The Michael Jackson biopic that’s been in the works for the past couple years, unsurprisingly, has hit another road block. Michael, starring Jackson’s nephew Jaafar Jackson, which was originally set to be released in April and then pushed back to this upcoming October, is delayed yet again with no new release date. According to Deadline, the controversial biopic is being pushed back to Lionsgate Studio’s fiscal 2027 year, which means that it’s at least a year or more away from release.
Five years after the tragic loss of co-leader Adam Schlesinger, Fountains Of Wayne have returned to the stage. Last night, the power-pop greats opened for Weezer at Mizner Park Amphitheatre for an event celebrating Boca Raton’s centennial.
At the end of the month, the National’s Matt Berninger is releasing a new solo album Get Sunk. In support of the project, he’s ventured on his first ever North American solo tour, which kicked off on May 19.
Six month ago Peter Buck (R.E.M., the Minus 5) and Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees, Mad Season) unveiled the debut album from the Silverlites, their supergroup with the Black Crowes’ Rich Robinson and singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur. Now Buck and Martin are announcing another supergroup called Drink The Sea with Alain Johannes and Duke Garwood.
In October, it was revealed that Alana Haim’s next acting gigs would be Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind and Kristoffer Borgli’s The Drama. Now, as Haim are rolling out their new album I quit, a teaser clip for The Mastermind is here.
Last week 2hollis featured on his pal nate sib’s new EP for us. Now the hyperpop rapper is producing and appearing on his friend’s rommulas’ new tune “left to right,” which came out yesterday.
In 2022, Torche broke up after singer-guitarist Steve Brooks revealed he was leaving the band. Now, the stoner metal outfit is back with the announcement of a reunion show in London.
So far, guests for Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s Grand National Tour have been Playboi Carti, Baby Keem, Kaytranada, and Lizzo. They expanded the list last night (May 23) at the second Inglewood, CA show when SZA brought out Justin Bieber for their SOS remix collab “Snooze,” and cradled his face in her hand, at SoFi Stadium.
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Back in February, for reasons still unclear, Bob Dylan posted an old video of Machine Gun Kelly rapping in a record store on his Instagram. When he’s not posting on social media, he’s been spending the past few days on Willie Nelson’s Outlaw Festival Tour, and last night in Spokane he brought out tourmate Billy Strings to do “All Along The Watchtower” with him. But more surprisingly: We have enough evidence to conclude that Bob Dylan and Machine Gun Kelly have almost certainly met in person.