Word: superstardom
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Lord is not upset by the fact that her career as a touring musician may be waning, or that superstardom has eluded her. “I think I was somewhat afraid of it,” she says. “I’ve seen success. I’ve seen it. I know what it would take to get there. And I was right there, I was so close. And I fucked it up. I did everything I could do to fuck it up. I think that there was a part of me that just knew that...
...lore. Jackson Browne and David Bowie bore witness to the spectacle. On the spot, Browne offered Vaughan free studio time and Bowie badgered the now-not-so-crushed guitarist to record guitar licks for his upcoming Let’s Dance album. Vaughan accepted, and was soon catapulted to superstardom during a musical generation weaned on soft synth...
Once upon a time, there was a boy who rose from poverty to superstardom. His music touched the hearts of millions and changed the world. So loved was he that the people crowned him King. But with time, his contributions were forgotten and his name no longer commanded the same adulation or respect...
...famous” by conventional mainstream standards at this point (at least not in America), the Strokes have managed to bypass fame, fortune and selling out without collecting their $200 and have instead skipped straight to the requisite hedonism that accompanies rock ’n roll superstardom. In spite of their new-money pedigrees (lead singer Julian Casablancas’ father is the founder of the Elite model empire; guitarist Albert Hammond Jr.’s father wrote “It Never Rains in Southern California;” Casablancas, drummer Fabrizio Moretti and guitarist Nick Valensi...
...VIDA LOCA Ricky Martin's explosive performance of The Cup of Life at the 1999 Grammy Awards rockets him to international superstardom and gives rise to a surge of interest in Latin...