Paramore’s Hayley Williams has responded to vulgar comments she says NOFX‘s Fat Mike made about her when she was just a teenager. In reflection of Paramore’s co-headlining performance for last year’s pop-punk When We Were Young festival, Williams opened up to Billboard about the mixed feelings she had regarding her band’s return to the emo
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Stevie Nicks has extended her 2023 touring plans to include 14 solo dates across the US. The tour, produced by Live Nation, will kick off on March 15 at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, and make stops in Las Vegas, San Francisco and more, before concluding on June 27 in Louisville, Kentucky at the KFC
U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Mn.) and Mike Lee (R-Ut.) have announced the witnesses for the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing examining the lack of competition in the ticketing industry titled “That’s the Ticket: Promoting Competition and Protecting Consumers in Live Entertainment,” taking place Jan. 24 at 10 a.m. ET and will be livestreamed here. Scheduled witnesses
After teasing the release of two albums this year — one in English and the other in Spanish — Kali Uchis has confirmed her English-language album “Red Moon In Venus” is slated for arrival on March 3 via Geffen Records. The bilingual pop star also unveiled a 20-date headlining trek across North America this spring.
Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Taylor Swift are among the artists nominated at the 13th annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards, which recognize the craft of music supervision in film, television, games, advertising and trailers. All three were recognized in the best song category. “Elvis” and “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” tied with three nominations apiece, including Best Music
Siouxsie, Iggy Pop, Billy Idol, Love and Rockets and Echo & the Bunnymen are among the 1980s new wave notables set to play the 2023 Cruel World festival in Pasadena, Calif. Goldenvoice’s one-day festival returns to Brookside at the Rose Bowl on Saturday, May 20. Also appearing are acts including ABC, Adam Ant, The Human
Primary Wave Music has acquired the rights of two founding members of the Doors, guitarist Robby Krieger and late keyboardist Ray Manzarek, as they pertain to the band. The acquisition includes their interests in the group’s music publishing catalog, recordings, trademarks, and merchandise rights and income, among other things. The deal does not include the interests
Drake’s second concert for SiriusXM at Harlem’s Apollo Theater on Sunday was halted after a fan fell from the venue’s mezzanine balcony into the audience below. According to Insider and other reports, the incident occurred around 90 minutes into the show, just after 21 Savage joined Drake onstage to perform songs from their collaborative album.
James Taylor, John Mayer Trio, Sheryl Crow, Mavis Staples, Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, St. Vincent, Rufus Wainwright, Jim James, Stephen Marley, Gary Clark Jr., Allison Russell, and more will perform at the seventh annual Love Rocks NYC benefit concert for God’s Love We Deliver, taking place at New Yorks’ Beacon Theatre on Thursday, March 9.
Univision has revealed the nominees and ensemble of hosts for the 2023 iteration of the Premio Lo Nuestro awards. Sebastián Yatra leads the list with 10 nominations; he has also been announced as a show host along with returning presenter Alejandra Espinoza, Mexican pop singer Paulina Rubio and actor Adrián Uribe. Bad Bunny, Camilo, Becky
Warner Music Group has announced the acquisition of the recorded-music rights and income streams from the Atlantic Records catalog of progressive-rock icons Yes. The long-running group, which released its first album in 1969, spent a large part of its career with Atlantic, including such classic albums as “Fragile,” “Close to the Edge” and “90125.” The full acquisition
Spotify is undertaking a broad restructuring amid economic uncertainty, announcing that it is cutting 6% of its headcount to reduce costs. In addition, CEO Daniel Ek announced a senior management shakeup. Dawn Ostroff, chief content and advertising business officer, is departing Spotify. Two top execs — Gustav Söderström and Alex Norström — have been elevated
If there’s one word that sums up David Crosby’s state at the very end of his life, it might be: working. That’s according to friends who’d been collaborating with him up until the week — and even the day — that he died. Crosby was not only working on a new album but had assembled
Friends and family of Lisa Marie Presley gathered at Elvis Presley’s Graceland home in Memphis, Tennessee on Sunday to remember and honor her life and legacy. Axl Rose, Billy Corgan and Alanis Morissette paid their respects with musical tributes, while others shared their remembrances with speeches dedicated to the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s only
In Mexican culture, when someone is singing or playing a song that tugs hearts or provokes tears, the instinctive reaction is to let out a prideful, ebullient shout called a grito. The adlib is at the core of age-old mariachi classics from legendary Spanish-language vocalists like Pedro Infante, José Alfredo Jiménez and Vicente Fernandez, to
Drake took New York City on a “journey” through his career at the historic Apollo Theater Saturday night, with help from 21 Savage and Harlem legends the Diplomats. The Toronto rapper tore through his biggest hits and deep cuts (does Drake even have deep cuts?), transforming the stage from his childhood bedroom to a record
The Queen has returned. It’s been four years since Beyoncé’s last headlining show, and her performance at the new Atlantis The Royal Resort in Dubai on Saturday night (Jan. 21) was a fittingly grand return. The star-studded show began Saturday night like a theatrical production. Violinists crowned with metallic gold headpieces and voluminous red skirts
Can a unicorn toy that poops sparkling slime also function as a form of cultural criticism? Or, if that toy tweaks the lyrics of a popular song, is it simply exploiting the market for that song without contributing anything to the cultural discourse? These are the questions that will, sooner or later, be submitted to
When it was time to make a new record, Mac DeMarco stayed away from the studio. Instead, he hit the road, traveling solo from California to Canada to Chicago to Queens, New York. Along the way, he quit nicotine and made a stop at an enormous cabin in Utah, where he was “probably the only
Anyone looking for statistical proof that Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” is a certifiable smash can find it in Spotify’s announcement that the song had broken the record for the most streams in a single week. The service announced Friday morning that, as of Thursday, “Flowers” had become the most-streamed song in a seven-day period in Spotify
Even in the freewheeling 1970s, Thin Lizzy were an utterly unique rock band — and not only because they were fronted by a towering, half-Irish/ half-Brazilian singer-bassist, the late Phil Lynott. A mesmerizing frontman and uncommonly gifted singer and songwriter, his soulful vocals, melodic flair and vivid storytelling were rare for the thundering ‘70s-style arena
Beyond anything else David Crosby did or made in his life, the thing that he will most be remembered for, after dying at the age of 81, is that he had the voice of a bruised and haunted angel – singing alone or when paired with his friends and rivals in the Byrds, Crosby, Stills
Biig Piig is 25-year-old Irish dance-pop artist named Jessica Smyth who’s released a pile of strong singles over the past few years and steps up with her strongest effort to date with the new mixtape, “Bubblegum.” Her distinctively wispy voice and sinewy grooves have created a trademark sound — somewhere between Charli XCX and Pink
The estate of Whitney Houston and Primary Wave will continue to honor the singer with a Grammy-week-long event to celebrate Houston’s 60th birthday, career and life with the “Whitney Houston Hotel,” presented by Sony, with additional sponsors M·A·C Cosmetics, Proflowers, and City National Bank. Taking place at the W Hotel in Hollywood, the week’s events
The Indigo Girls make a far more intriguing subject for a music doc than most who’ve gotten the treatment in recent years, and director Alexandria Bombach doesn’t blow that promise with “It’s Only Life and That’s All,” which got an day-one premiere slot at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. The film celebrates Amy Ray’s and
David Crosby, the legendary musician who died Thursday at the age of 81, grew up in the entertainment industry. His father, Floyd Crosby, was a prominent cinematographer with credits that ranged from “High Noon” and “From Here to Eternity” to “Beach Blanket Bingo” and the TV series “Maverick.” David Crosby had his own moviemaking ambitions
RBD is back and bigger than ever for their much-anticipated “Soy Rebelde” world tour. The Mexican pop group will once again take the stage for a global trek across 26 cities in North, Central, and South America starting in August. The tour, produced by Live Nation, will celebrate the rich 20-year history of RBD, which
Musicians and fans from all over the world have paid tribute to the news of David Crosby’s death on Thursday evening. His close friends and bandmates Graham Nash and Stephen Stills, along with Melissa Etheridge, Brian Wilson, Jason Isbell and many others remembered him as an “unbelievable talent.” As the founding member of two highly
Singer-songwriter-guitarist David Crosby, a founding member of two popular and enormously influential ’60s rock units, the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash (later Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young), has died, his representative says. He was 81 years old. The death came as a surprise to those who followed his very active Twitter account, which he’d
The initial round of performers for the MusiCares Persons of the Year 2023 benefit gala — honoring Motown founder Berry Gordy and the label’s iconic artist Smokey Robinson — have been announced: Jimmie Allen, Brandi Carlile, Chloe X Halle, Sheryl Crow, Four Tops, Lalah Hathaway, The Isley Brothers, Samara Joy, John Legend, Michael Mcdonald, Pj