Getty ImagesElvis Costello looked back at his early self while promoting his latest album, A Boy Named If, which drops on Friday (January 14th). When asked about his legendary ban from Saturday Night Live after the Attractions’ 1977 appearance when he stopped performing the previously-rehearsed song “Less Than Zero” to launch into the then-unreleased “Radio…

PRPhotos.comJudas Priest revealed that they’ll be hitting the road as a four piece this time out, according to Loudersound.com. The band’s touring guitarist and co-producer Andy Sneap will sit things out to focus on studio work. Guitarist Glenn Tipton, who’s retired from the road due to his battle with Parkinson’s disease, will make periodic appearances…

PRPhotos.comWeezer, Smashing Pumpkins and Steve Miller Band are set to headline this year’s BeachLife Festival in Redondo Beach, CA May 13-15. Additional performers over the course of the three-day event include 311, Black Pumas, Cold War Kids, Vance Joy, Stone Temple Pilots, Sheryl Crow, Lord Huron, and UB40. The Festival made the announcement yesterday (Monday,…

PRPhotos.comMetallica will be headlining one of the three nights at the Bottlerock Festival in Napa Valley, CA May 27th-29th in Napa Valley, CA. Tickets go on sale today (Tuesday, January 11th) at 10: am PT via bottlerocknapavalley.com. Other headliners include P!nk, Twenty One Pilots and Luke Combs. Taipei Houston is also on the bill. The…

Connecticut high school hockey player Teddy Balkind tragically died after a skate cut his neck during a game last week … the Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner announced Monday. Officials formally ruled Balkind’s death as an…

For the first time ever, surgeons transplanted a heart from a genetically modified pig into a human patient, in order to save his life … If all goes well, this could be the start of life-saving treatment for many patients in dire need.…

Bob Saget’s family was desperately trying to get a hold of him, not knowing he’d died in his hotel room — and cops are now painting a more complete picture of what they found there. An Orange County Sheriff’s Deputy noted in his official report…

Bob Saget wasn’t just “America’s Dad,” he filled that role in the stand-up comedy community too, always going above and beyond for fellow comics … according to Adam Carolla. The comedian and radio personality joined us Monday on “TMZ Live” and…

Betty White died from a stroke … a stroke she suffered nearly a week before she passed … TMZ has learned. Betty’s cause of death is listed as a cerebrovascular accident, according to her death certificate, which is a loss of blood flow to part…