The Black Keys have signed a new management deal with Red Light Management, a source close to the situation confirms to Rolling Stone. The move comes two weeks after the band parted ways with their previous managers Irving Azoff and Steve Moir of Full Stop Management after canceling their arena …
Read More »See Post Malone Bring Out Billy Strings for Two Songs at Bonnaroo
Post Malone took a brief break from his burgeoning country career to perform a hits-filled headlining set at Bonnaroo. But the singer did incorporate some roots-music vibes into his performance by bringing out Billy Strings to play on a pair of Beerbongs & Bentleys singles. Midway through the set, Malone …
Read More »R.E.M. Share Band-Curated Playlist of Their Favorite R.E.M. Songs
A week of welcome R.E.M. reunions — which began with their first interview together in nearly 30 years and followed by a surprise performance at the Songwriters Hall of Fame — continued Saturday with a new playlist curated by the band highlighting their favorite R.E.M. songs. “The R.E.M. TOP 40 …
Read More »Joe Alwyn Talks Taylor Swift Breakup for First Time: 'Hard Thing to Navigate'
Over a year after Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn broke up, the British actor talked about the split for the first time in a new interview. Speaking to the Hollywood Reporter while promoting Kinds of Kindness, the Yorgos Lanthimos film he co-stars in, Alwyn was asked whether he had listened …
Read More »Jeremy Tepper, Impresario of Outlaw Country Music, Dead at 60
Jeremy Tepper, who relentlessly championed the outlaw country genre by highlighting both its revered icons and rebellious upstarts in his role as program director for SiriusXM’s “Outlaw Country” channel, died Friday. Tepper’s wife, the singer-songwriter Laura Cantrell, announced his death of a heart attack in New York City. He was …
Read More »Taylor Swift Debuts 'Carolina,' 'The Manuscript' Live at Liverpool Show
Taylor Swift’s performance on Saturday marked her third and final Eras Tour show at Liverpool, England’s Anfield stadium, and she treated the audience to a double live debut of songs to mark the occasion. As fan footage showcases, she first premiered “Carolina” live during the surprise section of her set. …
Read More »See Trey Anastasio Tear Through Steely Dan's 'Kid Charlemagne,' 'Reelin' in the Years'
It’s been a busy week for Trey Anastasio. On Sunday, the Phish guitarist joined Billy Joel onstage at his penultimate Madison Square Garden residency show. On Thursday, he stopped by another New York event: The Songwriters Hall of Fame ceremony, where he covered Steely Dan. You can catch the eight-minute …
Read More »Normani Finally Hits Her Sweet Spot on 'Dopamine'
People have been clamoring and clowning about the whereabouts of Normani’s debut album for a pop-music eternity. The singer made that noise sound pretty fucking silly when she recently reflected that part of the delay was due to her parents’ simultaneous cancer diagnoses. Normani first announced that her solo debut …
Read More »R.E.M.'s Reunion, Trey Anastasio's Steely Dan Tribute Highlight Songwriters Hall of Fame Event
That wasn’t just a dream. On Thursday night, for four-and-a-half glorious minutes, R.E.M. was back onstage for the first time in 15 years. At the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony, Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Bill Berry had the room in a collective gasp as they performed one …
Read More »Black Keys' Patrick Carney Escalates Irving Azoff Feud to 'Sarcastic Tweet' Level
Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney took a not-so-subtle shot at former manager and music industry heavyweight Irving Azoff on X amidst the fallout from the band’s canceled 2024 tour. At around 1:44 a.m. ET, Carney dug up and retweeted an old Azoff tweet from January 2018, in which the music …
Read More »