Music

When Shane MacGowan died in November 2023, he left a great, big, romantic poet-shaped hole in music. Now, a year later, the late Irish songwriter’s band, the Pogues, have announced their first tour without him. The Pogues announced Tuesday that they will play seven shows in May 2025 in the …

In her new memoir, Cher recalls a dark moment in her “loveless marriage” to Sonny Bono when she considered jumping off the balcony of her Las Vegas hotel room (via People). The incident occurred in 1972, three years after Cher and Bono officially wed. (Cher was 16and Bono 27 when …

Robert Earl Keen knew the question was coming, so he answered it without a prompt. “My primary purpose in life is not only writing some songs and playing guitar,” Keen says, “but the magical part is actually putting that music out there in the world, and getting to perform.” Keen …

Post Malone will hit the road next year with Jelly Roll and Sierra Ferrell on the aptly titled “Big Ass Stadium Tour.” Posty will headline the North American trek, which will kick off April 29 at the Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah. The run will continue through the …

Lisa is revving up her au-au-au-au-aura, with the announcement of her debut album Alter Ego. She announced the album, set to release Feb. 28, in a teaser video Tuesday. In the new clip, she uses each point of a star, a popular emblem repurposed throughout her album campaign, to reflect …

Put on your favorite Bee Gees song. What catches your attention first? In the opening moments of “Stayin’ Alive,” “Night Fever,” or “More Than a Woman,” before the golden harmonies of the brothers Gibb come in, it’s probably the disco backbeat running through the whole song. And you can thank …

Guided By Voices get lean and mean on their 18th album in 10 years, Universe Room, out Feb. 7 via the band’s label. “I wanted to create, hopefully, an experience, kind of a wild ride, where the listener would want to hear it multiple times in order to grasp all …

Fleetwood Mac will finally get the official documentary treatment, with filmmaker Frank Marshall set to helm the authorized feature-length project for Apple. The film is currently untitled, and a release date has yet to be announced. The project is set to include new interviews with the four core surviving members …

Death comes for us all, but not before time makes fools of us first. And when you really get down to it, that interminable time in between, life — all-consuming, enthralling, devastating, and dynamic as it may be — is largely spent dying. Mahashmashana, the new album from Father John …

Jamey Johnson‘s Nov. 17 arrest in Tennessee made national headlines, with little further information available at first. Now new details have emerged: The country singer and songwriter was arrested after a state trooper pulled him over for speeding and allegedly found marijuana in the car. According to court filings obtained …