Tag: Music

The Weeknd Pushes World Tour to 2022, Expands to Stadiums

“Due to constraints of arenas and the demand for more shows I want to do something bigger and special for you which requires stadiums,” the Weeknd wrote in a recent Instagram post regarding the second postponement of his After Hours ‘Til Dawn Stadium Tour, which was originally rescheduled to begin in January of next year. […]

Rock Hall 2021 Induction Speakers Announced Including Taylor Swift and Paul McCartney

Presenters for this year’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame have been announced.  Taylor Swift and Jennifer Hudson will be inducting Carole King, Paul McCartney will be inducting the Foo Fighters, Dr. Dre will be inducting LL Cool J, Drew Barrymore will be inducting the Go-Go’s, and Angela Bassett will be inducting Tina Turner. In […]

Mt. Westmore New Music Finally Drops on Wednesday

Mt. Westmore, the rap supergroup consisting of Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, E-40, and Too $hort, finally have a new track dropping this week. Teased with a goofy clip of the legendary gang up to antics in space, the track is called “Big Subwoofer” and will be released on October 20th, this Wednesday.  Initial news of […]

Jack White Puts Out New Song “Taking Me Back”

For the first time since 2018, Jack White has released new, solo music. The new track, “Taking Me Back,” appears in the trailer for the video game Call of Duty: Vanguard.  White recorded and produced the song at his Third Man Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, and notably plays every instrument on the track.  “Taking Me […]

Garth Brooks: Randy Travis “Saved” Country Music

Garth Brooks took the honor of presenting Randy Travis with CMT’s 2021 Artist of a Lifetime award very seriously at the 2021 CMT Artists of the Year last week.  “I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Randy Travis singlehandedly saved country music,” Brooks said on stage during his tribute to the country scene […]

Adele’s “Easy On Me” Becomes Most Streamed Song In 24 Hours on Spotify

The world of music news has been overtaken by Adele’s new chapter. In less than 24 hours, the British singer was able to become Spotify’s most-streamed song within a single day—breaking a record previously held by K-pop group BTS for their song “Butter.”  “Easy on Me” also broke a record on Amazon Music by receiving […]

Young Thug Jams With Travis Barker, Gunna, Nate Reuss On SNL Debut

On Saturday, Young Thug made his first appearance on Saturday Night Live one to remember.  The Atlanta rapper performed “Tick Tock” and “Love You More” on the SNL stage, backed up by a diverse posse of other artists Gunna, Nate Reuss (from Fun.), and Travis Barker.  Barker supported Thugger’s 2021 R&B hits with his notoriously […]

Mick Jagger Responds to Paul McCartney’s Dig at The Stones

“…they’re a blues cover band, that’s sort of what the Stones are,” Paul McCartney remarked in an interview last week about the other English rock band that took on the scene around the same time as The Beatles.  During a recent show following McCartney’s comment, Mick Jagger took to the stage to respond, tongue-in-cheek, to […]

Mötley Crüe’s Vince Neil Breaks Ribs After Stage Fall

On Friday, Vince Neil was taken to a nearby hospital after falling off stage during Mötley Crüe’s performance at the Monsters on the Mountain Festival held in Tennessee.  The 60-year-old singer accidentally stepped off the edge of the stage while playing “Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)” early on in the set. Neil fell […]

Paul Simon Turns 80 And Announces New Audiobook — Featuring New Music

This past Wednesday, Paul Simon celebrated his 80th birthday by announcing Miracle and Wonder: Conversations With Paul Simon, a new audiobook collaboration with Malcolm Gladwell.  The five-hour audiobook will feature conversations from over 30 hours of interviews, new music for the first time since 2018, as well as previously unreleased live studio versions of well-loved […]