CLEVELAND — Cleveland braced itself for large-scale protests and the potential for unrest in the streets as the Republican National Convention rolled in to town this week. In the end, calm prevailed…
Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, Public Enemy’s Chuck D, Cypress Hill’s B-Real, Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk have formed Prophets of Rage, a new “supergroup” that will engage in political…
Polly Anthony, who led Epic Records from 1997-2003 and worked with acts including Celine Dion, Michael Jackson and Rage Against the Machine, died last weekend of pancreatic cancer in Beverly Hills…
With a 15-member supersized E Street Band at his disposal, Bruce Springsteen delivered an emotional wallop to go along with his 40-year repertoire of songs.
Overlong and underwritten even by the standards of summer f/x extravaganzas, this "Battleship" will nonetheless float with many on the strength of its boyish, eager-to-please razzle-dazzle.
World preem features -- including the narrative pic written by and starring Chris Colfer of "Glee" and a new doc from Morgan Spurlock -- are among the more than 40 movies joining the Tribeca Film…
To mark its 50th anniversary, Amnesty International is releasing a 75-song compilation featuring a slew of renowned artists covering Bob Dylan, who also celebrates 50 years as a performer this year.
While the reunited Police may have been the biggest act at this year's Bonnaroo, it was the nearly omnipresent cameos of a legendary member of Led Zeppelin that created the biggest word-of-mouth stir…
Even before winning the first of his three Grammys, Eminem was the hot topic backstage Wednesday at the Grammy awards show. As Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters put it, "He seems to be the theme of the…
Rage Against the Machine's two sold-out Irvine Meadows shows marked the end of their U.S. tour, their set a blistering 90 minutes of the band's patented brand of politically charged hip-hop metal.
Few rock artists succeed in mixing their music with overt political statements. Most collapse under the weight of trying to articulate an actual message, with one notable local exception: Rage…
