“I’ve never felt like a pop star,” Malcolm Young told Rolling Stone in 2008. “This is a 9-to-5 sort of gig.” Playing with AC/DC, the guitarist stood in the back, stone-faced, holding down the rhythm as his younger brother Angus soloed and stalked the stage in his trademark schoolboy outfit. …
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Patrick Stump was listening to Fall Out Boy‘s almost-complete seventh album, Mania, in July when he realized there was a major problem: It wasn’t very good. “It freaked me out,” the singer says. “I was like, ‘I don’t think this is something the four of us will like, I don’t …
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Panic! At the Disco will release a new live album, All My Friends We’re Glorious, on December 15th. The career-spanning, 21-track LP documents the pop-rock band’s tour behind their fifth LP, 2016’s Death of a Bachelor. The record will be available as a limited-edition double-vinyl and digital download, with a …
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Dead & Company performed a breezy, unhurried rendition of the Grateful Dead standard “Jack Straw” on The Late Show. Former Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir and noted Grateful Dead superfan John Mayer traded lead vocal duties, playing up the contrast between their voices: Weir sang with a pleasant, laid-back rasp; …
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Björkreleased a new video for “Blissing Me,” her new single from her forthcoming album, Utopia. “Blissing Me” follows the release of Utopia‘s first single, “The Gate.“ Directed by Tim Walker and Emma Dalzell and shot in one single take in Iceland, Björk is seen alone against a white backdrop, which …
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Elton John hosted a gala in New York City on Tuesday to commemorate the 25th anniversary of his AIDS foundation. Luminaries from politics (former President Bill Clinton, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo), pop (Maxwell, Billy Joel), and film (Glenn Close, Alec Baldwin) attended the event, according to the Associated Press, …
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Mavis Staples recruited Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy – who wrote and produced the R&B icon’s upcoming LP, If All I Was Was Black – to help perform her new protest song “Build a Bridge” on Tuesday’s Late Show. Staples fronted the performance with subtle elegance, belting politically charged lines over a …
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Kenny Chesney became the first artist to land a live album atop the Billboard 200 in seven years as the country singer’s all-star live LPLive in No Shoes Nation debuted at Number One. Live in No Shoes Nation sold 219,000 copies in its first week of availability, with the bulk …
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UPDATE: Dolly Parton, one of Kirt Webster’s most high-profile clients, has issued a statement about Webster via Twitter. “I’ve worked with Kirt Webster for many years and he has done a wonderful job,” she wrote. “I am hoping that the accusations are not true.” Since the news of sexual misconduct …
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UPDATE: Scott Adkins, the former Vice President of Publicity for Webster PR, has confirmed his exit from the company, effective immediately, and announced the launch of his own publicity firm. Additionally, a representative for Webster PR has issued the following statement clarifying the company’s closure: “Earlier today, it was mistakenly …
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