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A.D. Amorosi Rudolph Isley, one of the founding members of the seminal soul and funk band the Isley Brothers died Wednesday at his home in Olympia Fields, Illinois.

TMZ, the musician passed away on Oct. 11 in Illinois.His cause of death has yet to be determined, although a source told the outlet that he possibly suffered a heart attack.Rudolph and his brothers Ronald, 82, and O’Kelly formed their R&B group in the late 1950s and enjoyed massive success with tunes such as “Twist & Shout,” “This Old Heart of Mine” and “It’s Your Thing.”By 1971, the group grew to include their younger brothers Ernie and Marvin, as well as Rudolph’s brother-in-law Chris Jasper.Rudolph departed the band in 1989 to become a pastor.

Rudolph Isley has sadly died.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Sony Pictures Entertainment has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing its Crunchyroll anime streaming service of illegally violating users’ privacy — and Crunchyroll users may be eligible to receive a piece of the $16 million settlement fund. The lawsuit, filed in September 2022, claimed that Sony and Crunchyroll violated the U.S.’s Video Privacy Protection Act by disclosing subscribers’ personally identifiable information to Meta’s Facebook and other third parties — without the users’ consent. Sony denied that the service violated any law.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic For the millions who loved him, John Prine was an angel from Illinois. The singer-songwriter had a 50-year career trajectory that went the full distance from being part of the “next Dylan” brigade in the early ’70s to inspiring Next-John-Prines by the thousands before his death in April 2020.

Dick Butkus, a Hall of Famer who was among the greatest, most respected and most feared players in NFL history and also had a long acting career in TV, film and commercials, died overnight in his sleep at his Malibu home. He was 80.

J. Kim Murphy Dick Butkus, one of the most celebrated linebackers in NFL history who played eight seasons for the Chicago Bears before turning to a career as an actor and sports commentator, died Thursday in Malibu. He was 80 years old.

EXCLUSIVE: Shane West (A Walk to Remember) and Nikki Roumel (Ginny & Georgia) are currently in production in Illinois on You Don’t Belong Here, a supernatural thriller from director Chris McGowan, which has been granted a SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreement.

Pete Davidson will be pefrorming live from the road.The comic is currently midway through a nationwide tour and, at the time of publication, has 27 gigs remaining on his 2023 calendar.Leading up to the “Saturday Night Live” Season 49 premiere, the “Bupkis” star is slated to co-headline with John Mulaney in Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky although it’s likely some of these upcoming shows will be moved around to fit “SNL’s” notoriously rigid schedule.After the Oct. 14 episode with musical guest Ice Spice, Davidson will return to the road and perform all over the country including stops at Red Bank, NJ’s Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre on Nov.

Mean Girls is getting the movie musical treatment!

Christmas is coming and Mariah Carey says she’s “defrosting” and getting ready for the holiday season as she has announced a concert tour to continue the yearly tradition.

Megadeth‘s Dave Mustaine kicked several security guards out of the band’s gig in Illinois earlier this week for harassing a fan.Mustaine had to directly address the security guards towards the end of the band’s set, as they were playing ‘Symphony Of Destruction’. He even went as far to stop the song, shouting at security: “Dudes, don’t be fucking hitting people. That is totally uncool.

iHeartRadio has announced the full lineup for the upcoming 2023 Jingle Ball concert tour!

Gayle King is weighing in on the recent high-profile comments made by Cindy Crawford criticizing an early interview with Oprah Winfrey.

Girls’ Generation member Hyoyeon has announced the dates and venues for her upcoming 2023 North American tour.Hyoyeon, who releases solo music under the moniker DJ Hyo, has revealed that she will tour both the United States and Canada starting from next month.The Girls’ Generation singer’s upcoming 2023 tour will kick off on October 14 in Chicago, before heading up to the Canadian cities of Montreal and Toronto.Thereafter, Hyoyeon will play four shows in the US – San Francisco, Boston, New York and Maidson – across the rest of October, before heading back up north to Vancouver in Canada in early-November.According to the K-pop idol’s Instagram post, more dates for her upcoming 2023 North America tour will be revealed soon. Tickets for the announced dates are on sale now via the official websites of the respective event spaces.OCTOBER14: Chicago, Illinois, Sound-Bar Chicago16: Montreal, Quebec, Club Soda18: Toronto, Ontario, The Phoenix Concert Theatre20: San Francisco, California, Temple Nightclub21: Boston, Massachusetts, Royale Boston27: New York, New York, Webster Hall28: Maidson, Wisconsin, Maidson LiquidNOVEMBER02: Vancouver, British Columbia, Harbour Event & Convention CentreA post shared by 소녀시대 (@girlsgeneration)In other touring news, K-pop boyband ONEUS have announced the Europe dates for their 2023 ‘La Dolce Vita’ world tour.

A four-wheeled piece of Britney Spears’ history is up for sale.

Block Club Chicago reported. Around 10.50pm, officers were called to Taylor’s apartment block, where they discovered Taylor and 55-year-old neighbour James Traven with multiple stab wounds.Upon being taken to the Illinois Masonic Hospital, Traven was pronounced dead, whilst Taylor died from their injuries on September 15.

Sergio Brown is being reported as missing, following his mother, Myrtle Simmons Brown, being found dead near a creek in Illinois, according to reports.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic When the lineup for the 2024 Stagecoach Festival was announced earlier this month, Bailey Zimmerman’s name was up there on the second line, right beneath Morgan Wallen’s. It represented a heady move up into the big leagues (and big fonts) for a 23-year-old who had only the most scant awareness that there was such a thing as a country music industry a few short years ago.

Cindy Crawford‘s dad wasn’t a big fan of her becoming a model at first!

McKinley Franklin editor Edward Hume, the Emmy-nominated writer of “The Day After” and creator of “The Streets of San Francisco,” has died, his rep confirmed to Variety. He was 87. Hume was known for his work on the critically acclaimed, 1983 sci-fi TV movie “The Day After,” which was nominated for a total of 10 Emmys and won two.

VAV have announced their upcoming 2024 ‘Subcönscióus’ US tour.Today (September 12), organiser Studio PAV announced VAV’s upcoming 10-date tour of the US. The boybank will kick things off on the East Coast, with a show in New Jersey.Following that, VAV will head to Illinois and Florida, before playing a single show in the territory of Puerto Rico.

Supermodel Cindy Crawford has made hundreds of millions and is one of the world's most photographed women. She started modelling in her teens for local department stores in Illinois, at the same time as becoming valedictorian in high school. When she moved to New York, she became one of the most sought after catwalk models and eventually a brand in her own right.

Smashing Pumpkins will commemorate the 30th anniversary of their seminal album ‘Siamese Dream’ by restaging its 1993 release concert.From September 14-17, Madame Zuzu’s – the tea shop and art studio in Illinois co-owned by frontman Billy Corgan and his fiancee Chloe Mendel – will be transformed into a re-creation of Tower Records, where the original ‘Siamese Dream’ release show was held.The weekend will conclude with the band playing two acoustic sets featuring the same setlist they played at Tower at midnight on July 27, 1993, the day of the record’s release. One will take place at 6pm, the other at 9pm.“The Smashing Pumpkins played an unforgettable in store performance at Tower Records, Chicago,” said Tower’s president Danny Zeijdel in a statement [via Stereogum].

WOODZ has announced his 2023 ‘OO-LI And’ world tour.The K-pop musician is set to kick off his ‘OO-LI And’ tour with a two-night concert in Seoul, South Korea on October 28 and 29. WOODZ will then play three shows in Japan in early-November, as well as one concert in Taiwan.At the start of end of November, the singer kick off the US leg of his tour, which will feature six shows over two weeks in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and more.

RIIZE have made their debut with their new single ‘Get A Guitar’.RIIZE are a seven-member group from SM Entertainment, featuring former NCT members Shotaro and Sungchan. The duo are joined by Eunseok, Wonbin, Seunghan, Sohee and Anton.“I love it when our eyes meet / Ooh, baby, ooh / I love it when I dance with you / Drawing sunshine in the rhythm / Full of dreams in my heart,” the boyband sing on the upbeat chorus of ‘Get A Guitar’.‘Get a Guitar’ is also the title of RIIZE’s debut single album, which include the previously released song ‘Memories’.At a press conference in Seoul for the release of ‘Get a Guitar’, SM Entertainment also announced that RIIZE will also be represented by RCA Records in the US, per Forbes.“RIIZE are ushering in an exciting new era of K-pop,” said Joseph Chang, CEO of SM and Kakao Entertainment America.

xikers have announced the US leg of their 2023 ‘Tricky House: First Encounter’ world tour.On August 31, xikers announced the dates and venues for the US leg of their 2023 ‘Tricky House: First Encounter’ world tour. It’ll kick off in October, with shows in New York and Illinois, as well as two in Texas.In November, the boyband will wrap up their six-date US tour with two shows in California.

PURPLE KISS have announced their 2023 ‘Festa’ US tour, which kicks off this October.On September 3, tour organiser Leo Presents announced PURPLE KISS’ upcoming 2023 ‘Festa’ US tour, featuring 17 shows. It will kick off at the end of October at the Regent Theater in Boston, Massachusetts, before moving down the East Coast to New York, Pennsylvania and more.Thereafter, the girl group will head across Central US, with concerts in Tennessee, Colorado and Missouri, as well as two in Texas.

Marilyn Lovell, whose stoic comportment during the touch-and-go Apollo 13 flight accident gave the world hope that all would turn out well, died on August 27 in Lake Forest, Illinois, at 93. Her husband of 71 years, Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell, was at her side.

NOVEMBER24: Jersey City, New Jersey26: Chicago, Illinois29: Atlanta, GeorgiaDECEMBER01: Dallas, Texas03: Puerto Rico06: Mexico City, Mexico08: San Francisco, California10: Los Angeles, CaliforniaWHAT'S GOIN' ON #FORX!? we are so excited to bring @OmegaX_official this November and December during ✖OMEGA X 2023 US & Mexico Tour✖Mark a giant red ❌ on your calendar to save the date! Stay tuned for more information!~ #OMEGAX #오메가엑스 #OMEGAXinUSA #OMEGAXinCDMX pic.twitter.com/63Qq9Qje1i— Studio PAV (@studio_pav) August 29, 2023In other touring news, popular South Korean singing reality competition TV series Immortal Songs is headed to New York this October.