The mountain ranges of Colorado are more than just the inspiration for Dierks Bentley‘s next LP, due out later this year. They’re also the setting for the country star’s inaugural Seven Peaks Festival, which will take place this Labor Day weekend with a lineup that includes Miranda Lambert, Brothers Osborne …
Read More »Jason Isbell, Billy Joe Shaver Lead Country Music Hall of Fame 'Outlaws' Concert
The expansive new Outlaws & Armadillos: Country’s Roaring ’70s exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will launch this May with the help of an all-star concert organized by Dave Cobb and Shooter Jennings. Among the performers: Jason Isbell, Billy Joe Shaver, Bobby Bare and Jamey Johnson. …
Read More »Florence and the Machine, Janet Jackson to Headline 2018 FYF Festival
Florence and the Machine and Janet Jackson will headline the 2018 FYF Festival. The Breeders, Future, the xx, My Bloody Valentine, St. Vincent, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Car Seat Headrest, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks and more will also perform at the 15th anniversary event, scheduled for July 21st …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen Plots New Box Set With 'Tunnel of Love,' 'Human Touch'
Bruce Springsteen will reissue remastered versions of five albums as a new box set, The Album Collection, Vol. 2, 1987 – 1996, out May 18th via Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings. The collection includes four studio albums – Tunnel of Love, Human Touch, Lucky Town and The Ghost of Tom Joad – …
Read More »Usher, Common, Roots to Play Memorial Concert for Lynching Victims
Usher, Common, the Roots will perform at a concert in Montgomery, Alabama to commemorate the opening of a memorial to African American victims of lynching. Gary Clark, Jr., Brittany Howard, Kirk Franklin and others, yet to be announced, will also perform at what has been dubbed the Concert for Peace …
Read More »Alice Cooper on Being Typecast as Herod in 'Jesus Christ Superstar'
Over the past half a century, Alice Cooper has perfected the role of rock’s greatest heel. Every night onstage, he mimes fighting and killing his costumed stagehands while singing dark-hued hits like “I’m Eighteen” and “School’s Out” until he gets his comeuppance when he’s strapped to a life-sized guillotine. So …
Read More »Watch Beyonce-Approved Duo Chloe x Halle Perform on 'Kimmel'
Beyoncé‘s teenage R&B proteges Chloe X Halle performed a soulful version of their single “Happy Without Me” on Thursday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! The sisters crooned and swayed on a circular platform while their backing band laid down a slow, keyboard-heavy groove on the stage behind them. “And it breaks my …
Read More »See Kelly Clarkson's Confident New 'I Don't Think About You' Video
Kelly Clarksonis a vision of self-confidence in the new clip for “I Don’t Think About You.” The track is the second single from her Meaning of Life LP, which reached Number Two on Billboard’s albums chart last year. “I Don’t Think About You” was produced by the Monarch, a duo …
Read More »The Cadillac Three Expand Summer Tour With New U.S., U.K. Dates
The Cadillac Three are getting their 2018 tour schedule into full gear this week, first with the kickoff of their Long Hair Don’t Care Tour here in the U.S. and also by announcing their Summer Vacation Tour set for Europe this summer. The Nashville country-rock trio tied up 2017 with …
Read More »Fall Out Boy, G-Eazy to Headline Gun Violence Prevention Benefit
Fall Out Boy and G-Eazy will headline an upcoming concert to support the March for Our Lives rallies, organized in response to the last month’s school shooting in Parkland, Florida. The “Stay Amped” show – booked for Friday, March 23rd at Washington D.C. venue the Anthem – will benefit gun …
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