Deryck Whibley is opening up about the abusive experiences he allegedly faced at the hands of Sum 41‘s first manager. In his memoir Walking Disaster, out Tuesday, the Sum 41 frontman claims he was groomed and sexually and verbally abused by the band’s first manager, Greig Nori, during the early …
Read More »Limp Bizkit Sue Universal Music Group for $200 Million Over Unpaid Royalties
Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst has sued Universal Music Group, accusing the world’s largest record company of withholding millions of dollars in royalties owed to the band. In the suit, filed in federal court on Tuesday and obtained by Rolling Stone, Durst and his attorneys claim that UMG “designed and …
Read More »'Public Enemies' Documentary to Explore Kendrick Lamar and Drake Feud
The ongoing beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar will be the subject of a new documentary, Public Enemies: Kendrick vs Drake. The doc will air on Channel 4 in the U.K., with U.S. broadcast plans not announced. According to Deadline, Public Enemies will incorporate archive and interviews with those who’ve …
Read More »Ben Folds to Play Hurricane Helene Benefit Concert in Wilmington, North Carolina
Ben Folds will headline a benefit concert later this month to raise money for North Carolinians affected by Hurricane Helene. The concert, titled From Wilmington, With Love, will take place at Wilmington, North Carolina‘s Greenfield Lake Amphitheater on Oct. 29. Musicians from Western North Carolina will feature in the show. …
Read More »Cross Canadian Ragweed Add More Reunion Shows After Fans Crash Ticketing Site
Organizers behind the Cross Canadian Ragweed reunion concerts announced two additional dates after Monday’s presale involved the sort of long waits and high demand usually associated with major acts like Taylor Swift or Oasis rather than the Red Dirt scene. Ragweed and co-headliners the Turnpike Troubadours have added Thursday, April …
Read More »Charli XCX to Show Off 'Brat' Remix With Surprise Concert
Charli XCX‘s Brat remix Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat doesn’t come out until Friday, but the pop star’s already set to take it on the road, announcing a surprise gig at Storm King Art Center this week in upstate New York to share the new record. …
Read More »Asheville Musicians Are Trading Guitars for Chainsaws to Clean Up After Hurricane Helene
Normally, Darren Nicholson would have a mandolin in his hands. But on this day, he’s gripping a chainsaw. High up on Utah Mountain in Haywood County, North Carolina — overlooking the Jonathan Creek valley with the Great Smoky Mountains in the distance — Nicholson is cutting through large trees that …
Read More »Victoria Monét Manifested Usher's Feature on 'SOS'
Victoria Monét had Usher on her mind when she started making “SOS.” As she explains in the latest installment of Rolling Stone’s The Breakdown, while she was in the studio, she was deep down a Confessions “rabbit hole, just studying that album top to bottom, and being so blown away, …
Read More »Watch Céline Dion Celebrate 'Sunday Night Football' in Gatorade-Soaked Promo
Céline Dion’s heart will go on — for football? The singer made a surprise appearance in a promo for Sunday Night Football last night, set to her song “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now.” In the unexpected clip, Dion wore a vintage 1996 Super Bowl sweatshirt and reminisced about …
Read More »Eladio Carrión Serenades His Mom During Tiny Desk Debut
Eladio Carrión is stripping back his music for El Tiny. On Sunday, the Puerto Rican trap star visited NPR Music for a performance that featured special guest, the singer Lia Kali, and a sweet serenade for his mom, who was in the crowd. Carrión opened his Tiny Desk debut by …
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