Billy Idol has taken a step back from his upcoming tour with Journey, as he reports needing surgery for a chronic sinus infection. “I am absolutely gutted that I won’t be able to perform the upcoming dates with Journey as planned,” Idol said in a statement. Initially, the rocker was set to begin the Freedom […]
Yesterday came the announcement of the 2022 nominations for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, featuring a long list of some of music’s most beloved names across all genres. To be eligible for this year’s class of inductees, artists or bands have to have released their first commercial recording by 1996. In addition to ballots […]
Aerosmith has just announced that they will be regretfully canceling their summer 2022 European tour due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its concerns. “It is with deep regret we must announce that our European Tour, scheduled to take place in June and July 2022, has been canceled,” the band said in a statement. “We […]
According to analytics service Viberate, Queen is the most-played rock band on radio around the world and the fourth most-played artist across all genres. “We crunched the annual numbers behind every relevant music and social media channel, from Spotify to Beatport and TikTok, and drew conclusions regarding music industry trends and markets in 2022,” the […]
Joni Mitchell has officially joined Neil Young in the boycott against Spotify’s relationship with Joe Rogan and his podcast, which has been known to spread disinformation about COVID-19 and vaccinations. “Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives,” the Canadian musician wrote in a statement. “I stand in solidarity with Neil Young […]
As a companion piece to his online slot game of the same name released just last year, Alice Cooper has just dropped a new spoken-word album titled Alice Cooper and the Tome of Madness. Cooper’s Tome of Madness game is a slot machine with a dark backstory. The rocker is writing his memoirs in a strange journal (the […]
As of Wednesday, Spotify has removed all of Neil Young’s music after the iconic rocker gave the streaming platform an ultimatum between himself and Joe Rogan, who has been accused of spreading false information about COVID-19 vaccines. “Losing 60% of worldwide streaming income by leaving SPOTIFY is a very big deal, a costly move, but […]
Although the Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour has just picked up where it last left off in 2020, Elton John has had to postpone it even further due to recently testing positive for COVID-19. In a reported statement, John’s representatives have reassured that the iconic singer is fully vaccinated, boosted, and is only experiencing mild […]
Neil Young, fed up with podcast host Joe Rogan’s spread of COVID misinformation, has officially given the streaming platform Spotify an ultimatum: him or Rogan. “I am doing this because Spotify is spreading fake information about vaccines – potentially causing death to those who believe the disinformation being spread by them,” a note written by […]
Meat Loaf, the iconic rocker, died on Thursday surrounded by loving family and friends. He was 74. His daughter, Amanda Aday, recently shared some of her sweetest memories of her famous father, saying that he was a “complex man with a lot of passion, who wore his heart on his sleeve” throughout his life. “So, he […]