Dear Abby: My bandmate is an awful singer. How do I get him away from the mic?

Dear Abby: My bandmate is an awful singer. How do I get him away from the mic?

DEAR ABBY: I was recently invited for a long weekend at my friend’s new home in South Carolina. She has wanted me to come there to visit ever since she purchased it. I offered to come down, but then I sprained my ankle, and it still has not healed.  My friend then told me her … Read more

Exclusive | Telfar, famous for the ‘Bushwick Birkin,’ holding open mic and ‘wild surprises’ at opening of new NYC store: ‘It’s going to be a show’

Exclusive | Telfar, famous for the ‘Bushwick Birkin,’ holding open mic and ‘wild surprises’ at opening of new NYC store: ‘It’s going to be a show’

The “Bushwick Birkin” has landed in Soho. Telfar — a New York-based brand beloved by the likes of Beyoncé, Dua Lipa, Oprah and Bella Hadid — is opening its first-ever storefront downtown at Broadway and Canal Street on Saturday. Crowned a cult must-have by the fashion set for two decades, the brand will debut its 10,000-square-foot brick-and-mortar … Read more

High school announcer caught on hot mic making suicide jokes and lewd comments about moms

High school announcer caught on hot mic making suicide jokes and lewd comments about moms

A male high school sports announcer is asking for forgiveness after he was heard on a hot mic making suicide jokes and inappropriate sexual comments about mothers of female athletes during a soccer game in Wichita, Kan., on Saturday. Toby Moore — who was identified by Awful Announcing, which obtained a video of the hot … Read more

Joe Benigno unloads on hot mic as technical difficulties, cat derail podcast: ‘This f–king thing’

Joe Benigno unloads on hot mic as technical difficulties, cat derail podcast: ‘This f–king thing’

Joe Benigno plus technical difficulties plus a still-recording mic equals podcast gold. Benigno, the former WFAN host, provided some laugh-out-loud and expletive-filled moments while attempting to deal with a technical issue on his “Oh the Pain” podcast and apparently a meandering cat. Technology and Benigno, 70, have never been a harmonious tag team, and his … Read more

‘The Jinx’ director felt ‘sad’ after convicted killer Robert Durst’s bone-chilling hot mic comments

‘The Jinx’ director felt ‘sad’ after convicted killer Robert Durst’s bone-chilling hot mic comments

A film director who caught New York real estate scion Robert Durst on a hot mic apparently admitting to multiple murders said he felt “sad” over the chilling TV moment. “The Jinx” director Andrew Jarecki reflected on the alleged 2015 confession ahead of the release of “The Jinx: Part Two,” which follows on from Durst’s … Read more

Stefon Diggs reacts to Bills reporter caught on hot mic: ‘Insulting ‘

Stefon Diggs reacts to Bills reporter caught on hot mic: ‘Insulting ‘

Stefon Diggs does not appear to have accepted the apology of the Bills reporter caught on a hot mic talking about him. Maddy Glab, a reporter for the Bills’ digital arm, went viral Wednesday afternoon after she could be heard saying, “There’s no control over Stefon Diggs. Dude’s gonna do what he wants to do. … Read more

Bryan Adams fan booted off stage after commandeering mic mid-concert

Bryan Adams fan booted off stage after commandeering mic mid-concert

It’s the latest in a series of summer flings. After reports of multiple musicians dodging items being flung on stage, Canadian singer Bryan Adams has become yet another star to be accosted on stage mid-performance. A fan got a little bit too enthusiastic during the singer’s live performance of “Summer of ’69” in Salt Lake … Read more

Cincinnati sports anchor awkward hot mic moment with Aaron Rodgers backdrop

Cincinnati sports anchor awkward hot mic moment with Aaron Rodgers backdrop

Cincinnati sports reporter Jeremy Rauch appeared on air to tease his upcoming report Fox 19’s 11 p.m. edition on Thursday. Then he signed off — or so he thought, anyway. During what Rauch believed to be a commercial break, he began to strut around the studio, and continued to talk to someone off camera while … Read more

Axl Rose will stop tossing mic after a fan was reportedly injured | CNN

Axl Rose will stop tossing mic after a fan was reportedly injured | CNN

CNN  —  Axl Rose is ending a 30-year Guns N’ Roses tradition. The band’s frontman recently posted a note saying on social media that he would no longer be tossing his microphone into the crowd during their concerts after it came to his attention that a fan may have been hurt at their recent show … Read more