NEW YORK (AP) — In an open letter to Apple, Taylor Swift has criticized the company's new streaming music service for failing to pay artists for a free three-month trial. Source: Yahoo Music Link: In open letter, Swift criticizes 'shocking' Apple Music
Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell will be forced to miss the opening dates of the band’s summer tour after revealing that he is once again battling cancer. “I’m saddened by the fact that my cancer has returned. However, I’m beyond consolation that its return will prevent me from being able to… Source: RollingStone Link: Def Leppard […]
Taylor Swift has penned an open letter to Apple Music on her Tumblr explaining why her album 1989 won’t be on Apple’s new streaming service when it launches on June 30th. In the long note titled “To Apple, Love Taylor,” Swift takes issue with Apple Music’s free three-month trial for users, a period… Source: RollingStone Link: Taylor Swift […]
Drake made a surprise appearance in his hometown to help accept the best hip-hop video prize for P. Reign’s “DnF,” which he co-directed. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Ed Sheeran, The Weeknd Win Big at Canada's Much Music Video Awards
She called its planned three-month free trial “shocking, disappointing and completely unlike this historically progressive and generous company.” Source: Yahoo Music Link: Taylor Swift Explains Why She Won't Put New Album on Apple Music
Just days after Lauryn Hill dropped her sultry cover of Nina Simone’s “Feeling Good,” the former Fugees singer has unveiled a snippet of another track titled “I’ve Got Life,” a new composition built around Simone’s 1968 single “Ain’t Got No, I Got Life.” “Thought it appropriate to share now,” Hill wrote on her social… Source: RollingStone Link: Lauryn Hill […]
Duran Duran have shared the funky new track “Pressure Off,” the first single off their upcoming 14th studio album Paper Gods. The song was co-produced and co-written by Mark Ronson and Nile Rodgers, and the latter’s trademark riffing and Chic-y flourishes – as well as stunning background vocals supplied by Janelle Monáe – brighten up the… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Duran […]
Paul McCartney and Run the Jewels were among the artists to pay tribute to the victims of the Charleston shooting during their performances at Delaware’s Firefly Festival Friday night. During McCartney’s headlining set, the rocker paused before “The Long and Winding Road” to remember the nine people killed during bible study at Charleston’s… Source: RollingStone Link: Paul McCartney, […]
Sammy Hagar has come to the defense of Michael Anthony after the bassist was at the receiving end of some scathing, hurtful comments from Eddie Van Halen. In a two-minute video titled “In Defense of Mikey,” Hagar stands up for his former Van Halen (and current Chickenfoot) bandmate while also telling Eddie… Source: RollingStone Link: Sammy Hagar […]
Although daydreaming in math class could result in a bad grade, for high-school freshman Taylor Swift it actually led to a Top Ten single, a Number One country album with U.S. sales in excess of five million, and, well, pretty much world domination, all of which began on June 19th,… Source: RollingStone Link: Flashback: Taylor […]