Deep Purple will bring their Long Goodbye Tour back to the U.S. this autumn with 33 new dates. The Rock Hall-inducted metal legends will kick off the next leg September 3rd in Riverside, California and circle the U.S. before concluding six weeks later in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Check out the band’s …
Read More »Stone Temple Pilots, Rival Sons Announce Co-Headlining Tour
Grunge rock mainstays Stone Temple Pilots and blues-rock outlet Rival Sons will co-headline a North American tour this fall. The 12-city tour will kick off in Baltimore on September 13th, with stops in Philadelphia, New York City, New Orleans and more, before wrapping up in Stone Temple Pilots’ hometown of …
Read More »Billboard Music Awards 2019: Mariah Carey Performs Career-Spanning Set, Accepts Icon Award
Mariah Carey, the 2019 Billboard Music Awards Icon honoree, performed a career-spanning set during Wednesday’s event. For the performance, the 14-time BBMA winner delivered 2018 single “A No No,” 1995’s “Always Be My Baby,” 1991’s “Emotions” and 2005’s “We Belong Together” before closing with 1993’s “Hero.” While Carey seemed to …
Read More »Steven Van Zandt Pays Tribute to Sam Cooke on New Song 'Love Again'
Steven Van Zandt chronicles a globe-traveling search for romance on his lush new song with the Disciples of Soul, “Love Again.” “I’m not a man for one-night stands — that’s never been where it’s at/Maybe I’m a little old-fashioned, but what’s so wrong with that?” he croons over a grooving …
Read More »The 10 Most Tasteful Moments on Vampire Weekend's 'Father of the Bride'
In the six years between 2013’s Modern Vampires of the City and their new LP Father of the Bride, one of the best ways for Vampire Weekend fans to get their fix was to listen to frontman Ezra Koenig’s Beats 1 radio show, “Time Crisis.” The show provided a unique …
Read More »Jason Isbell on 'Deadwood': W. Earl Brown Talks Americana Star's Cameo
When the long-awaited Deadwood movie premieres on HBO on May 31st, it’ll feature a cameo from Jason Isbell. The Americana songwriter plays a musician performing in the background of a scene, according to Alan Sepinwall’s latest on-set feature for Rolling Stone. And it all started with a simple text from …
Read More »Hair Metal Musical 'Rock of Ages' Returning for 10th Anniversary Run
The hit hair metal musical, Rock of Ages, will return for a special 16-week run this summer to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Rock of Ages will bestaged at the off-Broadway theater New World Stages and will run June 19th through September 29th. The show will be directed by Kristin Hanggi …
Read More »Hear Alessia Cara's Acoustic Cover of Nelly Furtado's 'I'm Like a Bird'
Alessia Cara covered Nelly Furtado‘s breakthrough hit “I’m Like a Bird” for the Spotify Singles series. Cara also recorded a stripped-down, poignant take on herThe Pains of Growing track “Out of Love” for the streaming service. Cara’s take on Furtado’s debut single remains faithful to the bright, liberating tone of …
Read More »Flying Lotus Delivers Funked-Out Space Jams 'Spontaneous,' 'Takashi'
Flying Lotus unveiled a cosmic mini-suite of two new songs, “Spontaneous” and “Takashi,” from his upcoming album, Flamagra, out May 24th via Warp. “Spontaneous” features Little Dragon vocalist Yukimi Nagano singing over a roiling low-end groove shot through with dusty drums and and a galaxy of various synth sounds. After …
Read More »Unfinished Prince Memoir 'The Beautiful Ones' Will Be Out in October
The Beautiful Ones, an unfinished Prince memoir, will come out on October 29th, the Associated Press reported. “The Beautiful Ones is the deeply personal account of how Prince Rogers Nelson became the Prince we know: the real-time story of a kid absorbing the world around him and creating a persona, …
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