding into popularity, saw their dreams deferred by the sudden death of frontman Tim Taylor. TribLive reporter Justin Vellucci wrote a comprehensive, engaging chronicle of the band in “Brainiac,” published by J-Card Press and available now through...
Sleep Token’s talent can’t be masked in sold-out Pittsburgh concert

While Sleep Token’s masks are a key part of their identity, their anonymity may be gone soon enough if they keep putting on strong performances as they did Sunday night in Pittsburgh. In a show that sold out the Petersen Events Center months ago, the British rockers continued on their...
Man charged with punching actor Steve Buscemi held on $50,000 bond

NEW YORK — The man charged with assaulting actor Steve Buscemi on a Midtown street has been held in jail on bond in New York, prosecutors said. Police have said the 66-year-old actor — known for his roles in “Boardwalk Empire,” and “Fargo,” among other performances — was walking in...
Greta Van Fleet deliver classic, arena rock spectacle in Pittsburgh concert

Greta Van Fleet frontman Josh Kiszka fittingly sang a brief line from “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” — the theme song from “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” — in the band’s concert Saturday night at PPG Paints Arena. For fans of classic rock, it was a beautiful day in the neighborhood as...
Meet the family behind Luke Bryan’s ‘Farm Tour’ concert in South HuntingdonVideo

When Joshua Cunningham found out his family’s South Huntingdon farm was in the running to host a concert by “American Idol” judge and country music star Luke Bryan, he asked Bryan’s producer about their honest chances. “He said, ‘I’ve been looking at it on Google Maps — you have a...
Video appears to show Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs beating singer Cassie in 2016

LOS ANGELES — Security video aired by CNN appears to show Sean “Diddy” Combs attacking singer Cassie in a Los Angeles hotel hallway in 2016, the latest in a months-long series of public allegations and revelations of physical and sexual violence from the hip-hop mogul. The video aired Friday appears...
Dabney Coleman, actor who specialized in curmudgeons, dies at 92

NEW YORK — Dabney Coleman, the mustachioed character actor who specialized in smarmy villains such as the chauvinist boss in “9 to 5” and the nasty TV director in “Tootsie,” has died. He was 92. Coleman died Thursday, his daughter, Quincy Coleman, told The Hollywood Reporter. No other details were...
Former Kyuss singer John Garcia on his day job, reunion talk and the desertVideo

As far as John Garcia is concerned, living a “normal” life is just fine with him, with the biggest angst getting his 14-year-old son to make his bed. “You know, I hate to really admit it, but my life is boring, which is exactly the way I want it to...

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