My Chemical Romance will perform at three major U.S. festivals next year promoted by Danny Wimmer Presents, including Welcome to Rockville in Daytona Beach, Fl., Sonic Temple in Columbus, Oh., and Louder Than Life on a September date to be announced in Louisville, Ky. The news was conveyed via the main stage video screens at […]
Taylor Swift fans will descend on cinemas worldwide next month for release party events tied to her new album, The Life of a Showgirl. The Oct. 3-5 screenings are dubbed Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of Showgirl and will include an 89-minute program led by the unseen “The Fate of Ophelia” video. Describing the happenings […]
On the heels of a collaboration at the MTV Video Music Awards, rising U.K. star YUNGBLUD and Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Aerosmith are crossing the generational divide again with a five-song EP, One More Time, which will be released by Capitol on Nov. 21. The lead single, “My Only Angel,” is out now. […]
Artists both familiar and new will be on display when NBC’s Saturday Night Live returns for its 51st season this fall. Bad Bunny will serve as host and Doja Cat as musical guest for the debut episode on Oct. 4. Bunny is about to wrap a historic residency in his home country of Puerto Rico […]
U2 will be honored with the 2025 Woody Guthrie Prize during an Oct. 21 ceremony at Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, Ok., and group members Bono and the Edge will be on hand to accept. The award is given annually to artists who “best exemplify Guthrie’s spirit and work by speaking for the less fortunate through music, […]
Madonna spent the first 24 years of her career on Warner Bros. Records, but after nearly two decades with Interscope, the artist is returning to her original home. The first fruit of the deal will be Madonna’s new, as-yet-untitled dance album, which Warner will release at some point in 2026. “From being a struggling artist […]
Ozzy Osbourne and his family pull back the curtain on the final years of his life in the Paramount+ documentary OZZY: NO ESCAPE FROM NOW, the first trailer for which is out now. The Tania Alexander-directed film will be released Oct. 7, less than three months after Osbourne’s death at the age of 76. “The […]
Yes, you’re reading this correctly: the Avett Brothers have teamed with eclectic Faith No More/Mr. Bungle vocalist Mike Patton to form AVTT/PTTN, whose self-titled debut album will be released Nov. 14 through Thirty Tigers in association with Ramseur Records and Ipecac Recordings. The lead single, “Eternal Love,” can be sampled below. The musicians are said […]
After their final shows as a unit in December. the four members of Refused will all remain together in a brand new band. Drummer David Sandström broke the news on Instagram while announcing details of their last gigs in their native Sweden before the end of the year. “We ([guitarist] Mattias [Bärjed], [bassist] Magnus [Flagge], […]
Acclaimed Stockholm-based artist/producer/composer Joel Danell, who records as Sven Wunder, is rarely absent from his studio without good reason. But for the past several weeks, he’s dedicated nearly every day to preparing for his first live performances in the U.S., which begin Saturday (Sept. 20) in Philadelphia as part of Freddie Gibbs and the Alchemist’s […]