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Pavement Bound For Make The World Better Fest

Pavement on May 15, 2025, at 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert' (photo: Scott Kowalchyk / CBS Broadcasting Inc.). Pavement told fans its one-off October 2024 performance in New York would be its “last show for a long time,” but Stephen Malkmus and company did play two festivals, a warmup club gig and CBS’ The Late Show With Stephen Colbert in 2025 while helping promote the off-kilter film Pavements, and they’ve since begun […]

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Dua Lipa To Curate 2026 London Lit Fest

(photo: Madison Phelps) Pop polymath Dua Lipa is adding another line to her ever-expanding résume — this time as a literary tastemaker. The Grammy- and BRIT-winning star has been tapped to curate the 2026 edition of the London Literature Festival at Southbank Centre, marking a high-profile collision of global pop and the written word.Running Oct. 21 through Nov. 1, the 19th annual event will see Lipa take the reins for […]

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Rush Kickstarts Reunion At Surprise Juno Performance

Rush's Geddy Lee in 2022 (photo: Kevin Mazur / Getty Images for Comedy Central). Rush embarked on its first run of performances since 2015 tonight (March 29) with a surprise performance to begin the Juno Awards in Hamilton, Ontario, which served as the debut onstage appearance of late drummer Neil Peart’s replacement, Anika Nilles. As previously reported, the legendary Canadian trio will return to the road this summer on the […]

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