Sergio Vega, who has played bass with Deftones since 2009, officially announced his departure from the group in an Instagram post early Wednesday morning. The statement comes after Spotify recently replaced Deftones’ picture to show a four-piece group over the weekend. “Covid was a breaking point for a lot of …
Read More »Sammy Hagar, Bob Weir, and Ronnie Dunn Break the Weirdness Meter With Surprise Jam in Nashville
Sammy Hagar, Bob Weir, and Ronnie Dunn walk into a theater… While it sounds like the setup to a music nerd’s joke or the opening of the Seventh Seal, this actually happened onstage in Nashville on Tuesday night when the Grateful Dead guitarist and the singing half of Brooks & …
Read More »Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nine Inch Nails, Kiss Lead 2022 Louder Than Life Fest
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nine Inch Nails, Slipknot, and Kiss will serve as headliners at the 2022 Louder Than Life festival, returning to Louisville, Kentucky, on Sept. 22 to 25. Lamb of God, Tenacious D, Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper, Evanescence, Alice in Chains, Ministry, Incubus, and Mammoth WVH are also …
Read More »Kelly Clarkson Slays the ACM Awards With Her Cover of Dolly Parton's 'I Will Always Love You'
Even when Dolly Parton wasn’t onstage performing or co-hosting the 2022 ACM Awards, she still had an outsized presence. The Country Music Hall of Fame member received a one-of-a-kind tribute during Monday’s streaming show when pop star (and talk-show host) Kelly Clarkson sang “I Will Always Love You.” It was …
Read More »David Byrne, 'American Utopia' Cast Bring 'Like Humans Do' to 'Fallon'
David Byrne and the cast of David Byrne’s American Utopia appeared on The Tonight Show to perform the Broadway production’s quirky number “Like Humans Do.” Byrne also sat down with host Jimmy Fallon to discuss American Utopia, which is in the midst of a run at the St. James Theatre, …
Read More »Stromae Honors Sex Workers in 'Fils de Joie' Video
Stromae has released a video for “Fils de Joie,” which comes off the Belgian artist’s recent album, Multitude. The video is a creative collaboration between Henry Scholfield, Luc Van Haver, Coralie Barbier and Paul Van Haver. The cinematic clip, which takes place in a fictional country, centers around a funeral …
Read More »Ghost Predicted the Pandemic. Now the Metal Band Is Foretelling the Fall of Empires
When your day job requires you to dress up as a satanic pope, you’re going to have a complicated view of Christianity. But that doesn’t mean Tobias Forge, the creative mastermind behind the occult-rock band Ghost, can’t appreciate the religion’s artistic and cultural beauty. “In the same way that I …
Read More »'I Was an Underdog': How Myke Towers Made the Whole World Listen Up
Myke Towers raps with a natural ease — effortless, fluid, like he was born to do it. Except, when he was growing up in Puerto Rico, being a performer barely crossed his mind. “Music always spoke to me, but I swear to you, I never, ever, ever thought that I …
Read More »Kanye West Is 'Dead' in New Poetic Art Piece
Kanye West declared himself “Dead” in a new poem/visual art piece shared on Instagram Tuesday, March 8. Similar to the “Divorce” piece he posted over the weekend, “Dead” finds Ye ostensibly working through this tumultuous time in his life: “They ran through my account like the sign said free bread/But …
Read More »Lauren Jauregui Talks Self-Love, Imposter Syndrome, and Making Music as a 'New Bitch'
At the start of the pandemic and its self-reflection-causing lockdown, Lauren Jauregui took to Instagram Live for weekly conversations, a series titled Attunement. She’d speak to experts about voting, recite poems, and ultimately share space with other individuals. “I was talking about my own healing process and sharing tools that …
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