During Sting‘s Friday night appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the singer and late-night host put a twist on the Police’s 1979 hit “Walking on the Moon” with “Two Stings on the Moon.” Set against a backdrop of the moon and stars, both Sting and Fallon sported astronaut …
Read More »Taylor Swift Gives Tour of Nashville Stomping Grounds on 'Good Morning America'
Taylor Swift dropped her highly anticipated single “ME!” Thursday night, featuring Brendon Urie and accompanied by a Dave Meyers-directed video. In celebration of her new song, Swift appeared in a Good Morning Americasegment on Friday that was, true to the song, all about her. “I was 11 when I first …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Katy Perry and Zedd, '365'
Katy Perry hasn’t had thebest couple of years, musically speaking. In comparison to the pop smashes of her past, her fifth albumWitness fell flat, in terms of both content and sales. It was her first album since she performed under the name Katy Hudson to fall short of platinum status, …
Read More »Los Angeles Proclaims 'The Specials Day'
Ska fans, rejoice! Los Angeles City Council has announced that this May 29th will be forever known as “The Specials Day” in honor of the U.K. band the Specials. Formed in Britain in the late 1970s, the Specials gained fame for their signature blend of punk, reggae and anti-racist politics, …
Read More »They Were a Small Indie Band in New York. Then Beyonce Made a Request
About two months ago, Emily Sprague, the singer-songwriter behind the New York-based indie collective Florist, received an email from her publishing company with the subject line “‘Thank You’ for Confidential Project.’” When Sprague opened the email, she was shocked. “I started reading and saw Beyoncé’s name, and I was just …
Read More »Aldous Harding Sings on the Cliffs of Dover in New 'Fixture Picture' Video
New Zealand singer-songwriter Aldous Harding delivers a mesmerizing performance against the unreal backdrop of the Cliffs of Dover in England in the new video for “Fixture Picture.” Co-directed by Harding and Jack Whiteley, the clip opens with a long, slow zoom on the musician as she sits in a field, …
Read More »Neil Young and Crazy Horse to Record New Album
Neil Young and Crazy Horse are going to enter the studio in the near future and record their first new album since 2012’s Psychedelic Pill. Young confirmed the news on his Neil Young Archives website in a response to a reader’s letter asking about his future recording plans. “Crazy Horse …
Read More »Hear 'Janey Don't You Lose Heart' From Bruce Springsteen's New Live Album
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band had been on the road for well over a year when the Born In The USA tour wrapped up with a four-night stand at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in late September 1985. Springsteen was at the absolute pinnacle of his success after …
Read More »Radiohead, Stevie Nicks, the Cure, Janet Jackson Enter Rock Hall at Epic Ceremony
Trent Reznor was nearly done inducting the Cure into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when he went off on a slight tangent to talk about the institution itself. “I think it’s only right for me to admit that I’ve been, let’s say, ambivalent about the existence of certain …
Read More »Deadmau5 Plots North American Tour With New Cube V3 Show
Deadmau5 will embark on a North American tour this fall with his new “Cube V3” live show. The 16-city trek launches September 12th at the Southside Ballroom in Dallas, Texas and includes two nights in Austin, three nights in Los Angeles, plus stops in cities like Denver, Houston, Washington, D.C. …
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