Country music tours continue to generate big bucks, but according to Forbes, the real money is in the boxing ring. The financial publication’s latest list of world’s highest-paid celebrities is topped by the one-two punch of boxer Floyd Mayweather at Number One, pulling in $300 million for his May victory… Source: Music News
Dead Weather to Return With New Album 'Dodge & Burn'
The Dead Weather will return in September with their long-promised third full-length, Dodge & Burn. The band has issued two singles over the past few years, with the record containing remixed versions of all four of those songs (A sides: “Open Up (That’s Enough)” and “Buzzkill(er)”), as well as eight yet-to-be-announced new… Source: Music News
13 Seriously Effed Up Facts About ‘Scream’
Here are 13 things you never knew about “Scream.” Source: MTV Movie News
Barack Obama Pens Tribute to 'Iconic' Grateful Dead
As the Grateful Dead prepare to bid you goodnight with one final Fare Thee Well show at Chicago’s Soldier Field Sunday night, President Barack Obama, a longtime Chicagoan, has paid tribute to the long-running jam legends with a message congratulating the group on their 50th anniversary and enduring legacy. “Here’s to fifty years of… Source: Music […]
Foo Fighters Celebrate 20th Anniversary at All-Star Washington D.C. Gig
Dave Grohl is the kind of affable, down-to-earth rock star who you might not expect to indulge in grand gestures like, say, having a special throne built for him to sit in while performing. But that’s just the extravagant stage prop he unveiled on Saturday night at Washington, D.C.’s RFK Stadium,… Source: Music News
Dr. Dre Praises J Dilla, Talks N.W.A Biopic on 'Pharmacy'
Dr. Dre opened up The Pharmacy Saturday night on Apple Music’s Beats 1, and the G-Funk extraordinaire used his debut hour-long radio program to praise the late J Dilla as well as discuss the upcoming N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton. “There’s actually a lot of producers that I like to listen to…. Source: Music News
Is Chris Pratt Psychic? Based On This Video From 2010, We Vote Yes
Pratt inadvertently predicted his ‘Jurassic World’ role in a ‘Parks and Recreation’ behind-the-scenes video. Source: MTV Movie News
Grateful Dead's Goodbye, Night Two: Chemistry Lost, Cash-Grabs Abound
And that’s the thing about Grateful Dead shows. Sometimes everything comes together. Other times? Not so much. Night Number Two of the three-night Fare Thee Well goodbye shows at Chicago’s Soldier Field had moments, as every Dead show has moments. There was a lovely, handsomely abstracted “Bird Song,” the Janis Joplin… Source: Music […]
Paul McCartney Talks Nixed 'McCartney/Lennon' Songwriting Credit
“Lennon/McCartney” is one of music’s greatest songwriting credits, a catchall that covered most of the Beatles’ tracks and was employed even when John Lennon and Paul McCartney didn’t collaborate on a certain song. However, although arranged alphabetically, the ensuing decades have favored Lennon’s placement in the songwriting credit, suggesting that Lennon had… Source: Music News
Grateful Dead Celebrate July 4th With Empire State Building Light Show
The Grateful Dead celebrated Independence Day Saturday night with a synchronized light show atop the Empire State Building in New York City that was broadcast live to the sold-out crowd at Chicago’s Soldier Field during the band’s encore performance of “U.S. Blues.” The LED tower lights glowed red, white and blue —… Source: Music […]
