A musical stage version of Almost Famous is almost ready for Broadway. An adaptation of Cameron Crowe’s Oscar-winning 2000 film — about William Miller, a 15-year-old scribe in the 1970s who gets the assignment of a lifetime when Rolling Stone sends him on tour with a fictitious up-and-coming band — is coming some time in 2022. “It’s All Happening… Broadway […]
Month: April 2022
When Naomi and Wynonna Judd, aka The Judds, first debuted on country radio in 1983 with “Had a Dream (For The Heart),” listeners’ ears perked up. Wynonna’s throaty, bluesy vocals and the mother and daughter’s glorious, intertwined harmonies were unlike anything else on the airwaves. That song peaked at No. 17 on Hot Country Songs, […]
Naomi Judd, one half of the iconic duo The Judds (with her daughter Wynonna) passed away unexpectedly Saturday, April 30, at age 76. Though no specific cause of death was given, Wynonna and Naomi’s other daughter Ashley said in a statement to The Associated Press that she died “of the disease of mental illness.” The […]
The newly christened Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif., oozed with soul Friday night (April 29) as Maxwell and his fellow gurus of love — Joe and Anthony Hamilton — rolled into town for the latest stop on Maxwell’s The Night Tour. As Maxwell proclaimed at one point to a screaming audience, “We’re three Black men […]
Naomi Judd, the Kentucky-born singer of the Grammy-winning duo The Judds and mother of Wynonna and Ashley Judd, has died. She was 76. The daughters announced her death on Saturday (April 30) in a statement provided to The Associated Press. “Today we sisters experienced a tragedy. We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of […]
Olivia Rodrigo trilled fans at her Sour Tour stop in Toronto on Friday (April 29) by welcoming a very special guest to assist her with a pop-punk classic. During her first of two sold-out concerts at the city’s Massey Hall, the 19-year-old singer-songwriter welcomed Avril Lavigne onstage for a duet of the Canadian star’s 2002 […]
After two years of pandemic-induced cancellations, country music festival Stagecoach returns this weekend as thousands of music fans descended on Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif., for night one of the three-day festival on Friday (April 29). Temperatures stayed relatively mild for the area, rising into the 90s, while festival-goers noshed on a variety of […]
Shawn Mendes could have a bright future career as a late-night TV host. During Friday’s (April 29) episode of The Tonight Show, the 23-year-old singer-songwriter effortlessly stepped in as co-host alongside Jimmy Fallon, delivering jokes during the monologue, interviewing guests, participating in games, and even serving as the evening’s musical guest. Dressed in the same […]
Priscilla Presley is offering her thoughts on the upcoming film about late ex-husband Elvis Presley after attending a private screening. Presley, 76, took to Facebook on Friday (April 29) to share her praise for director Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, which premieres at Cannes Film Festival next month ahead of Warner Bros. releasing the movie theatrically on […]
UPDATE: The National Weather Service has cancelled a Severe Thunderstorm Watch that had been in effect for the Springfield metro area and much of southwest Missouri until 6 a.m. Saturday. Heavy rain and some small hail are possible with storms moving across the Ozarks Saturday morning, but most will not be severe. A Flash Flood […]