The Big Bad Blues' will be released by the ZZ Top guitarist and vocalist in late September ZZ Top’s Billy F Gibbons is to release a new solo album on September 21. The ZZ Top guitarist and vocalist’s album, ‘The Big Bad Blues’ will feature a collection of original songs as well as covers of some classic blues covers including Muddy Waters’ ‘Rollin’ and Tumblin” and ‘Standing Around Crying.’ Formed in 1969, […]
Muse have announced they will return with their eighth studio album this November. While all other details still remain under wraps, the English outfit is previewing the release with a new single called “Something Human” along with its official music video. “Something Human” finds the alt-rockers tracking a much more mellow route here, trading in crunchy prog-rock for — get this — something along the lines of folk pop. The song […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK4JTflalB8 Muse will screen their Drones World Tour film in theaters this week via for one night only. The film features a rousing performance of “Psycho” from their 2015 album, Drones. The film clip shows the band performing the thunderous track amid pulsating lights. A giant screen displays footage from the drill sergeant featured in the song’s video while purple-hued drone globes rotate above them, augmenting the dystopian themes. Directed by Tom Kirk and […]
A 1965 Gibson SG electric guitar owned by Tom Petty will be auctioned, along with one the late rocker’s top hats. Heritage Auctions announced Monday that the auction will occur on July 21. It says the guitar was played by Petty during his 1986 tour with Bob Dylan. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the guitar will benefit two Southern California charities, The Midnight Mission that helps the homeless […]
Arctic Monkeys, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds and Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds kicked off Poland's legendary weekender last night (July 4) Of Arctic Monkeys’ twelve thousand festival dates in 2018, Open’er will make them feel most at home. It’s the closest the European festival circuit has to a Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino. Set on a glitzed-up landing strip in northern Poland, it’s a place where surreal high art meets […]
The Foo Fighters frontman talks about everything from the glories of Meg White to the loss of Tom Petty and why he could never replace Neil Peart. Dave Grohl had a day off in Memphis yesterday, so he dropped by Graceland, which got him thinking about Elvis Presley as just another kid with a guitar trying to deal with “the effect that young stardom can have.” But unlike Presley and certain […]
Visitors look at an artwork by Hank Willis Thomas on display at the Michael Jackson: On The Wall exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London on June 27, 2018. A new art exhibition in London depicts Michael Jackson as a savior, a saint, an entertainer, an icon, a monarch, a mask and a mystery. The National Portrait Gallery show explores the way contemporary artists have been drawn to the late King of […]
International rock singer Sting has brought the house down during a two-night performance at Athens’ Odeon of Herodes Atticus after speaking out on the refugee crisis. Sting, real name Gordon Sumner, sold out two shows at the iconic Greek venue as part of the 2018 Athens and Epidaurus Festival. On Friday, the U.K. singer was reported by news agency Reuters lambasting world leaders as “half men and cowards” for their response to the refugee […]
Jimmy Iovine, Lenny Kaye, Shirley Manson, Bono and more speak on the significance of Smith’s greatest hit -- and the love and loss that continue to fuel it. In 1977, Patti Smith pressed play for the first time on the tape Bruce Springsteen had scrawled “Because the Night” across. Instantly, she knew the song had transformative powers. She just didn't realize the full extent of them for decades. Jimmy Iovine, future Apple Music titan […]
