Will Smith

Weekend one of Coachella’s 2024 edition also featured No Doubt, Lana Del Rey, Deftones, Grimes, A$AP Rocky, Billie Eilish, Ice Spice, and lots more.

“I can say to all of you, there is no part of me that thinks that was the right way to behave in that moment,“ Smith said in regards to slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars. “There’s no part of me that thinks that’s the optimal way to handle a feeling of disrespect of insults.”

The ban does not prevent Will Smith from either being nominated for, or winning, an Academy Award during this 10-year period.

“I would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris,” Will Smith wrote in a statement. “I am embarrassed and my actions were not indicative of the man I want to be.“

Questlove told Fallon that he was meditating in the moments before they announced his name. ”I literally was not present for that whole entire moment.”

It was a wild Oscars, with Will Smith smacking Chris Rock on live TV, “We Can’t Talk About Bruno” with Megan Thee Stallion, and more.

The song’s from ‘King Richard,’ the upcoming Will Smith-starring biopic on Richard Williams (father of Venus and Serena).

Today’s NYC-area shows include Beck, The Flaming Lips, Adrianne Lenker, Bill Callahan, The Acacia Strain, Buddy Guy, and more

Plus: Baroness, Phish, Vezzo, Ada Lea, Corridor, Ian Sweet and more tour and festival news.

NYC metal lifer Rick Habeeb has stories to tell. Read about the ten albums that influenced his band’s new album (which features members of Artificial Brain, Revocation, and Buckshot Facelift), hear a new track, and check them out at one of their three upcoming shows.