Aerosmith was already planning to celebrate its 50th anniversary this year with a return to the concert stage, and now the group has announced an extensive archival video series, 50 Years Live!: From the Aerosmith Vaults. The project begins July 29 with the debut of Live From the Summit, Houston, TX, 1977, which will be […]
Pat Benatar fans won’t get to enjoy the soon-to-be Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s biggest hit in concert for the time being, as the artist is omitting “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” from her live set lists due to the recent spate of mass shootings in the United States. The Eddie Schwartz-penned song, […]
I was a pretty lost and reckless high school student back in the day, but I was lucky, too. I’d managed to get into the High School of Music & Art (one of nine specialized high schools in New York City where you have to pass a test to get in). I was a voice […]
“I learned my lesson. I’m never going to write for less-than-perfect women ever again; less-than-likable [women].” That’s a quote from Breaking Bad creator and Better Call Saul co-creator Vince Gilligan way back in 2014 during that summer’s Television Critics Association press tour. He said it before the public had seen as much of a second […]
Pearl Jam has canceled a second show after singer Eddie Vedder damaged his throat last Sunday during the band’s Lollapalooza Paris set. An announcement posted on the band’s social media says Pearl Jam hoped to resume its European tour tomorrow in Prague, but Vedder’s voice still hasn’t returned. “He has seen a doctor in Prague […]
The sounds of construction ring out around Nuno Bettencourt. The guitar player, most notably of Extreme and Rihanna fame, is in Sete Cicades, a volcanic crater on an island in his birthplace of Azores, Portugal. Bettencourt is in the final stretch of building Atlantis Concert for Earth, a two-day event focused on conservation, which will […]
Hours after Beyoncé unveiled the track list for her upcoming album Renaissance, Apple Music has published the album credits, which reveal a host of superstar songwriting collaborators such as Drake, Jay-Z and Pharrell Williams. Beyoncé’s husband Jay-Z is credited on the songs “Alien Superstar,” “America Has a Problem” and first single “Break My Soul,” while […]
Last week, Billie Eilish teased on Instagram that she was working with her brother and longtime collaborator FINNEAS on… something. Today (July 21), she unveiled two new songs on an EP titled Guitar Songs: “TV,” which was performed several times on Eilish’s recent European tour, and “The 30th,” which has never been heard. “FINNEAS and […]
When it comes to veteran punk rockers with non-musical gigs they’re passionate about, Erik “Smelly” Sandin has a resume longer than most. From motocross to boxing, the NOFX drummer has often found secondary careers to keep him busy when he isn’t on tour. But when COVID-19 forced the band into a lengthy break for the […]
Muse take it back to its harder-rocking roots on their new single “Kill or Be Killed,” which is out today (July 21), accompanied by a video shot during a recent appearance at the Isle of Wight Festival. “Kill or Be Killed” is the latest pre-release track from Muse’s upcoming album Will of the People, which […]