• Foo Fighters Rickroll the Westboro Baptist Church Mid Protest

    Friday night, the Westboro Baptist Church decided to hold a smaller-scale protest outside of the Foo Fighters' Kansas City gig. Their plan backfired, however, when Dave Grohl and company decided to pile into a pick up truck and rickroll the protest themselves.
  • Jerry Heller, Former Manager of N.W.A. Says He Regrets Not Letting Eazy-E Kill Suge Knight

    The release of the biopic film, "Straight Outta Compton," documenting the rise and fall of hip hop super group, N.W.A., definitely shed a lot of light on what was happening behind the scenes with the Gangster rap group. During an interview with the group's former manager, Jerry Heller, he said that one of the biggest regrets he had with while managing the group was talking N.W.A. frontman, Eazy E, a.k.a. Erin Wright out of killing Suge Knight.
  • Bat For Lashes' Natasha Khan Makes Debut as Sexwitch with Toy

    Bat For Lashes' Natasha Khan made her on stage debut as Sexwitch last night at the Green Man Festival in Wales. Her latest appearance was prefaced by a weeklong series of cryptic posts on Instagram reminiscent of hangman. Her initial hints to last night's performance with Toy were eagerly misinterpreted by the blogosphere as a possible album announcement.
  • Neil Young Asks for Financial Help for Pono in Lengthy Facebook Post

    Less than a year after launching Pono via one of the most successful Kickstarter campaigns in history for Neil Young's portable PonoPlayer and its accompanying download service, PonoMusic, the legendary singer/songwriter has released a statement asking for financial help. He went on his Facebook page to provide a long-winded recap of how the business has been faring and he said it's a "delicate time" for his company.
  • Wiz Khalifa Arrested After Riding Hoverboard in L.A. Airport

    Wiz Khalifa just performed in Finland yesterday (August 21), but he ran into some trouble when he arrived back in the U.S. and landed at LAX. The "See You Again" rapper just tweeted, "Haven't been slammed and cuffed in a while. That was fun." He then shared a picture of six police officers pinning him to the ground and holding his arms against his back. He's no longer in custody, as he's now tweeting, and he continues to share details about the violent experience.