In December of 2011, Metallica celebrated their 30th anniversary with a four-night stand in their hometown of San Francisco. They could have easily packed a stadium many times over to commemorate the occasion, but they opted to play the Fillmore, which seats just over 1,000 people. The lucky few in attendance… Source: RollingStone Link: Flashback: Metallica […]
On his 1988 self-titled debut, Malian singer Ali Farka Touré introduced the world to desert blues, invoking John Lee Hooker comparisons with a finger-picked guitar style that captivated audiences from the Sahara to the United States. His son Vieux, born in 1981, soon followed his father into music, but at… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Malian […]
The 2015 Stagecoach country music festival was a sell-out this year, as some of Nashville’s biggest names — and a few of rock’s finest — took the stage at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California — the same venue that hosted the eclectic Coachella music festival just a few days earlier. Dierks… Source: RollingStone Link: Stagecoach 2015: […]
Migos have postponed their planned North American May tour with OG Maco to July, though the new dates and locations have yet to be determined. “Due to circumstances beyond our control, we are postponing this tour until July,” the Atlanta rap trio said in a statement. “We want to be at… Source: RollingStone Link: Migos […]
Fifteen years after the release of his debut album, Country Grammar, Nelly is gearing up to record a proper country record. The news arrived earlier this week courtesy of the rapper’s new manager, J. Erving, who announced Nelly’s crossover plans during an interview with Billboard. “He’s a free agent on the label side… Source: RollingStone Link: […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Concert promoter and ticket seller Live Nation said Tuesday that it bought a controlling stake in annual music festival Bonnaroo. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Live Nation buys stake in Bonnaroo music festival
A little over two decades ago, Blind Melon were one of rock’s most promising new acts. Their laidback, jammy single “No Rain” was an MTV hit thanks to a whimsical cameo by a nine-year-old girl in a bee costume, and they secured a slot at Woodstock ’94 and tours with… Source: RollingStone Link: See Blind […]
It’s been a whirlwind two years for Chelsea Wolfe. Since the 2013 release of her breakthrough third album, Pain Is Beauty, the singer-songwriter has toured with Queens of the Stone Age, released a surreal 50-minute film, Lone, and had a song, “Feral Love,” featured in trailers for the hit HBO series… Source: RollingStone Link: Chelsea Wolfe […]
Blur will play their first North American show since 2013 – and only their third on the continent since 2003 – at Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg this Friday, May 1st. The gig came together quickly after the band booked a Tonight Show performance for this Thursday, says bassist Alex James. “We… Source: RollingStone Link: Blur Announce […]
Imagine the U.S. government rounding up Madonna, Kanye West, Billy Joel and Prince and murdering them based on their occupation. In Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock and Roll, John Pirozzi’s captivating new documentary on the life of Cambodian musicians before and during the reign of the Khmer Rouge,… Source: RollingStone Link: New Doc […]