Music News
The Metropolitan Opera Moves Bizet's 'Carmen' to America
The New York Times - 1 Jan 2024 18:36
Starring a magnetic Aigul Akhmetshina, Carrie Cracknell's lethargic staging updates Bizet's opera to present-day America.
Lewis Capaldi shares health update and announces extended version of album
NME - 1 Jan 2024 11:08
"I'm currently taking some time off to focus on my health and wellbeing and it's been going great!" The post Lewis Capaldi shares health update and announces extended version of album appeared first on NME.
Lightning Bug Share Two Demos From Upcoming Album
Stereogum - 1 Jan 2024 20:01
New York indie rockers Lightning Bug released their gauzy, intimate, spectacular 2021 album A Color Of The Sky through Fat Possum, but they’re going truly independent for their next LP. The band revealed as much today ...
Taylor Swift, The Beatles, Elvis & More Artists With the Most Weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200: Full List
Billboard - 1 Jan 2024 23:30
The chart dates back to March 1956, more than 33 years before Swift was born.
Watch: HEART Plays Third Comeback Concert In Seattle
Blabbermouth - 1 Jan 2024 22:46
HEART played its third concert in more than four years Sunday night (December 31) at Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert, California. Fan-filmed video of the entire show can be seen below. According to Setlist.fm, HEART kicked...
JOHN 5: NIKKI SIXX Is 'Pumping Out Amazing Lyrics And Great Music' For M-TLEY CRÜE's Next Release
Blabbermouth - 1 Jan 2024 22:26
M-TLEY CRÜE guitarist John 5 has told Illinois Entertainer in a new interview that he and his bandmates are continuing to work on fresh material. "We have recorded some songs with [longtime M-TLEY CRÜE producer] Bob Ro...
PAUL STANLEY: 'Let's Stop With 'I'm Entitled To My Opinion'. At What Cost To This World?'
Blabbermouth - 1 Jan 2024 22:02
KISS frontman Paul Stanley has warned against disseminating false or unverified information online, saying that it causes immense "damage" to the world. Earlier today (Monday, January 1), Stanley took to his account on X...
Les McCann, Jazz Pioneer Sampled by Notorious B.I.G., Snoop Dogg, and Dr. Dre, Dead at 88
Rolling Stone - 1 Jan 2024 21:31
Musician developed pneumonia a week before his death, according to his manager
A. G. Cook - "Silver Thread Golden Needle"
Stereogum - 1 Jan 2024 21:21
A.G. Cook was pretty busy last year with the release of the Another Pobbles Christmas EP under the name Pobbles, as well as his project Thy Slaughter with Easyfun sharing the album Soft Rock. The prolific producer is kic...
Premature Evaluation: The Smile Wall Of Eyes
Stereogum - 1 Jan 2024 20:31
They’re just messing around. That’s a good thing. The freedom to explore without the burden of expectations is healthy -- enjoyable for the listener, too, if you have interest in hearing some of music’s most singul...
Kirk Franklin Jokes That He Could Be Plies' 'Daddy'
Complex - 1 Jan 2024 20:30
The gospel artist spoke on Shannon Sharpe's podcast 'Club Shay Shay' about the hilarious likelihood of him and Plies being related.
White White Baby: Vanilla Ice Performed At New Year's Eve Mar-A-Lago Party, Promptly Slandered
Hip-Hop Wired - 1 Jan 2024 20:23
It’s not as if Vanilla Ice would ever have credibility in the Hip-Hop community. But perhaps to compound that fact, there was the man born Robert Van Winkle performing at Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago for its New Year’...
LARS ULRICH Is 'Blown Away' By Unexpected Influx Of Messages About His Father
Blabbermouth - 1 Jan 2024 19:53
Lars Ulrich has thanked everyone for their messages of support following the death of his father, Torben Ulrich. On Sunday (December 31), Lars shared the following message on his social media: "Since my dad's passing 10 ...
TONY IOMMI Says That Box Set Of TONY MARTIN-Era BLACK SABBATH Albums Will Finally Arrive In May
Blabbermouth - 1 Jan 2024 19:36
Legendary BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi has shared a year-end video message in which he outlined some of the projects that kept him busy during the last 12 months. The 75-year-old musician, who was diagnosed with ea...
Watch Billy Corgan Perform With Wizzo The Wizard On NBC Chicago's NYE Broadcast
Stereogum - 1 Jan 2024 19:13
Chicagoans and anyone with access to Chicago’s WGN-TV growing up likely remember Bozo The Clown, the longstanding children’s TV character popularized by the late Larry Harmon. Real Bozo heads will also remember Wizzo...
Les McCann, a Jazz Pianist and Singer, Dies at 88
The New York Times - 1 Jan 2024 19:06
He released more than 50 albums but had his greatest commercial success with "Compared to What," a recording that came together at the last minute in 1969.
Anderson Cooper Laughs Until He Cries After John Mayer Calls in From a Cat Cafe on New Year's
Rolling Stone - 1 Jan 2024 18:48
Mayer, meanwhile, was totally straight-faced as a bunch of tabbies crawled all over him at a Tokyo bar
See Photos From 'Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2024′
Billboard - 1 Jan 2024 18:35
The NYE party included performances from NewJeans, Megan Thee Stallion, Jelly Roll, Sabrina Carpenter, LL Cool J, Cardi B, Green Day & more.
Phish Played A Gamehenge Set For The First Time In 30 Years At MSG New Year's Eve Show
Stereogum - 1 Jan 2024 17:56
Trey Anastasio’s senior project at Goddard College in 1987 was a song cycle called The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday. The music tells the story of a retired Long Island military man named Colonel Forbin who enters the...
Trump Supporters Have a Meltdown After Green Day Slam 'MAGA Agenda' During New Year's Show
Rolling Stone - 1 Jan 2024 17:36
The band changed the lyrics to their 2004 song "American Idiot" while performing on ABC's Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest
Joey Jordison's estate suing Slipknot for profiting off his death
NME - 1 Jan 2024 16:27
"It made no sense why Crahan and Taylor would treat Jordison with such disdain, especially in light of Jordison's declining health," the suit alleges The post Joey Jordison’s estate suing Slipknot for profiting off his...
The Number Ones: Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know" (Feat. Kimbra)
Stereogum - 1 Jan 2024 16:06
In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: The Number Ones...