Rockwell, the singer known for the Michael Jackson-assisted 1984 hit “Somebody’s Watching Me,” was born Kennedy Gordy, son of Motown Records founder Berry Gordy. As Billboard reports, Gordy the elder is caught up in a legal battle between Rockwell and Anita Hawker Thompson, former CEO of his company Rockwell Enterta...

Eddie Vedder’s annual Ohana Festival is coming back to Doheny State Beach in Dana Pointe, CA this Sept. 27-29. Pearl Jam have a new album out, and they’ll be a huge presence at this year’s fest, with headlining performances Friday and Sunday night. In between on Saturday comes a headlining set from Neil Young &#...

Historically, Taylor Swift has not been big on proper nouns. She’ll throw the names of cities into her lyrics, and sometimes she’ll specify neighborhoods or parks or streets. Every once in a while, she’ll toss in a namecheck, like James Taylor on “Begin Again.” But most of her songs are about the...

Vampire Weekend performed on Saturday afternoon during the first weekend of Coachella as a last-minute addition to the lineup. The band has been busy since the release of Only God Was Above Us just a week ago between their Austin eclipse album release show and appearances on SiriusXMU and The Daily Show.Their Coachella set ended with the band&am...

As you may recall, things between Conan O’Brien and The Tonight Show did not end well. In 2009, O’Brien took over for Jay Leno as the show’s host. It was a position that he’d long wanted, and it had been promised. After seven months, though, NBC launched a plan to bring Leno back for a half-hour show, push...