Five Finger Death Punch and Breaking Benjamin took part in the summer portion of the biggest North American outdoor amphitheater rock tour of 2018 and provided a generous donation to two charity organizations. As a result they chose to donate a portion of their ticket sales.A donation of $95,000 to Concerns of Police Survivors was […]
JR Smith says NBA will fine him for new tattoo of Supreme brand logo
JR Smith of the Cleveland Cavaliers got a new tattoo on his right calf during the off season, and it appears to be costing Smith more than just the price of the ink. Smith revealed on his Instagram account Saturday that the NBA has threatened discipline for the tattoo he got of the logo for […]
Stairway to the Courtroom
Led Zeppelin’s classic 1971 song “Stairway to Heaven” is climbing the stairway back to court yet again. A new trial has been ordered by the United States appeals court regarding copyright issues with the record. Likely to have stemmed back from a 2016 case in which Led Zeppelin was accused of stealing the iconic acoustic […]
A Few Things to Know About the Billboard Charts This Week
1. “Reaching this milestone again is a dream for this band,” Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine tells Billboard of the group’s return to No. 1 on the Hot 100 (with its first leader in six years). 4. As “Killshot” bounds in at No. 3, Eminem earns his 20th Hot 100 top 10, a run that began with […]
This Day In Music History – October 1st
1962 –The Beach Boys album “Surfin’ Safari” was released. It was their first album release. 1964 – Vee Jay Records released the album “The Beatles Vs. The Four Seasons.” 1969 – “Abbey Road” by the Beatles was released in the U.S. It was released a week earlier in England. 1970 – Jimi Hendrix was buried in Seattle, WA. 1970 – Curtis […]
Carrie Underwood se convierte en la primera artista femenina del país en ser la artista número uno del Top 100
Carrie Underwood ha tenido bastante agitada las últimas semanas. Su sexto álbum de estudio, Cry Pretty, ha hecho de ella la primera artista country femenina en alcanzar el número 1 en la lista Artist 100 de Billboard. No es frecuente que los artistas country tengan este título. Y típicamente, la música country ha sido dominada […]
How ‘Black Panther’ Has Already Changed Hollywood According To The Box Office
Per the just-released trailer teaser, we’ve also seen the first trailer for Dark Phoenix on The Late Late Show with James Corden. The release date has been set to hit theatres February 14th, 2019, having been rescheduled from November 2nd, 2018. People are speculating that the opening weekend of Sony’s Venom would be the perfect place to debut the first look at the […]
Ella Mai’s ‘Boo’d Up’ Ties For Most Weeks at No. 1 by a Woman On R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Chart
Ella Mai’s “Boo’d Up” ties for the longest-running No. 1 among songs by women on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart since the list’s inception in 1992. The single logs its 15th week in charge on the chart dated Sept. 29, matching the run of Mary J. Blige’s “Be Without You” from January – April 2006. “Boo’d” holds on […]
“Weird Al” Yankovic Stars in Weezer’s Video for “Africa”
“Africa”, legendary song that won’t stop for anyone, newly covered by Weezer has unveiled a new video for their cover of the Toto hit. The visual, directed by Brendan Walter and Jade Ehlers, is a re-creation of the Weezer’s iconic video for their 1994 single “Undone (The Sweater Song)”, but this time around with “Weird Al” Yankovic starring as an accordion-playing Rivers Cuomo, […]
Hozier talks brand new EP, ‘Nina Cried Power’
Andrew Hozier-Byrne (a.k.a. Hozier), the Irish songwriter, has recently stopped by the Corus studio to chat with Tom Schenck about what’s going on with him, and what’s to come in 2019. Hozier is celebrating the release of his third studio EP, Nina Cried Power, along with the commencement of a North American tour featuring several Canadian gigs. […]