The outspoken musician and activist Tom Morello has assembled a wide array of artists for a playlist in protest of President Donald Trump and his Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)’s attacks on immigrants. Trump’s administration is looking to ramp up its widespread detention and deportation of immigrants, utilizing tens of …
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In the music community, support and admiration for Bruce Springsteen isn’t remotely a scoop; he’s long been admired by his peers and those he’s inspired. But Springsteen’s recent onstage comments in Manchester, England, about Donald Trump — calling the administration “corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous” —and the increasingly authoritarian state of …
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When Rage Against the Machine‘s Tom Morello took the stage at Boston Calling Music Festival on Sunday evening, his solo set featured a pointed message. On the screen behind him, a graphic compiled nearly two dozen buttons that read and spelled out “Fuck Trump,” labeled the president a “tyrant,” and …
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Heavy-metal legends Judas Priest will be the focus of a career-spanning documentary co-directed by Tom Morello. The Rage Against the Machine guitarist will make his directorial debut with The Ballad of Judas Priest, which will arrive later this year via Sony Music Vision, Variety reports. Sam Dunn will serve as …
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The American Music Honors, an annual event organized by the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center, took place Saturday at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey, this year honoring Smokey Robinson, John Fogerty, Emmylou Harris, Tom Morello, and Joe Ely. Every honoree with the exception of Joe Ely was …
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Ozzy Osbourne is tempering expectations ahead of his final live show this summer. The musician is set to perform with a reunited Black Sabbath at Back to the Beginning, an all-star, one-night-only charity gig in Birmingham, England, on July 5. However, Osbourne confirmed that he is not in the physical …
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The original Black Sabbath will reunite this July for a British heavy metal festival performance hailed as Ozzy Osbourne’s final concert. The four original members — Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler, and drummer Bill Ward, who hadn’t taken part in recent reunions, including their The End Tour in …
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The legendary Smokey Robinson will be honored at the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music’s third annual American Music Honors in April, the organization announced on Tuesday. The Motown icon and “You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me” singer will be celebrated alongside John Fogerty, Emmylou Harris, Tom …
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Rage Against the Machine celebrated release from prison of Indigenous rights activist Leonard Peltier, who was granted clemency by Joseph Biden in the final minutes of his presidency. Peltier, who is 80, spent nearly 50 years in federal prison after being convicted of killing two FBI agents in 1975 on …
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Joan Baez retired from touring in 2019, but you can still catch the folk icon at special occasions — and in February 2025, Sweet Relief Musicians Fund will honor her with a benefit concert. Taking place on Feb. 8 at San Francisco’s Masonic Auditorium, Baez will perform alongside Emmylou Harris, …
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