On October 6th, Rhino Records will release the Replacements‘For Sale: Live At Maxwell’s 1986, recorded at the storied Hoboken, New Jersey club just as the band was beginning an East Coast tour to support their major label debut,Tim. The ‘Mats were famous for their self-destructive onstage hi-jinx. But For Sale …
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Andrew W.K. will release his first studio album in nine years on March 2nd, 2018 via Sony. “I’m going for the sound of pure, unadulterated power,” the musician/motivational speaker/longtime party champion said in a statement. “Every emotion, every thought, every experience, every sensation, every fear, every joy, every clarity, every …
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Lady Gaga canceled her appearance at the Rock in Rio Festival in Brazil after being hospitalized. A note posted on the singer’s Twitter said she is “suffering from severe physical pain that has impacted her ability to perform.” Gaga followed up that note with the message, “I was taken to …
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With an Americana Awards Album of the Year nomination for Freedom Highway, a recurring role on Nashville, and a feature appearance on a Number One country song with Eric Church (“Kill a Word”), Rhiannon Giddens has had a pretty impressive year so far in 2017. This fall, she’ll maintain the …
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When Kris Kristofferson turned 80 in 2016, the country music world rolled out the red carpet for a star-studded tribute in Music City, which CMT is now set to air as the concert film The Life & Songs of Kris Kristofferson on Friday, October 27th. The concert, a three-hour gala …
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Pink elaborated on thepoignantspeech she made after receiving theMichael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the MTV Video Music Awards. On Ellen, Pink explained she hoped to inspire her six-year-old daughter, Willow Hart, to be more “resilient” with her message of non-conformity. “I get my feelings hurt all the time,” Pink …
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As his home state works to recover from the devastation caused last week by Hurricane Harvey, George Strait is setting out to help with his own star-studded benefit show. Taking place in San Antonio on September 12th, Strait’s concert will coincide with the telethon Hand in Hand: A Benefit for …
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On Sunday night at the Made in America festival in Philadelphia, Jay-Z was busy directing crowd traffic. There were two competing mosh pits near the stage, and the rapper urged a few revelers to step aside so that the rings could unite. “I promise you – you’ll have the time …
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Taylor Swift is expected to personally testify in a Denver court after a long legal battle with Denver radio host, David Mueller. In 2015, Mueller sued Swift for making false accusations about groping her butt during a meet-and-greet in 2013 that resulted in his termination. Swift countersued one month later. …
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The story of Def Leppard’s Hysteria – the monolithic pop-metal record that defined the latter part of the Eighties – reads like Homeric odyssey. The four-year gap between their 1983 mainstream breakthrough Pyromania and the release of the album was marked by tumultuous behind-the-scenes drama – including the exit and …
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