Devon Ivie

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Stevie Nicks Announces New Album All About ‘Fantastic Men’

6 days ago | vulture.com | Devon Ivie

Somebody get Don Henley to a safe location. Lindsey Buckingham, witness protection. Who has eyes on Joe Walsh? Stevie Nicks has teased she’s working on a new album, her first in over a decade, which she’s calling a “ghost record” for reasons that will send chills down the spines of certain men from her past.
Abbott Elementary’s Janelle James Was Never Going to Play a Loser

1 week ago | vulture.com | Devon Ivie

“For people who are paying attention, these are all thoughts and feelings Ava has always expressed.” The queen is back on her throne. Actually, scratch that. The throne is wherever she sits. The final five episodes of Abbott Elementary’s fourth season proved just how far Ava Coleman (Janelle James) has come as a principal and, most affectingly, a human being.
What Happens When Your Biggest Hit Leads to an Existential Crisis?

1 week ago | vulture.com | Devon Ivie

“We were getting off on not being the same band.” The Ting Tings needed a lot of spins to hit the jackpot. After struggling for years in Manchester, England’s underground scene, Katie White and Jules De Martino signed a record deal with a small label in the mid-aughts thanks to, as White puts it, their “authentically punk, angsty, and naïve sound.” The label just didn’t know what to do with it.
What Happens When Your Biggest Hit Leads to an Existential Crisis?

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Devon Ivie

The Who Fire Drummer Of 29 Years After Roger Daltrey Complains Of His Playing In Front Of Live Audience"To sing that song I do need to hear the key, and I can't. All I've got is drums going boom, boom, boom. I can't sing to that. I'm sorry, guys."
The Who Fired Drummer Zak Starkey for Overplaying

1 week ago | vulture.com | Devon Ivie

The seeker better be working overtime to get us the full story. The Who has parted ways with Zak Starkey after three decades of service on the drums, with Starkey claiming he was unceremoniously fired for overplaying at a series of recent gigs. Starkey, Ringo Starr’s son, has been with the band in a full-time capacity since 1996; he drummed on Who records Endless Wire and Who.
Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger Is Engaged to 37-Year-Old

1 week ago | vulture.com | Devon Ivie

The rock isn’t in a hard place. Actually, it’s on the ring finger. Mick Jagger is engaged to 37-year-old Melanie Hamrick, with the retired ballerina revealing that the couple chose to keep their news private for a long time. “We’ve been engaged two or three years,” she said, according to People. “Maybe one day we’ll marry, maybe not.
Peter Buck Always Picked Up Warren Zevon’s Midnight Calls

1 week ago | vulture.com | Devon Ivie

The R.E.M. guitarist on the joys of making Hindu Love Gods and the strained aftermath. “I still have a really strong place in my heart for Warren, even though he could be one of the biggest grumps.” (L-R: Peter Buck, Bill Berry, Mike Mills, and Warren Zevon.) “I still have a really strong place in my heart for Warren, even though he could be one of the biggest grumps.” (L-R: Peter Buck, Bill Berry, Mike Mills, and Warren Zevon.) Peter Buck can’t deal with the cold anymore.
Hey, Adam Levine, Don’t Let Paul McCartney Make You Feel Bad

2 weeks ago | vulture.com | Devon Ivie

Over a decade ago, the Grammys decided to do concert tribute to the Beatles and enlisted Maroon 5 to help with the festivities. The band’s covers of “All My Loving” and “Ticket to Ride” were passable.
Jack Black’s ‘SNL’ Monologue Brought ‘School of Rock’ Vibes

2 weeks ago | vulture.com | Devon Ivie

As the School of Rock chalkboard would denote, this is “hard rock.” Jack Black returned to host Saturday Night Live after a 20 year hiatus, delivering an episode so good that even Ms. Mullins would get into a tizzy watching it. But, wait. Black doesn’t know if he can do it. He wants to bail in the middle of the monologue! It’s too stressful; it’s been too long since his last episode.
‘Psych’ Star James Roday Rodriguez on Val Kilmer’s Influence

2 weeks ago | vulture.com | Devon Ivie

When Psych showrunner Steve Franks was auditioning actors to portray Shawn Spencer, everybody’s favorite psychic detective, he told us how most actors were hitting their lines with too much aggression and snark. James Roday Rodriguez took a different approach: He would embody the comedic spirit of Chris Knight, Val Kilmer’s character from 1985’s Real Genius, giving Shawn a warmth that the others lacked. Rodriguez would go on to embody the role for eight seasons and three sequel films.