Herbie Hancock, John Paul Jones, and Laurie Anderson are among the artists set to perform at the 2024 Big Ears festival. On Tuesday, the Knoxville, Tennessee-based fest announced its stacked lineup of legends. The festival is set to be held in downtown Knoxville from March 21 through March 24 with …
Read More »Cat Power Gets Her Own 'Judas' Moment in New Live Recreation of Dylan's Infamous 1966 Show
Cat Power has shared two new songs from her upcoming live album, which captures her effort last year to recreate Bob Dylan’s fabled 1966 “Royal Albert Hall”/“Judas” concert in full. Unlike Dylan, Cat Power actually performed her show at London’s Royal Albert Hall, staging the special concert there last November. …
Read More »Mitski Performed Full 'This Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We' Album at Intimate Mexico City Show
Mitski has a soft spot for Mexico City. In 2022, her last two live performances of the year were there, one being a stop on her Laurel Hell tour and the other being a festival set at Corona Capital. On Friday, the singer will release her seventh studio album, The …
Read More »Akon Will to Deliver Nothing But Fan Favorites on North American Tour
Akon will be treating his fans to nothing but the hits on a new North American set to launch this fall. The 15-date “Superfan Tour” will kick off Nov. 2 at Tabernacle in Atlanta and wrap Dec. 10 at the House of Blues in Dallas. During the trek, Akon will …
Read More »How Katy Perry Mentored Olivia Rodrigo on Her New Album
Few things in music are more daunting than following up a smash debut album, but Olivia Rodrigo has pulled off that feat with Guts. The follow-up to 2021’s Sour finds the singer-songwriter turning the glories and messes of young adulthood into undeniable pop-punk bangers. That’s not to say its success …
Read More »Megan Thee Stallion No Longer Performing at 2023 Global Citizen Festival
Megan Thee Stallion has dropped out of the lineup for Global Citizen Festival, the music event scheduled to return to Central Park’s Great Lawn in New York on Sept. 23. In a statement to Rolling Stone, Global Citizen said: “Due to unforeseen scheduling conflict, Megan Thee Stallion will no longer …
Read More »Olivia Rodrigo and Her Clones Trash Houses and Bust Windows in 'Get Him Back!' Video
Olivia Rodrigo’s Rolling Stone cover story isn’t the only reason today rules: The singer-songwriter has also dropped a new video for her Guts track “Get Him Back!” Directed by Jack Begert, the video finds Rodrigo casually wreaking havoc wherever she goes, whether trashing a house or causing a wild traffic …
Read More »Elvis Presley Sang 'I Will Always Love You' to Priscilla When They Divorced, Says Dolly Parton
Elvis Presley serenaded Priscilla one last time after their divorce. Dolly Parton sat down with BBC Radio 2 and revealed that Priscilla Presley told her that Elvis sang Parton’s song “I Will Always Love You” to Priscilla during their divorce in 1973. “Elvis loved the song. In fact, I talked …
Read More »Brittany Howard Plots Tour, Moves to a New Label
Brittany Howard has scheduled a fall tour, inked a major label record deal, and teased some new music as she prepared to follow-up her celebrated 2019 solo debut, Jaime. To start, Howard will launch a short North American tour this November. The run starts Nov. 6 at Iron City in …
Read More »Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Grandmaster Flash to Close 2023 MTV VMAs With Hip-Hop Tribute
MTV has planned a generation-spanning tribute performance in celebration of hip-hop‘s 50th anniversary for the 2023 Video Music Awards. On Tuesday night, the awards ceremony will conclude with a grand finale performance from Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, LL Cool J, Doug E. Fresh, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, and Grandmaster Flash and …
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