Pearl Jam Members Join Biden/Harris Spouses to Espouse Voter Activism in Online Conversation

Mel Brooks on Wednesday did something he has never done in his 94 years — he starred in a political ad. The iconic actor-director (joined by his son and grandson, albeit socially distanced) made a short video encouraging people to vote for the Biden-Harris ticket this November.

PHILADELPHIA -- Stone Gossard made some serious promises this campaign season.Pearl Jam fans who answered FaceTime calls from the rhythm guitarist got something extra for taking a vote-by-mail pledge — the latest offering from the band in a career full of activism and advocacy for political causes.Gossard offered free tickets to the next Pearl Jam show in that person’s city.“They were really happy when I told them I’d get them into the show,” the 54-year-old Gossard with a laugh.The band

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticOriginal cast members of Broadway’s Hamilton have joined the line-up of performers for the annual Arthur Miller Foundation Honors celebrating public school arts education.The third annual gala celebration is set to stream virtually on November 16, and will include performances by husband-and-wife duos such as Hamilton‘s Leslie Odom, Jr.

Enthusiasm for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s candidacy is so low, not even Biden himself is planning to show up for his own convention this week. After Hillary Clinton famously ignored Wisconsin in 2016, Joe Biden and the Democratic Party are once again ignoring middle America, and that’s not just geography, their policies are leaving them out as well.

Jon Voight shared a passionate video Friday in which he declares his support for President Trump and attacks former Vice President Joe Biden. In the two-minute video posted to his Twitter account, Voight takes shots at the left, claiming its entire agenda is based on lies.

“There is a black hole on @NBC tonight. Tune in to @ABC at 8pm and watch a decent man deliver a safe way forward for this country,” Carrey tweeted alongside his latest cartoon.

Ted Johnson EXCLUSIVE: Stephen Colbert is joining Kamala Harris on Monday for a reception fundraiser for the Biden Victory Fund.According to an invite that was sent out on Thursday, Colbert and Harris will be “discussing the importance of this election, clean energy, and the plan to build back better.”Colbert has been a frequent critic of President Donald Trump, and while it is somewhat unusual for a late night host to participate in a campaign event, it is not unprecedented.

Shalini Dore Features News EditorMadame Gandhi kicked off the South Asian Block Party, which featured a who’s who of South Asians in showbiz to promote the Joe Biden and Kamala Harris presidential ticket Wednesday on Zoom. But Kumail Nanjiani brought the emotion, talking about how President Trump’s actions during the coronavirus pandemic have locked down his wife, Emily V.

Pearl Jam have shared their new song ‘Get It Back’ on streaming services – hear it below.The track was previously only available on ‘Good Music to Avert the Collapse of American Democracy Vol.

A Massachusetts farm's pro-Biden/Harris display went up in flames only a day after it was assembled, according to reports. Local farmers assembled the display on Thursday using bales of hay to create a massive sign across the street from Holiday Brook Farms, with a letter painted on each bale to spell out “USA – Vote Biden Harris 2020,” Boston 25 News reported.

Pearl Jam have announced a special streaming event to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their first ever live performance.The band, who made their debut at Seattle’s Off Ramp on October 22, 1990, will be marking the occasion by streaming their April 29, 2016 concert at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center.The three-hour, 32-song Pearl Jam set opened with a performance of classic album ‘Ten’ in its entirety, with covers of Pink Floyd, Neil Young, The Who, and more featuring towards the end of the

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson celebrated a monumental feat on Thursday, one he said, that makes him the first man in America to reach 200 million followers on Instagram. The former WWE star and now-Hollywood box office draw met the milestone just days after he endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorA 77-track benefit album featuring Pearl Jam, David Byrne, Aimee Mann and many others raised more than $550,000 for voting-rights organizations on Friday, the only day it was available.

Miley Cyrus is to front the latest edition of the revised MTV Unplugged series, with the singer set to perform covers of songs by the likes of Pearl Jam and Britney Spears during her set.The upcoming performance is part of Unplugged‘s ‘At Home’ series, which was launched by the network back in the spring due to the coronavirus pandemic.MTV Unplugged Presents Miley Cyrus Backyard Sessions will air first in the US at 7pm on October 16 on MTV (it’ll air in other countries over that weekend), and

Pixies guitarist Joey Santiago has said it feels “pretty damn good” to be announced as supporting Pearl Jam at next year’s rescheduled British Summer Time Festival.

Pixies guitarist Joey Santiago, on the other hand, just wants to let his inner Iommi run free once more. “I wanna do some heavy metal riffing whenever I can just to express my freedom!” he says, and his first opportunity might well be the rescheduled BST Hyde Park show they were due to play this July supporting Pearl Jam, now set to occur on July 9, 2021 (a second Pearl Jam gig on July 10 will feature IDLES in support).

Pearl Jam have announced their biggest-ever London shows for summer 2021.The band will play two nights at American Express presents BST Hyde Park 2021, with the central London live concert series aiming to return to action next year following its cancellation in 2020 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.Having been part of the original 2020 line-up, Pearl Jam have today (October 5) confirmed that they have been rebooked for BST Hyde Park 2021.

Dominic Patten, Ted Johnson As Donald Trump sits in a military hospital receiving treatment for the coronavirus, Saturday Night Live decided to stick with skewering the first Presidential debate of September 29.

Chris Willman Music WriterThe singer JoJo and songwriter Diane Warren have teamed up for an official campaign song for the Biden/Harris campaign, “The Change,” and they both spoke with Variety about what led up to today’s release of the new track, which represents a new wrinkle in the often wild and wooly intersection of pop music and presidential politics.“Diane called me all excited about this song that she had written, as she has before, about different songs for different moments,” says