Judas Priest will embark on a North American tour in 2018 in support of their upcoming album Firepower. The 25-date arena trek launches March 13th in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania and concludes May 1st in San Antonio, Texas. A “Judas Priest Fan Presale” for tickets begins October 25th; check out the …
Read More »See LCD Soundsystem's Rousing Performance of 'Tonite' on 'Kimmel'
LCD Soundystem brought a propulsive, cowbell-heavy version of “Tonite” to Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Monday. The song appeared earlier this year on the band’s first ever Number One album, American Dream. “Tonite” is typical LCD Soundsystem. Lead singer James Murphy is simultaneously neurotic (“I never realized these artists thought so …
Read More »Bob Seger Previews New LP With Stirring Lou Reed Cover
Bob Seger will release a new album, I Knew You When, on November 17th through Capitol Records. The record is dedicated to the Eagles‘ Glenn Frey, Seger’s longtime friend and collaborator, who died last year at age 67. I Knew You When contains Seger originals as well as multiple covers, …
Read More »See Miley Cyrus Emulate Talking Heads' 'Stop Making Sense' on 'Fallon'
Miley Cyrus‘ weeklong residency on The Tonight Show ended Friday with the singer and host Jimmy Fallon facing off in a “Lip Sync Battle” where Cyrus “sang” one of her new favorite songs and emulated Talking Heads‘ iconic “Once in a Lifetime” performance from the concert film Stop Making Sense. …
Read More »Nikki Sixx Condemns Trump Administration in Opioid Addiction Op-Ed
Nikki Sixx, who was once declared clinically dead after overdosing on heroin at the height of Mötley Crüe’s fame, has penned an op-ed decrying the way the government is handling the United States’ opioid crisis. “Opioid abuse isn’t just making addicts sick, it’s making America sick,” he wrote in Los …
Read More »Former Eminem Producers Selling Portion of Rapper's Royalties
Investors will soon be able to purchase shares of Eminem‘s “My Name Is,” “Lose Yourself” and every other song he released from 1999 to 2013 on an exchange much like the stock market, at a minimum of $2,250. The rapper’s former production duo, the Funky Bass Team (aka FBT Productions), …
Read More »Billie Joe Armstrong Talks 'Batshit Crazy' Trump With Michael Moore
In April 2010, the musical American Idiot, adapted from the hitGreen Day album of the same name, opened on Broadway. On Thursday night,Green Day‘sBillie Joe Armstrong was back in Manhattan’s Theater District in a very different setting: dancing amiably while flanked by a pair of buff male strippers (who are …
Read More »Frank Zappa Hologram to Perform With Steve Vai, Ex-Mothers of Invention
UPDATE: Adrian Belew has said that he will not be participating in any hologram tours. “I will not be playing Zappa music in the foreseeable future in any situation,” he wrote in a Facebook post. “This whole thing is far too caustic and divisive.” In another, he said that he …
Read More »Niall Horan Plots Tour, Previews Debut LP With Silky New Song
Niall Horan‘s heartbroken new single is the piano ballad “Too Much to Ask” from debut solo LP, Flicker, out October 20th. The former One Direction singer also announced an extensive 2018 tour. Following four early June dates in Australia and New Zealand, the North American leg launches July 18th in …
Read More »Watch Depeche Mode Singer Drift Through Space in 'Cover Me' Video
Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan drifts through outer space and Los Angeles streets, finding them equally unsettling, in the band’s black-and-white “Cover Me” video. Dutch filmmaker Anton Corbijn, the group’s longtime visual collaborator, follows the astronaut singer on a solitary journey, culminating in a beach scene in which a defeated-looking …
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