The Cure 40 Live THE CURE 40 LIVE (2019) Featuring Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Roger O’Donnell, Jason Cooper and Reeves Gabrels. Directed by Nick Wickham and Tim Pope. Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment. 280 minutes. Not Rated. Are you ready to feel old? The Cure are over 40 years old. Here’s the proof – three glorious concert films (two from different sets at the same festival) from their 2018 40th Anniversary tour. While lead singer Robert Smith’s trademark look hasn’t

Foreigner – Live at the Rainbow ’78 FOREIGNER – LIVE AT THE RAINBOW ‘78 (2019) Featuring Lou Gramm, Mick Jones, Ian McDonald, Al Greenwood, Ed Gagliardi and Dennis Elliott. Directed by Derek Burbridge. Distributed by Eagle Vision. 75 minutes. Not Rated. With a few decades of hindsight, Foreigner is often dismissed as an adult contemporary power ballad band. And, yes, towards the end of their hit-making career in the mid-late 80s, they did tend to release a whole lot of smooch

The US Festival – 1982 The “US” Generation THE US FESTIVAL: 1982 THE “US” GENERATION (2017) Featuring Steve Wozniak, Mick Fleetwood, Stewart Copeland, Mickey Hart, Kate Pierson, Marky Ramone, Eddie Money, Carlos Harvey, Greg Perloff, Sherry Wasserman, Dr. Peter Ellis, John Collins, Andy Hertzfeld, Derek Power, Joe Sharino and Paul Block. Directed by Glenn Aveni. Distributed by MVD Visual. 103 minutes. Not Rated. By the 1980s, the idea of the rock festival was pretty much on f

Eagles of Death Metal – I Love You All the Time: Live at the Olympia in Paris EAGLES OF DEATH METAL – I LOVE YOU ALL THE TIME: LIVE AT THE OLYMPIA IN PARIS (2017) Starring Jesse Hughes, Joshua Homme, Dave Catching, Matt McJunkins, Julian Dorio, Eden Galindo and Tuesday Cross. Directed by Vincent Bordes and Julian Aïvadian. Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment. 91 minutes. Not Rated. There are few, if any, times in music history when a concert has had such a dramatic and tr

The Who: Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 2004. THE WHO: LIVE AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL 2004 (2017) Featuring Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, Simon Townshend, Pino Palladino, Zak Starkey and John “Rabbit” Bundrick. Directed by Matt Askem. Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment.  minutes. Not Rated. The Who’s 1970 performance at the Isle of Wight festival is legendary in rock circles, drawing an audience of about 650,000 people. The show was often bootlegged, because at

Fall Out Boy – The Boys of Zummer Tour (Live in Chicago) FALL OUT BOY – THE BOYS OF ZUMMER TOUR: LIVE IN CHICAGO (2016) Featuring Patrick Stump, Pete Wentz, Joe Trohman and Andy Hurley. Directed by Jim Yukich. Distributed by Eagle Vision.  80 minutes.  Not Rated. Fall Out Boy have changed a lot with the times over the decade and a half or so that they’ve mostly been together (this is including the two-three year hiatus they took in the early 2010s).  They rocketed to fame in

Bryan Adams – Wembley 1996 Live BRYAN ADAMS – WEMBLEY 1996 LIVE (2016) Featuring Bryan Adams, Keith Scott, Mickey Curry, Tommy Mandel, Dave Taylor, Danny Cummings and Melissa Etheridge. Directed by Bryan Adams. Distributed by Eagle Vision.  143 minutes.  Not Rated. At this point in his career, Bryan Adams is mostly remembered for his smash hit, slightly sappy soundtrack ballads: “Heaven” (from A Night in Heaven), “All For Love” (from The Three Musketeers), “Have You Ever Love

Classic Albums: The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds CLASSIC ALBUMS – THE BEACH BOYS: PET SOUNDS (2016) Featuring Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston, David Marks, Tony Asher, Karl Engemann, Mark Linett, Hal Blaine, Don Randi, Bruce Botnick, Helen Shapiro, Keith Altham, David WIld, Lucy O’Brien and archival footage of Dennis Wilson. Directed by Martin R. Smith and Matthew Longfellow. Distributed by Eagle Rock Home Entertainment.  91 minutes.  Not Rated. The records exp

Journey Live in Manila JOURNEY LIVE IN MANILA (2016) Featuring Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain, Ross Valory, Arnel Pineda and Deen Castronovo. Directed by Eli Tishberg. Distributed by Eagle Rock Home Entertainment.  141 minutes.  Not Rated. Of the classic arena rock groups of the 1970s and 1980s – including Journey, Styx, Foreigner, Boston, Kansas, REO Speedwagon, etc. – most are now on the nostalgia tour circuit.  However, of those bands, none have their original band lineup.  Mor

Styx – Live at the Orleans Arena Las Vegas STYX – LIVE AT THE ORLEANS ARENA LAS VEGAS (2016) Featuring Tommy Shaw, James “JT” Young, Lawrence Gowan, Todd Sucherman, Ricky Phillips and Chuck Panozzo. Directed by Larry Jordan. Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment.  132 minutes.  Not Rated. It’s all too easy to forget, thirty-some years after Styx first officially broke up at the height of their fame in 1984, that during a ten-year period from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s,

MIKA – Sinfonia Pop MIKA: SINFONIA POP (2016) Featuring MIKA and L’Orchestra Sinfonica, Conducted by Simon Leclerc. Directed by Luigi Antonini. Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment.  93 minutes.  Not Rated. In the United States, there is a tendency of music fans to close our minds when they hear that a rock or pop star is doing a performance with a symphony orchestra.  We have the tendency to shake our heads and think: oh no, that is going to be seriously pretentious.  Pro

Daniel Skye Daniel Skye Maybe He Should Stay by Ally Abramson Daniel Skye is a fourteen-year-old singer/songwriter with a ton of online presence that has brought him into the spotlight. He released his single “Maybe” in January of 2015 which has quickly gained popularity with young fans. We chatted with Skye recently and he answered some questions about his experience in the music field and where he hopes to go next. Hey Daniel, how are you? We’ve got a lot of stuff to talk a

Katja Glieson Look at Katja Glieson by Deborah Wagner Today is a big day for Katja Glieson!  The eighteen year old Australian recording artist and dancer is releasing the music video for her new song “Look At Us.”  This new video produced by well-known producers “Trend Def” features Ongina, who rose to fame on RuPaul’s Drag Race, and we are featuring the video right here at PopEntertainment.com! You might remember Glieson as the battle rhyming Elsa in the viral video “Snow Wh

Daryl Hall and John Oates: Live in Dublin DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES – LIVE IN DUBLIN (2015) Featuring Daryl Hall, John Oates, Charlie DeChant, Eliot Lewis, Klyde Jones, Brian Dunne, Shane Theriot and Porter Carroll. Directed by Daryl Hall & John Oates. Distributed by Fathom Events/Eagle Rock Entertainment.  111 minutes.  Not Rated. Forty-some years into their partnership, Daryl Hall and John Oates still have the soul and the chops that made them arguably the biggest duo of the

Lovey James Takes Over PopEntertainment.com (Again!) With thanks to Parimore Management, we are proud to offer a preview of Lovey James’ new music video “I Can Do Anything.” Watch the video here first, before it is even released!  You can watch it at http://popentertainment.com/features_music/loveypreview.htm. Not only that, but on April 1, 2014, Lovey will take over our Twitter feed, so go to http://www.twitter.com/PopEntCom to ask her any questions or just give her some lov

John Denver – Around the World Live JOHN DENVER – AROUND THE WORLD LIVE (2009) Featuring John Denver. Directed by Barry Ehrmann. Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment.  592 minutes.  Not Rated. In the twelve years since his untimely death in a plane crash – and a good 30 years on from his popular heyday – it has become all too easy to forget how huge a star John Denver was in the 1970s.  Around the World Live not only reminds us of Denver’s amazing popularity, but also of w

Elvis: Behind the Image (Volume 1) ELVIS: BEHIND THE IMAGE – VOLUMES 1 & 2 (2005) Starring Elvis Presley, Bud Glass, Sandi Miller, John Wilkinson, Kathy Westmoreland, Cynthia Pepper and Ed Enoch. Directed by Bud Glass. Distributed by Bud Glass Productions/Praytome Publishing.  150 minutes.  Not Rated. Over 25 years since his untimely passing on August 16, 1977, interest in “The King,” Elvis Presley, continues to grow, attracting new generations of fans around the globe. His l

Barbra Streisand – The Television Specials Barbra Streisand The Television Specials (Rhino-2005) Your patience with this DVD depends on your Babs tolerance level. However, truth be told, this collection is, well, fabulous. Even if you are not a fan, the music and the voice is so dazzling that, even if you don’t convert, you’ll at the very least question your sexuality. Here are five TV specials that, if you let them wash over you, will drown you with an odd, unusual pleasure.

Eagles – Farewell I Tour: Live from Melbourne EAGLES – FAREWELL I TOUR: LIVE IN MELBOURNE (2005) Starring Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit, Steuart Smith, Will Hollis, Greg Smith, Billy Armstrong, Chris Mosert, Al Garth, Scott Crago, Michael Thompson and David Wild. Directed by Carol Dodd. Distributed by Warner Strategic Marketing.   minutes.  Not Rated. It seems like the Eagles have had a farewell tour at least once a decade since they originally broke up

Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE BRIAN WILSON PRESENTS SMiLE  (2005) Starring Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks, George Martin, Elvis Costello, Roger Daltrey, Rob Reiner, Jeff Bridges, Hal Blaine, Carol Kaye, Michael Vosse and Paul McCartney. Written by David Leaf. Directed by David Leaf. Distributed by Rhino Home Video.  240 minutes.  Not Rated. The word “genius” is thrown around so often in music circles that it’s lost its meaning. But if there’s one person eminently deserving of tha