Queen guitarist–slash-astrophysicist Brian May’s role in the New Horizons mission. Brian May, guitarist for the band Queen, has a new gig these days. As a member of the New Horizons team at NASA, which he joined in 2015, his name appears at the bottom of color images of a space rock called MU69 (also known as Ultima Thule), captured during a flyby on Tuesday. It’s the most remote object that’s ever been […]
A three-day music festival will be held in August 2019 at the original Woodstock concert site to mark the 50th anniversary of the historic event. The Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, a concert venue built on the original Woodstock site, announced Thursday that it will host the golden anniversary event Aug. 16-18. The center says performers will include "prominent and emerging artists spanning multiple genres and decades." The venue […]
Ora’s natural voice shines on this guitar-strummed cut from her new album ‘Phoenix’ It is generally bad news whenever a pop star decides to bless us with an earthy, strummed version of their new club anthem. So here’s a surprise: Rita Ora’s electropop song “Let You Love Me” set to acoustic guitar is a delight. Without all the clutter, it’s a folk-pop song about the bittersweetness of following your heart. And 28-year-old British […]
The Late Late Show With James Corden shared a special all-star Christmas edition of Carpool Karaoke on Thursday night’s episode. The late-night talk show host performed “Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)” alongside a number of musicians that were featured throughout 2018 on their wildly popular series. Corden starts the clip decked out in holiday attire with crooner Michael Bublé, with the likes of Paul McCartney, Barbra Streisand, Migos, Cardi B, Shawn Mendes, Ariana Grande, Adam […]
1. Bob Dylan’s Never Ending Tour has been running for 30 years now. The music industry will celebrate an anniversary of just about anything — there was a 20th anniversary edition of Joan Osborne’s Relish — and the compliant music press will help push a little product to mark the occasion. As what has come to be known as Bob Dylan’s Never Ending Tour has proceeded year in and year out, one […]
It’s the season for year-end lists, but one of 2018’s biggest albums is missing from nearly every major publication’s ranking: The soundtrack to Red Dead Redemption 2. Less than two weeks after the blockbuster video game’s release, Rockstar Games was estimated to have shipped 17 million copies to stores around the world. The company declined to provide more updates on the game’s sales numbers, but that initially reported total easily exceeds the […]
Paul McCartney was wrapping up his touring calendar for the year at London’s O2 Arena on Sunday evening when he introduced a couple of unexpected guests: An old bandmate and an old rival. "We’ve got a little surprise for you," McCartney told the crowd of 20,000, according to multiple reports. "It’s a surprise for us, actually – it only happened today." An extra drum kit was rolled onstage, and fellow former […]
Including records by Aphex Twin, RAMZi, Mr. Fingers, and more. Whether you prefer buying beats on Bandcamp or raving in the woods—or you’re equally down with both—this was a great year for electronic music. House music continued to evolve, the UK workhorse genre jungle popped up in excellent ways, drum machine apps had a breakthrough, and disco vibes permeated techno. Overall, the weirdos got weirder and the drums got deeper. […]
The track is rumored to have been dropped from "Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight." When Travis Scott released Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight, his potential to become a megastar was starting to show. His career would ascend to new heights with Astroworld but Birds was necessary along the way. While a few songs from his 2016 sessions have come to the light, "The Curse" is a new one. According to Hypebeast, the leaked song was originally […]
