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Full lineup announced for Tennessee’s The Mountain Festival

Admat for The Mountain Festival (Courtesy of The Mountain Music Festival)Bret Michaels, Rick Springfield and Ratt’s Stephen Pearcy and Warren DeMartini are among the acts booked for The Mountain Music Festival, happening Aug. 21-23 at the Gatlinburg Convention Center in the Great Smokey Mountains of Gatlinburg, Tennessee.The three-day classic rock festival features over 25 artists on three stages, with the lineup that also includes 38 Special, Night Ranger, Skid Row’s Sebastian Bach, Warrant, John Waite, Lita Ford, Jackyl and more.Three-day and two-day […]

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Music

Donna Summer, Lynyrd Skynyrd songs get chart boost from the winter Olympics

Donna Summer performs onstage at the Poplar Creek Music Theater, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, July 12, 1983. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images)Donna Summer's classic track “MacArthur Park” has returned to the Billboard charts thanks to the winter Olympics.The song was used by American figure skater Alysa Liu for her long program when she won the gold medal. Thanks to the exposure, the song has landed at #1 on the Dance Digital Song Sales chart, up 575% in sales, with 2,000 downloads […]

March 3, 2026

Music

Paul McCartney says he was lied to about Rock & Roll Hall of Fame solo induction

Paul McCartney performs at The O2 Arena on December 18, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Jo Hale/Redferns)Paul McCartney was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist in 1999, but it turns out he was expecting it to happen a lot earlier.Vanity Fair just published a 2015 interview with McCartney that was conducted for a biography about Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner and in it McCartney reveals Wenner, who co-founded the Rock Hall, went back on […]

March 3, 2026

Entertainment

Tyler Perry firefighter drama starring Tyler Lepley, Da’Vinci and more coming to Netflix

Cast of 'Tyler Perry's Where There's Smoke' begins production in Atlanta (Courtesy of Netflix)Step aside Chicago Fire and 9-1-1, there's a new firefighter drama series on the way. Netflix has announced Tyler Perry's Where There's Smoke, his latest project as part of his going partnership with the streamer.Where There's Smoke will follow the personal and professional lives of a group of firefighters in 16 hourlong episodes, all of which Perry wrote, directed and produced. Helping to bring the story to life are stars Tyler […]

March 3, 2026

Music

Photo of Elton John, husband and sons now on display at London’s National Portrait Gallery

Elton John and David Furnish attend the press conference during Elton John AIDS Foundation's 33rd Annual Academy Awards Viewing Party on March 2, 2025 in West Hollywood. (Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Elton John AIDS Foundation)Elton John: He's not just like us. We've got our family photos framed on a shelf, but he's got his family photo hanging in one of London's most famous museums.A portrait of Elton, his husband David Furnish, their sons Elijah Furnish-John, 13, and Zachary Furnish-John, 15, plus […]

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Entertainment

Netflix renews ‘Little House on the Prairie’ for season 2, shares season 1 release date

The first-look photo of the upcoming 'Little House on the Prairie' series. (Netflix)Little House on the Prairie has been renewed for season 2 many months ahead of its first season premiere.Netflix also announced the release date and official first look at the first season of the series. Season 1 will debut to the streamer on July 9.This new adaptation transforms the beloved, semi-autobiographical books written by Laura Ingalls Wilder into a show that is "part family drama, part epic survival […]

March 3, 2026

Music

Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings announce first US tour as The Guess Who in 23 years

Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings tour admat (Courtesy of Live Nation)Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings are set to tour the U.S. as The Guess Who for the first time in 23 years.The Canadian duo has announced dates for a U.S. leg of the Takin’ it Back Tour, with former Eagles guitarist Don Felder on board as special guest.The dates kick off June 25 in Shakopee, Minnesota, outside Minneapolis, and wraps Aug. 22 in Seattle, Washington.“Randy and I are incredibly grateful that our […]

March 3, 2026

Entertainment

‘God of War’ video game creator calls first look of TV series ‘bad in so many ways’

Ryan Hurst as Kratos and Callum Vinson as Atreus on the set of 'God of War.' (Leah Gallo/Prime Video)The creator of the God of War video game is making his thoughts on the upcoming TV series adaptation known.David Jaffe, who is the game designer and director of the Playstation video game franchise, recently shared a YouTube video criticizing the first-look photo Prime Video released of its new series adaptation of God of War.Jaffe said the photo, which features protagonist Kratos, […]

March 3, 2026

Music

Barry Manilow announces new album, gives health update: ‘I look fabulous, right?’

Barry Manilow performs during 'Manilow: The Last Detroit Concert' at Little Caesars Arena, June, 2025 in Detroit, Michigan. (Scott Legato/Getty Images)Despite his recent health issues, Barry Manilow seems to be doing just fine -- and he's thrilled about the success of his latest single, "Once Before I Go."In a new Instagram video, Barry says, "Well, looks like I made it, and I look fabulous, right?" He goes on to announce that the song has reached the top 10 on the […]

March 3, 2026