Arcade Fire and James Murphy work on the intricacies of “Afterlife” in the latest preview of the band’s upcoming documentary, The Reflektor Tapes, which chronicles the making of their last album, Reflektor, and subsequent world tour. The short clip arrives via Arcade Fire Tube and blends studio and live footage, fittingly opening with a perfect… Source: Music […]

On a rainy Saturday in June of 1990, 120,000 rock fans descended onto a field in Knebworth, England, to witness one of the biggest charity shows of all time. It’s not nearly as well-known these days as Live Aid, Live 8, the Concert for New York City or the Concert for… Source: Music News

Black Sabbath have announced “The End,” their farewell tour set to kick off in January. The group is promising concerts that “surpass all previous tours with their most mesmerizing production ever.” The North American leg begins in January in Omaha and ends in February at New York City’s Madison Square Garden…. Source: Music News

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion Tuesday to reinstate a task force that would explore ways to make electronic music festivals safer. It would include reps from county counsel, the sheriff’s department, public health, health services and the fire department, according to San Gabriel Valley… Source: Music News

Alice Cooper and Joe Perry have every right to be jaded. Each has sold millions of records and chalked up hits over several decades. But their eyes still light up when they talk about the recent adventure they shared, recording with one of their childhood heroes. “Paul McCartney just opened up an… Source: Music […]

Slayer has been part of scenes like this before: thrashing guitars at high noon, facing a crowd of shaved heads and tattooed limbs as fans push violently forward, while security struggles (and fails) to shove them back. But here, the walls are lined with barbed wire and smoke fills the air,… Source: Music News

“At the time I was writing the record, I didn’t realize that I was writing an album,” Claudio Sanchez says of the process that led, slowly and uncertainly, to The Color Before the Sun, the new album by prog-pop-metal quartet Coheed and Cambria, out October 16th. In a dramatic departure… Source: Music News

Although the respective career peaks of Sara Evans and REO Speedwagon are separated by a generation (and encompass two entirely different musical genres), one thing both acts have in common are their Midwestern roots. Growing up on her family’s Missouri farm, Evans made her singing debut with the family band at… Source: Music […]