Phil Collins has announced that he’ll release his autobiography in October 2016. “Several times over the last few years I have been asked to write a biography but never felt that the time was right – until now,” Collins said in a statement. “Having found the right publisher in Penguin Random… Source: Music News
Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Inducts Four Legends
Music City honored the artistry of four exceptional tunesmiths Sunday night, inducting Rosanne Cash, Mark James, Even Stevens and Craig Wiseman into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. The 45th annual gala awards dinner at Nashville’s Music City Center was attended by more than 1,000 music industry professionals and featured… Source: Music News
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Set First U.S. Tour in Two Years
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis will embark on their first U.S. tour in nearly two years this January as The Heist duo have scheduled a month-long trek at intimate venues across the nation. The jaunt, which kicks off January 9th in Phoenix, will be followed by a spring 2016 tour in support… Source: Music News
Foo Fighters Record Five New Songs in Austin
Less than a year after Foo Fighters released their studio-hopping Sonic Highways, Dave Grohl and company are already working on new music, with the singer revealing that he laid down some new music in one of his favorite musical cities: Austin, Texas. Grohl made the announcement during Foo Fighters’ Austin City… Source: Music News
Dr. Dre Proposes European Tour With Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar
Although Dr. Dre released what he dubbed his “grand finale” with Compton, the rapper isn’t entirely closing the book on his music career. On Dre’s The Pharmacy Beats 1 radio show Sunday, during an interview with his Chronic collaborator Snoop Dogg, the G-Funk mastermind revealed, “One of my dreams right now is… Source: Music News
Elvis Costello: My Life in 10 Songs
“IÂ was asked to write an autobiography when I was 24,” says Elvis Costello, 61, on the day he receives his first hard-bound copy of his revelatory, evocatively crafted, highly entertaining new memoir, Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink. “I said, ‘Could I just live some life?’” Back then, Costello (born Declan MacManus),… Source: Music […]
Charles Kelley Announces Solo Tour: The Ram Report
Charles Kelley is taking his solo show on the road, and he’s revealing his tour plans exclusively on our Ram Report. Related: Lady Antebellum’s Charles Kelley Talks Solo Venture After announcing last week that he’s doing a solo side project during Lady Antebellum’s fall and winter break, the singer is now filling his… Source: Music […]
Brian May Talks Queen's 1975 Concert Film, Performing 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Live
Christmas will come early for Queen fans this year as the band releases its legendary 1975 festive London Hammersmith Odeon gig as a live album/DVD. The much-bootlegged concert footage – originally broadcast live to an audience of millions on BBC TV and radio on Christmas Eve night in 1975 – has been… Source: Music […]
On the Charts: Janet Jackson Joins Elite Company With 'Unbreakable'
Janet Jackson claimed her seventh career Number One album as the singer’s Unbreakable, her first LP in seven years, cruised to the top spot on the Billboard 200. Unbreakable sold 116,000 total copies in its debut week to give Jackson her second consecutive Number One album following 2008’s Discipline. Jackson’s latest… Source: Music News
Aerosmith Warns Donald Trump Over 'Dream On' Use
Donald Trump has already drawn the ire of artists like Neil Young and R.E.M. for using their music at the Republican frontrunner’s campaign stops without permission, and now another rock legend is threatening legal action against the mogul: Aerosmith has filed a cease-and-desist letter to Trump demanding that the candidate stop using “Dream On” at his… Source: Music News
