R. Kelly will pay nearly $30,000 (£25,000) in court fines and victim restitution from his personal prison commissary, it has been ruled. Per reports in Billboard and Rolling Stone, on Friday (September 9), a federal judge ruled that money in Kelly’s prison account could be seized by the prosecution team to pay required fees. The prosecution said (via Billboard): “The defendant has amassed nearly $30,000 in his inmate trust account over the course of the last three years of incarceration. “The defendant has not made any payments towards the substantial criminal monetary penalties imposed upon him at sentencing, even though payment...
Korean-American singer and rapper Jay Park’s newest music label, More Vision, has launched its first-ever auditions for an upcoming boyband. READ MORE: Key – ‘Gasoline’ review: the SHINee member comes into his own as an artist on his second solo album On September 7 at Midnight KST, More Vision shared several posts across its social media accounts in English, Korean, Japanese and Mandarin announcing that it has opened up auditions for its first-ever boy group. According to More Vision, the label is seeking males born 2005 or after to audition with either vocals, dance, rap or producing with no...
In place of a new instalment of their Sunday Lunch series, Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp have dedicated a cover of David Bowie‘s ‘Heroes’ to the late Queen Elizabeth II. A description shared with the video – which sees Willcox hold up handwritten placards dedicated to the Queen as well as the duo’s personal heroes, while Fripp plays guitar behind her – saw the pair offer their condolences to the British Royal Family. “Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp wish to extend condolences to the Royal Family, and respect the dedication HRH Elizabeth II showed her country during her unprecedented...
Disney have announced that Elton John’s last-ever performance in the US this November – a third consecutive show at Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium – will be streamed live on Disney+. READ MORE: Elton John: “I’m not interested in the past – not even Elton John’s past” The show will take place at the 56,000-capacity stadium on Sunday November 20, rounding out the North American leg of John’s ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road’ tour. For its streaming release – announced over the weekend at this year’s D23 conference – the show will be titled Elton John Live: Farewell From Dodger Stadium. His...
At its Toronto Film Festival premiere, Harry Styles described the central theme of his new film My Policeman as “wasted time”. READ MORE: Harry Styles – ‘Harry’s House’ review: grounded star finds home is where the heart is The Michael Grandage-directed film (based on the novel by Bethan Roberts) sees Tom (Styles), a 1950s English policeman, enter into a love triangle with his lover, museum curator Patrick (David Dawson) and wife, schoolteacher Marion (Emma Corrin). Flashing forward to the 1990s, the trio (played by Linus Roache, Rupert Everett and Gina McKee, respectively) attempt to repair their interpersonal damage from...
A new episode of Beavis And Butt-Head sees the animated pair react to a Tyler, the Creator music video – see the footage below. READ MORE: Will Beavis And Butt-Head be the dullest thing ever in the YouTube age? The show’s ninth season – the first in 11 years – debuted on Paramount+ early last month (August 4), and promised that fans will see the titular duo deliver irreverent commentary on music videos by the likes of BTS and Olivia Rodrigo. In the clip, the characters react to Tyler’s Kali Uchis-featuring video for ‘SEE YOU AGAIN’. Upon seeing the video’s red hat-wearing backup dancers, Beavis...
Only a few seconds of Ozzy Osbourne‘s half-time performance at the NFL season opening was broadcast on television by NBC. READ MORE: Ozzy Osbourne – ‘Patient Number 9’ review: a fizzing piece of hard-rock magic On Thursday evening (September 8), the singer performed a multi-song medley at half-time of the game between the Los Angeles Rams and Buffalo Bills, which marked the first game of the 2022 NFL season. However, viewers on NBC were upset to find that only a few seconds of the performance were broadcast on air. During half-time, broadcaster Maria Taylor introduced Ozzy’s performance and the...
Fall Out Boy guitarist Joe Trohman has revealed that the band were recently working on “guitar-based” new material that is now on the “back burner”. READ MORE: “These songs feel bigger than our band”: how Fall Out Boy’s ‘From Under The Cork Tree’ inspired a generation Trohman was speaking to Rolling Stone about his upcoming memoir, None Of This Rocks, which explores the guitarist’s youth and evolution into a musician. It’s described as being “unlike any you’ve ever read.” In the new interview, Trohman is asked about a segment of the book where he says Fall Out Boy are...
The 1975 have added two extra dates to their recently-announced 2023 UK and Ireland tour – find details below and get your tickets here. READ MORE: The 1975 live at Reading Festival 2022: “It’s. Just. Fucking. Bangers” The January 2023 tour dates were announced last week alongside new song ‘I’m In Love With You’, and will take place off the back of the band’s imminent fifth album, ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’. The UK and Ireland leg of The 1975’s ‘At Their Very Best’ tour will kick off on January 8, 2023 in Brighton and run until January 30...
Tommy Lee revealed to the crowd during a Las Vegas show this weekend that he has joined OnlyFans. Last month, the Mötley Crüe drummer uploaded a full-frontal nude selfie across his social media accounts, later saying he uploaded the picture while on a “bender”. “A couple of weeks ago, we had like a two-week break off the tour, and I went on a motherfucking bender, bro,” he told the crowd during Mötley Crüe’s show in San Antonio, Texas on August 21. Advertisement “I got fucking sideways as fuck and got naked and posted pictures of my dick. And usually,...