Following the recent death of Grease and music star Olivia Newton-John, Sleater-Kinney and comedian Fred Armisen joined Courtney Barnett on stage Sunday (Aug. 21) for a cover of the icon’s 1981 hit single “Physical.” Sleater-Kinney’s Corin Tucker, Armisen and Barnett donned ’80s neon headbands during the performance at Marymoor Park in Redmond, Wash. Funny guy Armisen did some jumping […]
This week on SPIN Presents Lipps Service, host Scott Lipps caught up with pop sensation Grace Vanderwaal, after attending her epic New York City show marking the release of her new single, “Lion’s Den.” Most people know Vanderwaal from winning America’s Got Talent at age 12. Her ukulele performance won over judge Simon Cowell, who […]
Following their Oct. 1 headlining set at the Ohana Festival in Dana Point, Calif., Eddie Vedder and his solo band Earthlings will continue the festivities with newly announced shows on Oct. 5 at Vino Robles Amphitheater in Paso Robles, Calif., and Oct. 7 at Dolby Live at MGM Park in Las Vegas. All public tickets […]
The environmental benefit The Big Climate Thing, “a concert for people and the planet” scheduled for Sept. 16-18 at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in New York, has been postponed until 2023. “The artists, climate movement leaders, and partners of this event take the responsibility of representing those fighting for survival on the front lines of […]
As tipped here last week, The National has released the new song “Weird Goodbyes” featuring Bon Iver, which the band has already been playing live minus Justin Vernon during its summer world tour. “It’s about letting go of the past and moving on, then later being overwhelmed by second thoughts,” says frontman Matt Berninger of […]
Fresh off six sold-out, guest-filled performances at London’s Wembley Stadium, Coldplay has extended their Music of the Spheres tour with European stadium dates next year. The trek will resume May 17, 2023, in Coimbra, Portugal and run through July 15-16 in Amsterdam. Tickets go on sale Thursday (Aug. 25). As previously reported, Coldplay brought out […]
When an artist goes eight years between albums, the obvious question is: what did they spend all that time doing aside from making music? For Marketa Irglova, the answer is, well, a little bit of everything. Irglova, whose music with Glen Hansard as The Swell Season powered the 2007 film Once to critical acclaim and […]
Slipknot employs an army of masked women, a dark, creepy mansion, ghostly figures engulfed in flames, a turntable solo and an out-of-tune toy piano to ghoulish effect in the video for the song “Yen,” directed by band member M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan. It’s the second pre-release track from the masked hard rock band’s upcoming album, […]
Coldplay has been bringing out special guests such as H.E.R., Craig David and Natalie Imbruglia during its six-night stint at Wembley Stadium, and at the penultimate show last night (Aug. 20), the band introduced comedian Steve Coogan — in character as the beloved Alan Partridge. Joined by musicians Jacob Collier and Nicole Lawrence, the makeshift […]
When Dr. Dre was rushed to the hospital on Jan. 4, 2021, after suffering a brain aneurysm, he quickly assured fans that he was “doing great.” It turns out that the original diagnosis was far more grim than even the legendary rapper and producer knew at the time. Dre opened up about the severity of […]