The 2021 Grammy Awards have been postponed from the originally scheduled date of January 31, as Rolling Stone and Variety report. The Recording Academy has yet to announce the new date, but sources speaking to RS said that the organizers are aiming to hold the ceremony in March. Pitchfork has reached out to representatives for
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Debut records, regardless of their length, are more often wrought with unfocused passion and hesitant execution than they aren’t, but this certainly isn’t true of Izzy Outerspace’s Amazon. Consisting of eight simple but thoroughly engaging compositions, Amazon is an EP that runs 28 minutes in total – making it more of a miniature album than it is a
Owner John McAffrey describes the bizarre moment his staff found his bar bespattered with blueberries. (Screen captures via OKC) A queer bar in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has been targeted by an anonymous homophobe who has vandalised the site across two nights. But it’s the bizarre ways in which the bar has been defaced that has
Khairi Saadallah, who stabbed to death three gay men in a Reading park has pleaded guilty to murder. A man who killed three gay men in a ‘terror’ attack in Reading, England, last year believed he had to “kill as many people as possible” as he was “performing an act of religious jihad”, prosecutors said
As a new, more transmissible variant of the virus continues popping up in parts of the world, Prime Minister Boris Johnson reimposed a lockdown in Cave’s native England on Monday, Jan. 4. The star, who is also mom to son Donnie, 6, and daughter Margot, 4, with partner Alfie Brown, described the birth of her third chid as “a very
Beastie Boys, Wilco, Phoebe Bridgers, Fleet Foxes, Billie Eilish, and Brittany Howard are among artists to have created their very own Yeti cooler chests for an auction benefitting the Crew Nation relief fund, as Rolling Stone points out. The auction starts today (January 5) at 11 a.m. Eastern and ends a week later. It’s the
The entire world was stunned and elated to learn that actress Tanya Roberts had been falsely reported as dead, so it’s easy to imagine how euphoric her longtime partner must have felt when hearing the news. As it turns out, we don’t actually need to imagine it. Lance O’Brien, the star’s partner of 18 years,
Bobby Shmurda (a.k.a. Ackquille Pollard) will be eligible for release from prison next month, the New York State Department of Corrections told the New York Times. The Brooklyn rapper had been denied parole in September 2020, but a review by the New York State Department of Corrections restored his credit for good behavior. He will
Blake Shelton is starting 2021 on a low note. During NBC’s New Year’s Eve TV special hosted by Carson Daly and more, the Voice coach performed the song “Minimum Wage,” a tune dedicated to fiancée Gwen Stefani. The single includes lyrics like “Girl, your love can make a man feel rich on minimum wage,” and, “Girl, your love is
Open Mike Eagle has posted a new freestyle in tribute to the late MF DOOM, whose death was announced on New Year’s Eve. Over a beat by Illingsworth, Eagle reflects on hearing KMD’s “Peachfuzz” in his youth, as well as working with DOOM on “Phantoms” and “Police Myself.” “Who the fuck ever gets to rock
Can You Believe?!Thanks to Jonathan Van Ness, we all ended 2020 with some good news. In an Instagram post looking back on his year, the Queer Eye star revealed he secretly married Mark Peacock, who he described as his best friend and loving partner. Days later, the hair guru gave fans a peek inside their private romance, sharing pictures of the couple
Alexi Laiho, the frontman of Finnish power metal greats Children of Bodom, died last week at home in Finland, a press statement from his publicist confirms. Laiho, a guitar virtuoso who also played in Bodom After Midnight, Sinergy, and several other metal groups, had suffered from long-term health issues, according to the statement. He was
The Royal Courts of Justice where the High Court is located in London. (Getty/ BEN STANSALL/AFP) Many parents and carers of trans children are afraid to tell their kids about the High Court ruling on puberty blockers, Mermaids has reported. The High Court ruled on 1 December that transgender under-16s must understand the implications both
The Hunger Games star Alexander Ludwig has made things official with Lauren Dear. The actor took to Instagram on Sunday, Jan. 3 to announce that the pair had recently tied the knot during an intimate ceremony just outside of Park City, Utah. Alexander shared a photo of the newlyweds at the Lodge at Blue Sky resort,
Foo Fighters have shared their new song “No Son of Mine,” the second single from their forthcoming album Medicine at Midnight. Take a listen, and find a handwritten note from the Foos, below. “This is the kind of song that just resides in all of us and if it makes sense at the time, we
The mom-to-be shared a photo of her and Gus posing with a sign that read, “Baby Gazda coming May 2021.” Days later, Nilsa announced the sex of their baby with a sweet video. “Our faces say it all! I can’t help but to think my dad had a hand in this,” she shared, “our baby boy has been
Gerry Marsden, leader of the Merseybeat quartet Gerry & the Pacemakers, has died. Marsden’s friend Pete Price—a broadcaster based in Liverpool—broke the news on social media earlier today (January 3), stating that Marsden died following a short illness stemming from a heart infection. Marsden’s death was subsequently confirmed by the BBC. He was 78 years
Things got, er, odd in the first trailer for RuPaul’s Drag Race UK. (Screen captures via Twitter) Drag queens, start your engines – the official trailer for the long-awaited second season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK dropped Sunday evening (3 January) and yup, we are absolutely gagging for it. Immediately sparking hope that maybe 2021