The Chemical Brothers will return to Montreal for the first time in 17 years to headline this year’s Osheaga Music and Arts Festival. The three-day festival, now in its 14th year, has also booked Childish Gambino and The Lumineers to take top billing at Parc Jean-Drapeau. J Balvin, Tame Impala, …
Read More »4 Essential Books for Motley Crue Fans
Thanks to a new documentary on Netflix, metal band Mötley Crüe has enjoyed a resurgence this month, with the four founding members once again generating some buzz in the press, almost 40 years after they first hit the scene. In the four decades since their founding, Mötley Crüe has become …
Read More »Dubai Government Denies R. Kelly's Claim of Booked Concerts
The Dubai government issued a statement Sunday denying that R. Kelly had booked concerts in the United Arab Emirates city, as his legal team claimed. “Authorities in Dubai have not received any request for a performance by singer R. Kelly nor are there any venues that have been booked,” the …
Read More »Tame Impala Breeze Back With Summery New Single 'Patience'
The wait is over: Four years after Tame Impala leveled up to a new tier of sparkling psychedelic pop with 2015’s Currents, the Australian act has released a new single. “Patience” takes the sleek studio advances of Currentsand leapfrogs further: If that album was where Kevin Parker went from a …
Read More »Hear the Last Poets' Sobering New Rallying Cry 'For the Millions'
In 2018, pioneering spoken-word collective the Last Poets returned with their first album in more than 20 years. Now the group — consisting of Seventies-era members Abiodun Oyewole and Umar Bin Hassan, along with percussionist Baba Donn Babatunde and a slew of collaborators, including renowned avant-jazz bassist Jamaladeen Tacuma — …
Read More »Lollapalooza 2019: Ariana Grande, Childish Gambino, Tame Impala, Strokes to Headline
Ariana Grande, Childish Gambino, the Strokes and Tame Impala are among the headliners at Lollapalooza 2019, taking place August 1st through 4th at Grant Park in Chicago. Other top-billed performers include Twenty One Pilots, J Balvin, Flume and the Chainsmokers, as well as Lil Wayne, Janelle Monáe, Kacey Musgraves, Meek …
Read More »Flashback: See Dick Dale Ride 'Pulp Fiction' Wave With Thrilling 'Miserlou'
Wearing his trademark headband and a leather jacket, Dick Dale played a thrilling rendition of his hit “Miserlou” — the theme music for Pulp Fiction — on the U.K. music variety show Jools’ Annual Hootenanny in 1995. The guitarist, who died on Sunday, shakes his ponytail, he hollers and he …
Read More »R. Kelly: Judge Allows Cameras in Courtroom for Sex Abuse Trial
The judge overseeing the sex abuse charges against R. Kelly ruled Friday that cameras will be allowed in the courthouse during the trial, despite objections from two of Kelly’s alleged victims. “The coverage is allowed for March 22 [the next hearing] and all subsequent proceedings,” Judge Lawrence Flood ruled Friday, …
Read More »The Rolling Stones Gather Hits, Live Tracks for New Best-Of LP 'Honk'
The Rolling Stones will release a new best-of compilation LP, Honk, on April 19th via Polydor/Interscope. The career-spanning project is available as a single-CD and 2-LP edition featuring 20 songs, along with a deluxe 3-CD/4-LP set with 46 cuts. Both versions boast eight top 10 singles (“Brown Sugar,” “Tumbling Dice,” …
Read More »Tool Plot 2019 North American Tour
Tool will embark on a short North American tour this spring as they continue to prep their long-awaited new album, Pitchfork reports. The trek opens May 5th with a set at Welcome to Rockville in Jacksonville, Florida. The band will play a mix of festivals and headlining shows over the …
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