Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan: “When Kurt Cobain died, I cried because I lost my greatest opponent”

For Amanda Seyfried, her latest role as an investigator in Apple TV+’s “The Crowded Room” came effortlessly.

Billy Ray and Todd Garner are back for Week 5 of the WGA standoff on Deadline’s Strike Talk podcast. Click below to listen.

Nick Cannon said he believes Jamie Foxx will update fans on the health scare that sent him to the hospital in April "when he’s ready."  "One thing I've always respected about how Jamie's moved throughout his entire career, if you've noticed, he's always been somebody who is extremely professional and extremely private," Cannon told "Extra's" Billy Bush. "I mean, you don't ever really hear anything other than just the great work that he puts forth as a professional and the fact that, you know, he's handled this situation with the same manner, you only can respect that," said Cannon.

the Piano Man is leaving the building.Billy Joel, 74, has just announced that he will play his final concert as part of his record-shattering residency at New York City’s Madison Square Garden in July 2024.That means the “Scenes From An Italian Restaurant” singer has just 14 more concerts at the Knicks home arena — the last of which will be his 150th at the venue.And while tickets aren’t available yet for Joel’s last ten Garden gigs, you can score seats for his NYC concerts from June through September this year.Some are quite cheap too.At the time of publication, we found a few seats going for as low as $69 before fees on Vivid Seats.Not a bad price considering the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer that brought the world “We Didn’t Start The Fire,” “Big Shot,” “Only The Good Die Young” and so many more won’t be performing at the venue for much longer.Want to find out more about the final Joel MSG shows?We’ve got everything you need to know and more about Billy Joel’s final Madison Square Garden performances below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete calendar of all upcoming Billy Joel Madison Square Garden dates, start times and links to the cheapest tickets available can be found below.(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time.

Billy Joel is wrapping up his long-running residency at Madison Square Garden.

Billy Joel has announced he will be ending his decade-long residency at New York's Madison Square Garden in July 2024. The Piano Man appeared emotional on Thursday as he revealed his run of monthly concerts will end after his 150th show at the famed arena. Joel's shock announcement comes after the Bronx-born musician put his long-time Long Island home on the market for $49million.

EastEnders fans have been left devastated and in tears after watching Lola Pearce's penultimate episode on Tuesday night ahead of her death tonight. Lola was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour late last year, and now as she dips in and out of consciousness, her husband Jay was heartbreakingly told she did not have long left. Jay was also told by Lola's nurse that now is when Lola's family and friends should come and say goodbye to the young mum.

The Hollywood Reporter. She died the same day as her “Slaughter” co-star and NFL legend Jim Brown, who was 87.Her cause of death wasn’t immediately available.“RIP beautiful actress Marlene Clark. .

A guitar smashed by Kurt Cobain has sold at auction for almost $600,000 – around ten times the original estimated price.The black Fender Stratocaster was used by Cobain during touring for Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ album and shows signs of having been broken and repaired a number of times. Eventually it was gifted to Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan in late 1992, with inscriptions from each band member written to him on the body of the guitar.While the electronics in the guitar still work – making it technically playable – part of the neck and half of the headstock is missing, leaving it less than fully functional.Originally it was estimated that the guitar would sell at auction in New York for $60,000 – $80,000.

A signed guitar once owned by Kurt Cobain has sold at auction for nearly $600,000, Billboard reports. The black Fender Stratocaster was initially listed at $60,000 but bidding on the memorabilia was fiercely contested, pushing the price up way beyond expectations.

Kurt Cobain has sold for just shy of $600,000 (£480,000) at auction.The instrument in question is a black Fender Stratocaster, which was reportedly broken by the frontman around the same time that Nirvana were releasing their now-iconic second album, ‘Nevermind’.Hosted by Julien’s Auctions, it sold on Saturday (May 20) at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City, and exceeded all expectations by reaching 10 times the expected value. Originally, the axe was thought to bring in between $60,000 and $80,000 at the event, namely due to the period the musician used it and the details it included on the body.Not only was the Stratocaster reportedly used by the musician around 1991, but it also features signatures from all three band members – Cobain, Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic.

Billy Corgan has said he believes AI will “change music forever”.The Smashing Pumpkins frontman spoke out about the increasing rise of AI-led songwriting and how young artists will be able to use it to “game the system”, in a new interview with US radio DJ Zach Sang.Corgan said: “AI will change music forever. Because once young artists figure out that they can use AI to game the system and write them a better song, they’re not going to spend 10,000 hours in a basement like I did.“Ultimately, art is about discernment. Somebody was telling me the other day how a famous rap artist would work, they would bring in all these different people and they would pick the beat they were most attracted to.@Billy Corgan says artifical intelligence will change music forever #billycorgan #smashingpumpkins #ai #artificialintelligence #zachsangshow #zachsang #danzolot #fyp #foryou @Amp ♬ original sound – Zach Sang Show “Now, let’s change it to AI.

Courtney Love joined The Ringer’s Rob Harvilla for the latest episode of his 60 Songs That Explain the ’90s podcast to discuss Nirvana’s 1991 mega-hit “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” On Tuesday’s two-hour, 40-minute episode, she said she became a fan of the show after hearing Rob’s episode on her own 1991 Hole hit “Doll Parts” and couldn’t resist coming on to discuss her late husband's Kurt Cobain’s most classic cut. Read Next: FBI releases file on Kurt Cobain’s death Among other revelations, Love disclosed some of the early lines that didn’t make the song’s final cut.

Billy Corgan has openly praised Radiohead in a new interview, and hailed them as one of the first bands to harness a new way of making music in the 1990s.The Smashing Pumpkins frontman discussed the impact the band had on the decade in a recent interview with Zane Lowe for Apple Music 1, and shared the respect he developed for Thom Yorke and co in 1997 – the same year they released ‘OK Computer’.The topic arose when Corgan explained how some artists have “a certain type of affirmational faith” instilled into them, where they believe that if they follow a certain process, things will start to work out. It was here that the host agreed, and claimed that one person he sees as having that quality is Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke.Corgan agreed, and explained how he initially had “very little respect for the band”, however, came to appreciate Yorke once he became more experimental, and released the band’s iconic third album.“I want to praise him here.

Billy Corgan has explained how he improved U2’s ‘All That You Can’t Leave Behind’ album after offering advice to Bono.The Smashing Pumpkins frontman recalled the anecdote to Zane Lowe in a new interview with Apple Music 1, where he also explained how numerous artists from across the ‘90s inspired him.It was here that Corgan landed on the topic of Irish rock veterans U2, and stated that back in 2000 he offered Bono some advice on his upcoming album — comments which the band then implemented into the final release.“So, I’m over in Dublin, circa 2000, and I go to visit Bono at his house,” Corgan recalled. “We stayed up all night, and in the morning, for some reason, me and him are the only people up, and he says, ‘I want to play you something.

Dave Sirulnick Dave Sirulnick spent nearly three decades at MTV, helping launch the signature “Week in Rock” news franchise and overseeing “Total Request Live” — as well as reality series including “Laguna Beach,” “Cribs” and “My Super Sweet 16.” He spearheaded MTV’s Video Music Awards, as well as its ground-breaking “Choose or Lose” presidential campaign coverage and news programming stemming from world events such as Hurricane Katrina, the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the 2003 war in Iraq. Sirulnick rose to executive vice president for multiplatform production, news and music for MTV before departing in 2015 as part of a major Viacom reorg. With the news that Paramount Global has eliminated the last vestiges of MTV News (which had already been significantly downsized), Variety asked Sirulnick — now president of entertainment at RadicalMedia — to share his thoughts.

during an Apple Music interview. “I want to beat the best. I don’t want to win the championship because it’s just me and a bunch of jabronis, to use a wrestling term.”“It’s like Michael Jordan, arguably the greatest sports competitor I’ll ever see in my lifetime,” he added.The Post reached out to Corgan for comment.The singer revealed in the interview that even though both Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana often went toe-to-toe with each other during the 1990s, he still respected the late Nirvana frontman.“I will go down always as saying, Kurt was the most talented guy of our generation,” he said.

I Want My MTV,” “completely destroyed. “I mean broken glass tables, broken televisions, a full wet-bar with every glass broken,” the book reveals.Loder’s room was junked as well.Though a smiling Loder denied doing it — MTV kicked in with Nirvana’s tour manager to cover some $30,000 worth of damage — Finnerty has her doubts: “I have a hard time believing Krist would ruin his room and then ruin Kurt’s room, too.”But that was then.

A post shared by Rita Lee Jones (@ritalee_oficial)Known for being one of Brazil’s most successful singer-songwriters, Lee got her start in the group Os Mutantes who were considered one of Brazil’s most influential rock bands. Her album ‘Fruto Proibido’ (Forbidden Fruit) with the band Tutti Frutti is considered a Brazilian music classic.Lee’s musical career spanned more than 50 years.

Prior to last weeks’ release of The Smashing Pumpkins’ new album ATUM- the third and final part of their rock opera- frontman Billy Corgan had to pay a hacker out of his own pocket to not leak the band’s music online.