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The Rolling Stones — No Filter Tour 2020
102.1 The Fox welcomes the Rolling Stones “No Filter Tour 2020” to the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte on July 1st. Listen to find out how you can win a pair of tickets to the show!!… More
Motley Crue & Def Leppard in Charlotte
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Why pregnant pop star Grimes says she probably won’t be sharing gender of her baby
Pop star Grimes wants her future little one to chart their own path in this world. On a YouTube live stream on Friday in support of her new album, “Miss Anthropocene,” the singer said she decided not to share her baby’s gender thus far because “I feel like their privacy should be protected.” “I don’t…… More
‘Better Call Saul’ inches closer to ‘Breaking Bad’ as the end draws nearer
“Better Call Saul” returns for its second-to-last season, inching closer to “Breaking Bad’s” turf both in its narrative timeline and its impressive quality. Although the prequel is running out of room, the AMC drama continues to achieve a dazzling balancing act in building toward an ending that is, in some ways, a beginning. Once again,…… More
Ozzy Osbourne releases album, ‘Ordinary Man’
Ozzy Osbourne had to forgo his tour because of health issues, but he’s still releasing new music. The 71-year-old rocker has dropped his first solo album in almost a decade, “Ordinary Man.” Osbourne this week canceled North American dates of “No More Tours 2.” The album features collaborations with Elton John, Guns N’ Roses guitarist…… More
‘Fresh Off the Boat’ fell short of its promise, but the ABC sitcom still left a mark
For a standard sitcom in most respects, “Fresh Off the Boat” weathered a fair amount of off-screen drama. Despite the occasional tumult, the ABC series about an Asian-American family — which concludes its six-year run Friday — still left a mark. When the show premiered in 2015, it became the first broadcast series built around…… More
Katy Perry appears to collapse during ‘American Idol’ auditions
Season 3 of “American Idol” on ABC has just started, but already there is drama. In an exclusive clip People posted to its web site, judge Katy Perry falls to the ground after a gas leak forces evacuation of the show’s auditions. In the clip, all appears to be going fine when a smell becomes…… More
‘Killing Eve’ confirms new head writer for season 4
“Killing Eve” has tapped Laura Neal as head writer for Season 4 of the BBC series. That’s according to Deadline. Neal has previously written “Sex Education” and “Secret Diary of a Call Girl” for the upcoming season. She succeeds Suzanne Heathcote, Emerald Fennell and series creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge, as head writers since Season 1. “‘Killing…… More
BTS releases new album ‘Map of the Soul: 7’
It’s finally here. K-pop phenom BTS released its fourth album, “Map of the Soul: 7” on Friday. It follows last year’s “Map of the Soul: Persona” and has been eagerly awaited. The new, 20-track album includes collaborations with Sia and Troye Sivan. To say the boy band has been successful is an understatement. Consisting of…… More
‘The Clone Wars’ kept the ‘Stars Wars’ flame alive; now it’s streaming toward its finale
Before “The Mandalorian,” there was “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” the animated series that carried the banner on television, keeping the characters alive and setting the qualitative standard for the franchise. Now after an extended hiatus that followed Lucasfilm’s acquisition by Disney, the series returns for what’s being billed as its seventh and final season,…… More
Joaquin Phoenix rescued a calf and its mother from a slaughterhouse days after Oscar speech
Joaquin Phoenix talked the talk all awards season long. Now, he’s walking the walk — and he’s bringing a baby calf with him. The recent Oscar winner and champion of animal rights accompanied Los Angeles Animal Save, a nonprofit that holds peaceful vigils at local slaughterhouses, to rescue a calf and its mother from certain…… More
‘The Call of the Wild’ gets caught in a no-dog’s land between live-action and animation
After multiple tries, there has never been a really good movie version of “The Call of the Wild” (no, not even with Clark Gable), and the latest — built around a computer-generated dog — doesn’t end that streak, despite Harrison Ford as the main man in his life. To its credit, this new retelling of…… More
