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A teacher in Ohio is facing termination after allegedly calling in sick to attend a concert. According to People, Lakota West High School teacher Eileen Washburn has been placed on unpaid leave by the local school board after she allegedly “falsified sick leave” to travel to a Nashville concert in February. Apparently the English teacher “refused to answer questions”

A resurfaced video showing kids banging out Ozzy Osbourne’s “Crazy Train” on xylophones, steel drums, bells and other percussion instruments found a whole new audience this week, going viral on Reddit. Reaction To Viral ‘Crazy Train’ Video Earlier this week, a clip of the students rehearsing “Crazy Train” was posted by a Reddit user on

A psychological phenomenon called neural nostalgia explains why you still love the music you loved as a teenager. An Instagram reel created by California therapist and photographer Nikki Roy discusses neural nostalgia and why it’s relevant to so many. “There is a thing called neural nostalgia where researchers are actually finding that the music we listen

KISS legend Gene Simmons has come to the defense of pop star JoJo Siwa after fans claimed her new “demon” look she debuted earlier this week was ripping off the iconic musician. Siwa, an alum of Dance Moms, various Nickelodeon shows and most recently appearing as a judge on So You Think You Can Dance, has made some

Taylor Swift‘s Eras Tour set the standard for hype in 2023, generating more than $1 billion in sales and setting a Guinness World Record for the highest-grossing tour of all time. Taylor hype is at a fever pitch in 2024; her attendance at Super Bowl 58 resulted in the highest ratings in NFL history, and the star set a

Carrie Underwood isn’t afraid to dabble in other genres of music, and she’s a fan of any artist who does the same — even when the dabbling is being done in country music. When it comes to her bread-and-butter musical format, the American Idol winner is a fan how broad the stroke has become. “There

Gene Simmons said the sale of Kiss’ name, logo, makeup and share of their music catalog was a deal the band didn’t go looking for. Pophouse Entertainment is reputed to have paid $300 million for the package; the company hopes to create an avatar show in the style of their ABBA Voyage production. In a new

Welcome to the weekend! Every week, Friday breathes new life into me for a few reasons. First, it means I won’t have to think about work for a few days (and I know you all feel the same). And then there’s the promise of a whole host of new music flooding our Spotify apps. Yes,

Kiss has sold their music catalog, name, logo, image and likeness rights to Pophouse Entertainment group, the company behind ABBA‘s popular live avatar show. According to Fortune, the band is being paid over $300 million by the Swedish company, who plan to use the same technology to launch a Kiss avatar show in America. “Kiss

The gradually expanding credits for Beyonce‘s Cowboy Carter album have revealed a deeper Beatles connection with her cover of “Blackbird.” Beyonce’s update was built on instrumental elements from the original master recording of the song from 1968’s White Album, including Paul McCartney‘s foot tapping and acoustic guitar. A McCartney representative confirmed the news to Variety,

Some songs mean exactly what they say, others are open for broader interpretation. And especially if you’re an internationally famous musician, this means a whole lot of people interpreting your work as they see fit. Naturally, it can lead to some incorrect assumptions and downright wild theories. Often, when a song is presumed to be about

You know the lore behind many men’s basketball greats: Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Hakeem Olajewon, Allen Iverson, Wilt Chamberlain…I could go on. We talk about shoe deals and the dominance of iconic brands like Nike and Converse thanks to the success of basketball. I could name almost every team in the men’s National Basketball Association

UPDATE (March 31): On Sunday (March 31), @ThatsSoKeezy, a self-proclaimed Nicki Minaj fan, jumped on X, formerly known as Twitter, and announced that she finally made it to see the Queen Barbz live in concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City. “Here is the final update. I traveled about 20 hours by car

Eminem fans thought they were in for a treat with his new album announcement until the rug was snatched from under their feet. Eminem Hits Fans With April Fools’ Day Prank On Monday morning (April 1), Eminem shared an album announcement trailer via X, formerly known as Twitter, which contained tweets from fans begging and

Katy Perry‘s 2007 track “Ur So Gay” is going viral on TikTok 17 years later. The song was originally released as part of an EP of the same title and later appeared on the singer’s second studio album (and first under the name Katy Perry) called One of the Boys in 2008. The album made Perry a

Once Fashion Week has come and gone, it’s time to start plotting our spring wardrobe. We’re in that weird transitional period when I never know if it’s going to feel like winter – or summer – when I step out the door. Thanks to global warming, spring no longer exists. This weekend was filled with

Count Sheryl Crow among the growing number of famous musicians dismayed by the paltry payments artists receive from Spotify. The beloved singer, and 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, was recently a guest on Club Random with Bill Maher. The two compared recent trends in the music industry, compared to when Crow was

Most music fans today are aware there’s a long-running argument about whether the writers of the songs we love are fairly compensated for the profits made out of them. The internet brought the argument into the light, but it wasn’t really new. Since the era of recorded music began – and actually, long before that,

Beyoncé‘s Cowboy Carter album is a massive, dynamic project that quite literally defies genre. It includes her very first country music hit, but the three Country Music Hall of Famers she features may be more important. Actually, one could argue that the six country newcomers she teams up with on this album are most important. Cowboy

Lizzo is getting a lot of love from fellow celebrities who are defending her from critics and encouraging her to stay in the music industry. On Friday (Mar.29), the “Good as Hell” singer made a post on Instagram announcing that she is quitting music. In her statement, she revealed that the reason she is quitting