The Greatest Showman continues to blow past all odds and expectations. Since opening in theaters in December last year, the musical film — despite drawing largely tepid responsesfrom critics — has broken a litany of box office records and music chart records; its success has been so ludicrous that lead …
Read More »'Stairway to Heaven' Recording Console Heads to Auction
The recording console used during the making of Led Zeppelin‘s IV – including “Stairway to Heaven” – and Bob Marley and the Wailers’ Catch a Fire will hit the auction block in December. The HeliosCentric console is actually an “amalgamation” of two separate Helios consoles – Island Records’ Basing Street …
Read More »Kiss Expand Final Tour With New North American Dates
Kiss expanded their farewell “End of the Road” tour with a new round of 2019 North American dates. The second leg launches August 6th in Sunrise, Florida and wraps September 16th in Oakland, California. General public tickets go on sale starting Monday, December 3rd at 10 a.m. local time. The …
Read More »Flashback: Bob Seger Performs 'Still the Same' in 1978
Not a lot of major rock stars would launch a tour the day before Thanksgiving, as Bob Seger is doing tonight, but he has never been one to play by the rules. This is a guy that kept his music offline for nearly two decades after Napster forever changed the …
Read More »Hear Lady Gaga Cover 'Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood' With Trumpeter Brian Newman
Trumpeter Brian Newman teams with Lady Gaga for a jazzy rendition of “Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood,” one of the cuts that feature on the musician’s just-released new album Showboat. Gaga’s vocal prowess and Newman’s horn skills take center stage on the powerful version of the track popularized by …
Read More »John Lennon's Killer: 'I Know What Shame Is Now'
Mark David Chapman, who shot and killed John Lennon in 1980, recently told a parole board that he finally felt regret for what he did. “Thirty years ago I couldn’t say I felt shame and I know what shame is now,” he said at a hearing in August.“It’s where you …
Read More »Watch Jerry Garcia Talk Altamont, Hells Angels in Previously Unreleased Interview
Jerry Garcia talks Woodstock and Altamont, the San Francisco music scene and the Grateful Dead‘s relationship with fringe political groups in a previously unreleased interview set to appear on the deluxe edition of Amir Bar-Lev’s Grateful Dead documentary, Long Strange Trip. The deluxe edition will be released November 16th exclusively …
Read More »Panda Bear Previews New Album 'Buoys' With Breezy Song 'Dolphin'
Panda Bear will release his new album Buoys, the Animal Collective member’s first solo album in four years, in February 2019. Ahead of Buoys‘ arrival, the artist born Noah Lennox also unveiled the album’s breezy first single “Dolphin.” Buoys also reunites Panda Bear with co-producer Rusty Santos; the pair last …
Read More »On the Charts: Andrea Bocelli Stakes First Number One With 'Si'
Over a quarter-century into Andrea Bocelli’s career, the Italian opera singer finally notched his first Number One album as Si opened atop the Billboard 200. Si, Bocelli’s 26th album on the Billboard 200, sold 126,000 total copies – including 123,000 traditional copies – to give classical music its first in …
Read More »Watch Ariana Grande Talk Anxiety, Perform 'Sweetener' Songs on BBC Special
Ariana Grande talked anxiety, Manchester and Madonna and performed songs from her Sweetener with an all-female orchestra on the singer’s hour-long BBC special, which premiered Thursday night. During the interview portion of the special, Grande talked at length about mental health and her own struggles with anxiety. “It feels so …
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