About a year after rapper Tupac Shakur’s 1996 murder, Bruce Hornsby received a parcel in the mail. It was from the foundation bearing Shakur’s name. “And so obviously, I’m opening this up, curious,” ...

By Teresa Spencer MTV — once the raging heartbeat of youth culture, rebellion, and eyeliner — is officially pulling the plug. The network that made Madonna a religion and turned flannel into a ...

Grab your Walkman headphones and steer that Delorean straight for the golden age of hip-hop, metal, and indie rock.

For their Snakebite EP in 1978, the band recorded a cover of "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City," which had been a ...

Tequila girls. Coke-dealing staffers. Office fires. In its heyday, the network was the most powerful — and “exotic” — place ...

Fast forward to 2013, when Lauper was now the Tony Award-winning composer/lyricist for the Broadway musical “Kinky Boots.” ...

The “Strut” singer had creative relationships with Prince and Nile Rodgers and experimented in different genres. A pair of ...

David Ball, instrumentalist of Soft Cell and a key player for "Tainted Love," died on Oct. 22, 2025, at age 66.

Almond, who is gay, and Ball, who was straight, formed Soft Cell in 1978. After releasing an EP and several fledgling singles ...

David Ball, half of the synth-pop duo Soft Cell, who enjoyed a massive and enduring 1980s hit with their cover of 'Tainted ...

The singers and core members of the 1980s tribute group recently celebrated 30 years of performing MTV-era hits on Vegas ...