Name Wesley Schultz Best known for Bearing a strong resemblance to Princess Bride main character also named “Wesley,” Cary Elwes: “AS YOU WISHHHH…” Current City I live in Denver, CO, am currently on tour in Grand Rapids, MI. Really want to be in Daydreaming of being in South Africa at a vineyard drinking copious amounts of wine or on […]
As expected, Paramore has announced its first tour since 2018, which includes previously confirmed appearances at the Austin City Limits and When We Were Young festivals this fall. The trek begins Oct. 2 in Bakersfield, Calif., and wraps Nov. 19 at the Corona Capital festival in Mexico City. Fans are encouraged to sign up for […]
Marcus King has released a new single, “Blood on the Tracks,” co-written with famed songwriter Desmond Child (Bon Jovi, Kiss, Aerosmith). The song, accompanied by a music video filmed at Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound studio, follows King out of a toxic relationship and onto a metaphorical train to start anew. [embedded […]
English singer-songwriter Beth Orton unveiled the newest track from her forthcoming album Weather Alive. It’s Orton’s first LP in six years, and is out Sept. 23. [embedded content][embedded content] The nearly six-minute “Forever Young” features Orton’s searing vocals ringing through an old synth performed by ambient artist Dustin O’Halloran. Grey McMurray took on the track’s […]
TikTok users let out a collective scream of joy today (July 14) with the news that Beyoncé has finally joined the social media platform. The artist’s entire catalog, including her recent hit single “Break My Soul,” is now at the disposal of TikTok’s billions of content creators, who have wasted no time adding her music […]
Updating an earlier version of this story, the surviving members of Pantera’s classic-era lineup, vocalist Phil Anselmo and bassist Rex Brown, will reunite for a 2023 tour with longtime Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Zakk Wylde and Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante, Billboard reports. The legendary hard rock group disbanded in acrimony in 2003, and founding members/brothers “Dimebag” […]
Pearl Jam has rescheduled its planned March 26, 2020 show at Harlem’s famed Apollo Theater for Sept. 10 and will broadcast it live on its long-running SiriusXM channel Pearl Jam Radio as part of the company’s Small Stage Series. The performance at the intimate, 1,500-capacity venue will be open only to SiriusXM subscribers and contest […]
In this ongoing series, we revisit some of our most memorable moments with SPIN’s journalists, photographers and editors. Writer Rory Nugent started working with SPIN in 1993, brought in by our then Features Editor Elizabeth Mitchell. He hit it off with Editor in Chief Bob Guccione Jr, who was looking for the right writer to […]
The Black Keys paid tribute to their dear friend and collaborator, the late musician/producer Richard Swift, by covering his song “Broken Finger Blues” for the first time ever Thursday night (July 14) at Red Rocks Amphitheatre just outside of Denver. The track was largely sung by special guest Nathaniel Rateliff, whose 2015 self-titled album with […]
Drake continues to give back to his Toronto hometown. The superstar artist today (July 13) announced the three-day October World Weekend at two different Toronto venues on July 28-29 and Aug. 2, with a huge lineup of friends and collaborators. All Canadian North Stars will perform on opening night at the Drake-conceptualized History, while Lil […]