Pardon us for a second while we completely geek out: Have you heard about this? Phil Collins — Phil Motherfucking Collins! — is playing for two nights at the Electric Factory (Sunday June 20/Monday June 21) with a band that includes members of the legendary Funk Brothers Motown backup band, a five piece horn section, [...]

Also from the Conan show the other night (see post below).

As we were mentioning yesterday while taking yet another chance to milk the Larry Kane/Beatles thing, Beatle Paul is going to play Philadelphia. Turns out, it will be at the Wachovia Center on Saturday, August 14, and one of only two East Coast dates he’s playing. Tickets will go on sale on Monday, June 21 [...]

C’mon, Google.

Used Wigs has a great play-by-play of Monday night’s Conan O’Brien show at the Tower Theater, including Tina Fey‘s cameo onstage. UD represent!

And so it was, in a time and place you will remember from the ill-fitting jeans and Alice In Chains album covers, that there was WDRE. And when WDRE died, so it was that Y-100 filled the void. And when it came to pass that Y-100 could not survive the rough and tumble of the [...]

So that the birthplace of our nation does not go all Grey Gardens on us, Independence Hall is set to receive $4.4M for renovations via federal stimulus funding for the National Parks. Over the next 14 months, the building’s renovations will include carpentry, roofing, masonry work, painting, installation of new lighting and whatever the hell [...]

But then again, what a great post-season. And what amazing fans. And what a crazy miracle that, throughout all of this, nobody intentionally puked on anybody else, gave a little kid a beer, or got tased. Philly hockey fans, we never thought we’d say this, but real talk: You people are kinda classy!

Philly comedian Doogie Horner was on last night’s America’s Got Talent last night, too. He did a little bit better than Darren, for sure, but still got booed within an inch of his life by the living, breathing Idiocracy reference that is the AGT audience. To his credit, Doogie addressed the masses as they should [...]

>>> Three super-worthy touring acts pulling though town tonight: UK modern day blue-eyed-soul man Jamie Lidell plays World Cafe Live; British garage rock queen Holly Golightly plays the M Room; and art-rockers CocoRosie play The Troc. >>> Or, you could cop to my man Eddie Rabbit’s vibe: Win-win, nahmean?

As we mentioned this morning, Philly’s new policies regarding how marijuana possession offenses are handled went into effect yesterday, and basically, what happens is now is that you get pretend-arrested. Which, depending on what you like to do when you get high, may be a fun thing you might like to do sometimes. Here’s how [...]

Of course he has. But that’s OK. Sometimes it’s kind of aggravating, sometimes it’s kind of cute. Count this among the cute: Larry will be on hand tomorrow at the Wachovia Center, along with lots of other Beatles memorabilia, to announce the date Paul McCartney‘s upcoming tour will hit Philadelphia. Sir Paul, however, will not [...]

From a release issued by Philly-based HotMovies.com (NSFW), who are quite proud indeed of being the launch point for Danielle Staub of The Real Housewives of New Jersey‘s sex tape: “We are thrilled to be able to bring this sex tape to the world” said James Cybert, HotMovies.com director of business development. “I am a [...]

Philly roots act Good Old War went ahead and surprised everyone this week — their just-released, self-titled sophomore album scored a #2 Heatseeker debut this week on Billboard, a #1 slot on Amazon’s overall digital chart, and #1 on iTunes Singer/Songwriter chart. Impressive! The band is presently on the West Coast, knee-deep on a tour [...]

Like we were saying yesterday: Ahhh, that is MUCH better. Congrats and thanks to all who worked on this.

Because this video of Far Out Fangtooth performing at last weekend’s Best Fest in Clark Park prove that, beyond the Penn Campus and all the pretense born of privilege, there is a true weirdness out there that is in the very air. It’s an infectious disease for which the only cure is MORE WEIRD. Stay [...]

In a city that has never had a shortage of spectacular human failures, accused cop killer Eric DeShann Floyd (pictured) is really on a roll. Currently on trial for the shooting death of Police Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski — where he could face the death penalty — Floyd made even more headlines yesterday when attempted to [...]

Like we warned you, Darren Finizio went on America’s Got Talent last night, and it went about as well as you thought it would. We’ll be posting videos of other Philly folk on AGT as the day goes on.

In the wake of the tragic and violent death of Sabina Rose O’Donnell (whose memorial is tomorrow, btw), longtime Northern Liberties community leader Matt Ruben published this piece in yesterday’s Daily News, asking a pretty pertinent question: Was what happened to Sabina a hate crime? Among the salient points Ruben makes in the direction of [...]

Will it be pretty? Will it make you rich? Here’s what what it said to me: Here is a video of the last beam of Sugarhouse being put into place. [h/t Plan Philly]