MTV launched in 1981 with the promise of bringing music to television screens across America, but not every video made the ...

These days MTV and CMT might be going down in flames, but nobody can kill the dream of music videos. Why? They’re the best starmaking machinery the pop world has ever invented, the ultimate expression ...

Now 79, Freston presents me with a manila envelope, inside of which is a copy of his new memoir, Unplugged, a frisky account ...

Billy Idol's entire career was changed by the power of one music video, right at the start of the MTV era, when good looks ...

Exploring the origins of rock and roll music video, from the Soundies of the 1940s to the weird and wonderful film work of Devo and MTV four decades later.

Tony Wellington’s journey through the 1980s is fast, funny, terrible and gloriously fallible - just like the decade itself.

The 1980s didn’t just change music — they changed how we experienced it. Before MTV launched in 1981, music videos were afterthoughts, low-budget promotional clips that occasionally appeared on ...

AI-generated 'artists' such as Breaking Rust and Xania Monet suggest one doesn't even need to be human to succeed in R&B or ...

Pebe Sebert tells PEOPLE about releasing her upcoming debut album more than 40 years after making its 11 songs. Her latest ...

Human’s Lib topped the UK album charts in 1984. It spawned four singles, three of which entered the top 10, including the ...

“Weird Al” Yankovic is the first act announced for the 2026 Minnesota State Fair Grandstand series. Tickets for his Aug. 28 ...