Beck Showbiz and Celebrity Breaking News

After serving as a staple of the San Francisco Bay Area nightlife scene for 30 years, popular music club Slim’s announced on Friday (March 20) that it would be ceasing operations permanently.

Autumn de Wilde was an aspiring photographer in L.A. when, in 2000, her friend asked her to direct a video for one of his songs.

Back in 2008, a massive fire burned down a Universal Music Group building leading to the damage of thousands of recordings, the details of which only came to light in a New York Times report from last year. Now, the label is confirming that recordings by artists like Nirvana, Beck, Slayer, Soundgarden, R.E.M., and Elton John were damaged or completely destroyed in the fire, according to legal documents obtained by Rolling Stone.

Sometimes there’s so much bad news that it’s wonderful to have a reason to celebrate, and in a weekend marred by Kobe Bryant’s death, the scandal surrounding the Recording Academy’s controversial ouster of president/CEO Deborah Dugan, presidential impeachment proceedings and more depressing stuff, the music business managed to push back the clouds and throw down on Grammy night.

History was made last night at the 2020 Grammys—celebrities arrived in a somber mood, Lana Del Rey showed up wearing a gown she bought at the mall (and with her "hot cop" boyfriend by her side), Billie Eilish became the first woman to win the big four categories (Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best New Artist), Usher and FKA Twigs paid tribute to Prince, and Nipsey Hussle's life was honored by his friends and collaborators.

St. Vincent has remixed Beck’s song “Uneventful Days,” which appeared on his November album Hyperspace. Listen to the track below.

Alicia Keys, John Legend and Usher are among the stars set to honor Prince in a special tribute concert.

The surviving members of Nirvana—Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, and Pat Smear—reunited for a brief five-song set at The Art of Elysium’s annual “Heaven is Rock and Roll” gala. Beck and St. Vincent’s Annie Clark stood in for late vocalist Kurt Cobain on lead guitar and vocals. Check out the whole performance below.