Earlier this month Leaving Neverland aired on Channel 4, seeing two men allege that Michael Jackson sexually abused them as children. The controversial documentary, which has been dismissed as untrue by the Jackson estate and family, has seen various radio stations and…
AceShowbiz –R. Kelly‘s bid to travel to the United Arab Emirates to perform has suffered a setback after local government officials insisted he has not been booked for any shows. The “I Believe I Can Fly” hitmaker, who is facing 10 felony…
“We wanted to celebrate the closing of True West with something beginning,” Ethan Hawke said Saturday night at a New York City party celebrating both the closing of Hawke and Paul Dano’s performance of Sam Shepard’s drama True West and the album…
Mel B surprises herself with how candidly she opened up about the long-rumored intimacy: “I have said it now. All done … She’s going to hate me.” After decades of speculation, Mel B has finally come clean and confessed that yes, she…
Most concert pianists will tell you their greatest fear is damaging their hands, jeopardising not just their career but their means of expression. Chinese superstar Lang Lang used to say the same. Now 36 and possibly the most celebrated pianist living, he…
Scott Stapp reflects on the trying past five years of his life and his road to redemption on the singer’s new song “Purpose for Pain.” The track features on the Creed singer’s upcoming album The Space Between the Shadows, his first solo…
By August 1964, The Beatles had already gotten a heavy dose of know fame and fortune in America. Fans had lined the streets wherever they went and fainted every time they played a few notes. They’d also sent three Beatles records to…
Katy Perry, born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, has been a big part of the music industry for years now. Between her unbridled talent, unbelievably popular hits, and controversial moments, Perry is a name music lovers will never forget. Just look at how the tabloids explode…
Sigrid dances in an empty room in her new video for “Don’t Feel Like Crying.” As soon as the pop singer lays on a mustard yellow rug in shimmering disco pants, the saturated interiors change colors—the mod chairs transition from red to…
AceShowbiz –Tame Impala has finally blessed his fans’ ears with new music after four years. Ahead of his busy year, the Australian rock singer unleashed a new single entitled “Patience” on Friday, March 22 thorugh Modular Recordings. The song was written and…
Rappers Offset and Cardi B have had a very public relationship. The pair wed secretly in 2017, and though they seem head over heels for one another, the Migos rapper’s infidelities caused a rift in their relationship. In Dec. 2018, just a…
Chris Shiflett passes along some fatherly wisdom on his spiraling new rocker “Welcome to Your First Heartache,” off his newly announced solo LP Hard Lessons, which will be released June 14th. Aptly enough given the album’s title, “Welcome to Your First Heartache”…
Gina Volpe, guitarist and co-founder of the New York punk outfit Lunachicks, unveiled a stirring, psychedelic ode to her late pitbull, Stanley, “Hope You Had Fun.” The track finds Volpe crafting a mesmerizing mix of synths that drone, wine and twist over…
Although Vampire Weekend recently released a new single called “Sunflower,” the New York group elected to perform a cover of Post Malone’s track of the same name during their BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge session. This low-key version transforms Post Malone’s pop-ready…
Carrie Underwood has been in the news a lot over the past several years, from her very scary fall and subsequent surgical reconstruction of her face to her pregnancy and eventual birth of her second son, Jacob Bryan Fisher. Underwood is known…
MUSIC Sir Andrew Davis (almost) completes his Mahler cycle with the MSO.Credit:Peter Tarasiuk MAHLER 10: LETTERS AND READINGS ★★★★½Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Hamer Hall, March 22 A perfect storm of trauma raged around Mahler in the years preceding the composition of his final symphony: an…
If a musician ever wants to pause to marvel at where they find themselves, few locales are better than the stage at New York’s storied Carnegie Hall. That’s where Nathaniel Rateliff was in February, singing a version of his soulful shuffle Still…
Musical duo Lighthouse Family are making a comeback with new music, their first in almost two decades. The easy listening pop and soul group – singer Tunde Baiyewu and keyboardist and record producer Paul Tucker – rose to fame in the 1990s…
Last year, after Rolling Stone Country published an in-depth report on the culture of sexual harassment and misconduct in the world of country radio, Tennessee legislators introduced HB 1984/SB 2130, a bill that would offer full-time employee rights to artists and freelancers…
Wednesday is a holiday-worthy day for fans of Texas troubadour Robert Earl Keen, who premieres two previously unreleased ballads, “The Unknown Fighter” and “Silver Spurs and Gold Tequila,” along with his own rendition of John Prine’s “Hello in There.” Recorded for an…
The Michigan House of Representatives voted 101-6 on Tuesday to rename a section of Detroit, Michigan’s M-10 as “Aretha L. Franklin Memorial Highway.” The legislation is now set for the state Senate. The bill’s sponsor, Democratic Rep. Leslie Love of Detroit, called…
Jay-Z’s The Blueprint, Cyndi Lauper’s She’s So Unusual, Curtis Mayfield’s Superfly soundtrack, Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline” and Nina Simone’s “Mississippi Goddam” are among the 25 recordings that will be added to the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry this year. The eclectic…
AceShowbiz –Nicki Minaj honoured the victims of the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing as she performed at the venue on Monday night, March 18. The “Starships” singer performed in the British city as part of “The Nicki Wrld Tour” on Monday, and took…
Dick Dale, whose pounding, blaringly loud power-chord instrumentals on songs like Misirlou and Let’s Go Trippin’ earned him the title King of the Surf Guitar, has died at the age of 81. His former bassist Sam Bolle said Dale died on Saturday…
GC Images Ariana Grande is kicking off her Sweetener tour with a sentimental note. The singer commenced her tour in Albany, New York on Monday night and it’s just stop number one as she heads out across the world to perform her chart-topping songs….
After guesting on the 2018 self-titled debut by San Diego punk-meets–hip-hop duo Planet B, Kool Keith continues the collaboration on an upcoming EP under his own name. The release features two new tracks from the notoriously outlandish MC, “Blast” and “Uncrushable,” along…
Santana released a new song “Los Invisibles”; it’s the first single from the band’s upcoming Rick Rubin-produced LP Africa Speaks. The track features Carlos Santana and his eight-piece band, including his wife Cindy Backman Santana on drums, as well as Spanish singer…
J. Cole has had it. After years of silence, he’s contemplating taking drastic measures to stop his fans from spreading one of the least funny memes in recent memory: “J. Cole went platinum with no features.” The joke/rallying cry’s genesis is simple….
Wearing his trademark headband and a leather jacket, Dick Dale played a thrilling rendition of his hit “Miserlou” — the theme music for Pulp Fiction — on the U.K. music variety show Jools’ Annual Hootenanny in 1995. The guitarist, who died on…
Becoming a professional conductor was once a calling for a rather extreme type of personality. Tyrannical and flamboyant with a ruthlessly swollen ego, the stereotype of the megalomaniacal maestro has long endured in popular consciousness. Sir Andrew Davis.Credit: Peter Tarasiuk But today…
