Shocking absolutely no one: Fyre Festival 2 is not happening. Organizers for the fest announced that it had been “postponed” in a message sent to ticket holders today, per ABC News. “The event has been postponed and a new date will be announced,” the message read. “We have issued you …
Read More »Militarie Gun, Dazy Take Aim at Backbiters With 'Tall People Don't Live Long'
The music world is replete with backbiters and bitterness — and that’s the conceit behind the latest link-up between L.A. hardcore band Militarie Gun and Richmond’s Dazy, “Tall People Don’t Live Long.” “’Tall people’ became our tongue-in-cheek term for anyone that’s lost so much perspective that they think it’s all …
Read More »Neko Case to Embark on Extensive North American Tour This Fall
On the heels of a new memoir and ahead of a new album, Neko Case has announced an extensive fall tour. The singer-songwriter and New Pornographers co-founder will kick off the North American trek on Oct. 1 at Woodstock, New York’s Levon Helm Studios and remain out on the road …
Read More »David Ramirez, One of Americana's Most Mercurial Songwriters, Has Finally Learned to Chill Out
A few years ago, David Ramirez almost got in a fight at a karaoke bar in Arkansas. The Texas singer-songwriter had just finished a gig down the street and decided to get up and sing a tune. When he didn’t get the response he’d hoped for, he was ready to …
Read More »Liam Payne's Sister Pens Tribute 6 Months After Singer's Death: 'Living Without You Is Impossible'
Half a year after the death of Liam Payne, his sister Ruth Gibbins remembered her brother in a heartfelt tribute. “My head is still screaming for you,” Gibbins wrote in an Instagram post shared on Wednesday.“Each morning on waking, I feel like I am plunged underwater, gasping for air that …
Read More »The Who Part Ways With Drummer Zak Starkey After Three Decades
The Who have parted ways with drummer Zak Starkey just three weeks after they played a pair of shows with him at London’s Royal Albert Hall, Rolling Stone has confirmed. He has performed with them at practically every concert they’re played since he joined the band in 1996, and he …
Read More »How Tunde Adebimpe Turned Grief and Rage Into a Solo Masterpiece
TV on the Radio, the celebrated group whose experimental amalgam of rock, post-punk, electronic, and soul made it sui generis in the 2000s New York scene, knew it was time for a break. It was 2019, and after nearly 20 years and five albums together, the nonstop demands of recording …
Read More »John Mayer, Kings of Leon to Headline 2025 Pilgrimage Festival
John Mayer, backed by his full band, and Kings of Leon will headline the 2025 Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival in Franklin, Tennessee. Set for Sept. 27 and 28 at the Park at Harlinsdale Farm, this year’s Pilgrimage marks the Nashville-area fest’s 11th anniversary. Along with the headliners, the lineup …
Read More »Lorde Says Her New Era Will Change Everything: 'This Is Gonna Be Crazy, You Have No Idea'
Before Lorde returned with Solar Power in 2021, she launched a newsletter to keep fans up to date with what was going on in her life at the time and how it was inspiring the music she was creating to follow up her opus Melodrama. Recently, the musician has been …
Read More »Metallica, Billy Joel Docs, Miley Cyrus Visual Album Lead 2025 Tribeca's Music-Heavy Lineup
The 2025 Tribeca Film Festival will feature a music-heavy film lineup that includes new documentaries about Metallica and Billy Joel, as well as the premiere of Miley Cyrus’ Something Beautiful visual album. In addition to the previously announced Metallica Saved My Life and Billy Joel: And So It Goes, this …
Read More »