Today is Kelly Clarkson’s 42nd birthday. The pop singer has given us countless great covers on her show’s Kellyoke segment — including Bloc Party’s “Like Eating Glass” and Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Can’t Stop” — and she celebrated the special occasion by inviting Seattle rock band Heart’s Ann...

Lars Ulrich and Chad Smith will appear in the This Is Spinal Tap sequel, which is currently in production in New Orleans. The Metallica and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummers will presumably join the long lineage of Spinal Tap’s ill-fated drummers. They join a cast that includes already-announced cameos from Paul McCartney, Elton John, and...

Today is Iggy Pop’s birthday. The man born James Osterberg Jr. is now 76 years old, and he’s looking as terrifyingly sinewy as ever. At the beginning of this year, Iggy released Every Loser, an album the he and mega-producer Andrew Watt recorded with an all-star backing band that included Guns N’ Roses’ Du...

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