Why Did Wolfgang Van Halen Change His Twitter Handle to "Wolfgang Led Zeppelin"?
Wolfgang Van Halen was born . . . Wolfgang Van Halen. It's his real name. It's on his birth certificate. Meaning he has every right to use it.
But idiots still accuse him of trading on it to benefit his career. And every once in a while, he feels the need to respond.
Earlier this week, he told one of these trolls, quote, "Van Halen is literally my [effing] name you grape.
"You guys understand Van Halen is literally a name. Like way before, it was a band. Right?
"That good ol American rock and roll you love so much was written by a Dutch immigrant named Edward Lodewik Van Halen, not some dude changing his name to sound cool and 'rock n roll' and [stuff]?"
Then he put up a poll asking his followers to choose his new name. The choices were Wolfgang Led Zeppelin . . . Wolfgang AC/DC . . . Wolfgang The Who . . . and Wolfgang Paul McCartney.
Wolfgang Led Zeppelin won by a landslide . . . so he actually made it his Twitter handle.
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New Music from Depeche Mode and Fall Out Boy.
"Memento Mori", Depeche Mode. This is their 15th album. This is their first album without their cofounder and keyboardist, Andy Fletcher. Andy passed away last year.
"So Much (for) Stardust," Fall Out Boy. This is their eighth album. Their guest is Ethan Hawke . . . yep, the actor.
Darius Rucker and The Black Crowes Will Be Performing Together at the "CMT Music Awards"
Here's another good reason to watch next month's "CMT Music Awards." Darius Rucker will be performing with The Black Crowes. They'll be doing the band's hit song "She Talks To Angels".
In other "CMT Music Awards" news, Ashley McBryde, Tyler Hubbard, Wynonna Judd, and Jelly Roll has been added to the list of performers.
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Elton John Just Learned the Inspiration Behind "Rocket Man"
Elton John has performed "Rocket Man" countless times, but it wasn't until recently that he learned the inspiration behind it.
In a recent interview, his longtime collaborator Bernie Taupin revealed that the lyrics were inspired by Ray Bradbury's collection of sci-fi stories, "The Illustrated Man".
He said, quote, "In that book, there was a story called 'The Rocket Man,' which was about how astronauts in the future would become sort of an everyday job . . . so I kinda took that idea and ran with it."
To which Elton responded, quote, "Do you know, I never knew that."
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Spotify pledged last year to spend $100 million on diversity. So far, they've spent 10% of that.
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