Luke Bryan is heading to New York City for New Year’s Eve. The country superstar joins headliner Carrie Underwood for ABC’s annual telecast of Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest from Times Square. Bryan is scheduled to perform a medley of his hits. Last week, the “Drink a… Source: Music […]
Watch Skrillex's Epic, Nightmarish 'Red Lips' Video
Skrillex has unveiled the new video for his frenetic remix of GTA’s “Red Lips.” The visually stunning video finds actress Anya Taylor Joy, the breakout star of film fest favorite horror flick The Witch, battling it out against creepy, insanely double-jointed captors. Skrillex served as co-writer, producer and editor on… Source: Music News
Flashback: Garth Brooks' 'No Fences' Rules at Retail
Last week, Adele made Billboard chart history by selling an astounding 3.38 million copies of her 25 LP (at the dizzying rate of 335 copies per minute). But 25 years ago this week, the king of the charts was country music’s own Garth Brooks, whose second album No Fences earned the… Source: Music News
The Oral History of the 'Wayne’s World' 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Scene
When it was originally released in 1975, Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” was an oddity: A flamboyant, operatic, tempo-shifting epic that felt like several songs fused together. The band’s record company figured the nearly six-minute song was too long for the radio and would never be a hit. They were wrong on… Source: Music News
Songwriter Spotlight: Zach Crowell on Sam Hunt and Hustling
Zach Crowell greets his caller with a profuse apology for the month that it took to nail down a time to talk. It’s not that the writer-producer was trying to be elusive. It’s just that he’s been plugging away behind the scenes, building tracks that coax vibey, glistening new songs… Source: Music News
Peter Hook Sues New Order Over Unpaid Royalties
Peter Hook is suing his former New Order bandmates for “millions of pounds” in unpaid royalties, as the bassist accused members Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris of marginalizing his stake in the band by “clandestinely” forming a new company to control the New Order trademark, the Manchester Evening News reports. After New Order… Source: Music […]
Sinead O'Connor Targets Family Following Suicide Threat
Following her suicide threat this weekend, Sinead O’Connor has written a new Facebook post directed at some of her family members. The singer was reportedly found “safe and sound” Sunday after posting to Facebook that she had overdosed at a hotel in Ireland. “Jake, Roisin, Jr., Frank, Donal, Eimear, I never wanna see… Source: Music […]
Watch Psy Play Baby, Old Man in Wacky 'Daddy' Video
South Korean singer Psy broke the Internet in 2012 with his over-the-top “Gangnam Style” video, which reached over 2 billion YouTube views. Since then, he’s attempted to re-capture lightning in a bottle with videos for singles like “Gentleman” and “Hangover,” the latter a duet with Snoop Dogg. Now the K-pop goofball is… Source: Music News
Acid Tests Turn 50: Wavy Gravy, Merry Prankster Ken Babbs Look Back
This week in Santa Cruz, California, a concert, reading and site dedication will commemorate the 50th anniversary of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters’ first LSD-fueled Acid Test, held in the small neighborhood of Soquel on November 27th, 1965. More than a half-dozen Pranksters — plus the hammer Neal Cassady once… Source: Music News
Kacey Musgraves Announces New U.S. Tour Dates
Kacey Musgraves will ring in the New Year by adding several dates to her headlining tour, the Kacey Musgraves Country & Western Rhinestone Revue. The next leg of the wildly successful trek kicks off January 21st in Dallas and wraps up in Kansas City, Missouri, on March 5th. Musgraves began the… Source: Music […]
