The Foo Fighters have canceled all of their upcoming tour dates following the sudden death of drummer Taylor Hawkins last Friday, March 25. “It is with great sadness that Foo Fighters confirm the cancellation of all upcoming tour dates in light of the staggering loss of our brother Taylor Hawkins,” …
Read More »'Censorship Is Still Alive and Well:' Marina Slams Brazilian Government's Attempt to Silence Musicians
On Saturday, a Brazilian political official ordered Lollapalooza Brazil to ban “political demonstrations” from its future events after Marina and other performers shared their distaste for the country’s government on stage the night before. Now, the Welsh artist is speaking out against artist censorship. “Censorship is still alive and well,” …
Read More »Watch Billie Eilish and Finneas Perform Searing 'No Time To Die' at Oscars
Earlier on Oscars night, Billie Eilish revealed that writing a song for the James Bond franchise had been a longtime dream for her and her brother, Finneas, who used to practice writing “Bond songs” just to see what they could come up with. All of that practice paid off when …
Read More »Roxy Music to Reunite for First North American Tour in Nearly 20 Years
Two years removed from their Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction, Roxy Music will reunite this September for the art-rockers’ first North American tour together in nearly two decades. Founding members Bryan Ferry, Andy Mackay, Phil Manzanera, and Paul Thompson have announced a 10-date, 50th-anniversary arena trek that begins …
Read More »The Gaslight Anthem Plot First Full Tour in Four Years
New Jersey rock & roll heroes the Gaslight Anthem will reunite for their first headlining tour in four years this fall. The trek is set to kick off Sept. 13 at the Roseland Theatre in Portland and wrap Oct. 5 at the Anthem in Washington, D.C. Tigers Jaw will provide …
Read More »Florence and the Machine Announce North American Headline Tour in Support of 'Dance Fever'
Florence and the Machine will return to the road later this year to bring their fifth studio album Dance Fever to North America on a headlining tour. The album will arrive on May 13 and be celebrated with two special shows in Los Angeles and New York in April and …
Read More »Wet Leg Are the Buzziest New Band of the Year. They're Just as Surprised as You Are
Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers don’t take themselves too seriously — even the name of their band, Wet Leg, was born out of combining random emojis together on a keyboard. “It’s a really good way to find band names,” confirms Chambers, 27. Teasdale and Chambers are sitting in the Ace …
Read More »Machine Gun Kelly's 'Mainstream Sellout' is a Self-Hating Celebrity Pop-Punk Purge
Released last summer to tease Machine Gun Kelly‘s sixth album, the single “Papercuts,” with its strummy Cobain-pain guitar and brain-stewing power chords, was met with a mild shrug of support. According to the proverbial “people on the Internet,” it was seen as another lateral “rock” move from the ex-mixtape rapper …
Read More »Miley Cyrus Announces First-Ever New Live Album 'Attention: Miley Live'
Hours after performing at Lollapalooza Brazil, Miley Cyrus announced her first-ever live album Attention: Miley Live, due out this Friday, April 1. “My fans have been asking me for a live album for a long time & I am so [excited] to give it to them,” Cyrus wrote of the …
Read More »See Mammoth WVH Honor Taylor Hawkins With 'My Hero' Cover
Wolfgang Van Halen’s Mammoth WVH paid tribute to Taylor Hawkins with an emotional rendition of Foo Fighters’ “My Hero” during the band’s concert Saturday in Boston. Introducing the song, a choked-up Van Halen told the crowd that the drummer, who died Friday at the age of 50, “was a hero …
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