Earlier this week, David Gilmour announced plans to auction off 120 of his most famous guitars to benefit his charitable foundation. He’s holding back virtually nothing, including the Stratocaster he used to write “Wish You Were Here” and the Ovation six-string he’s played on for almost every live performance of …
Read More »Watch Neil Young Sing 'Running Dry' for the First Time in 50 Years
Neil Young has pulled out some stunningly-rare tunes on his solo acoustic theater tour since it began just one week ago, including “Ambulance Blues,” “The Last Trip to Tulsa,” “Broken Arrow” and “Razor Love.” But last night at the State Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he brought things to a whole …
Read More »Maroon 5, NFL Cancel Pre-Super Bowl Halftime Show Press Conference
Maroon 5 will not appear at a customary news conference to promote their performance at the Super Bowl halftime show, the National Football League said in a statement on Twitter. Fellow performers Travis Scott and Big Boi will reportedly not participate either. “Maroon 5 has been working hard on a …
Read More »'Leaving Neverland' Director Dan Reed Talks Michael Jackson Allegations, #MeToo
The blistering 236-minute film Leaving Neverland, which airs on HBO this March, levels damning accusations that the ebulliently childlike and phenomenally talented Michael Jackson was a serial pedophile. In 1993, 13-year-old Jordan Chandler brought charges of sexual abuse against Jackson that ended in a reported $10 million cash settlement. A …
Read More »Hear Sammy Hagar & The Circle Debut New Song 'Trust Fund Baby'
Sammy Hagar & The Circle – the singer’s supergroup with fellow former Van Halen band mate and bassist Michael Anthony, drummer Jason Bonham and Hagar’s longtime guitarist Vic Johnson – have unveiled the lyric video for “Trust Fund Baby,” the first single off the band’s upcoming LP Space Between. As …
Read More »Roger Stone Went on CNN to Continue His Post-Arrest Publicity Tour
Roger Stone, the man who is still arguing 50 years later that Richard Nixon was innocent, went on CNN with Chris Cuomo Friday night to defend himself after he was arrested Friday and indicted by a grand jury for lying to Congress and trying to “persuade a witness to provide …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Ariana Grande, '7 Rings'
If anyone told you this time last year that Ariana Grande would drop a song that simultaneously samplesThe Sound of Music and jacks Soulja Boy’s “Pretty Boy Swag,” would you have believed it? We’ve come a long way from the bubblegum-R&B of her early years. “7 Rings” is a sexy, …
Read More »Ed Sheeran Announces Signature Handmade Acoustic Guitar Brand
Ed Sheeran doesn’t use a lot of gear when he plays a stadium – just a few small acoustic guitars and a pedal board. Now, fans can own the same kind of guitars as Sheeran, who at a surprise appearance at the Anaheim, California NAMM instrument conference announced “Sheeran by …
Read More »Randy Travis Details Memoir, 'Forever and Ever, Amen'
Growing up in a small North Carolina town, young Randy Bruce Traywick learned to play guitar by the time he was eight. Two decades — and a slight name change — later, Randy Travis was one of the most successful, and staunchly traditional, acts in country music. Now enshrined in …
Read More »Watch Lauren Jauregui's Dreamlike 'More Than That' Performance on 'Corden'
Lauren Jauregui performed a dreamlike version of her solo single “More Than That” on Tuesday’s Late Late Show With James Corden. The former Fifth Harmony member sang from within a massive floral archway, with roses even decorating her microphone stand. A pair of dancers twisted and twirled behind her on …
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