Keith Urban performed an impromptu concert via Instagram Live to entertain fans stuck at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. The singer was joined by his wife Nicole Kidman, who danced and sang along to the 30-minute set. In the video, which is available on Urban’s Instagram, the country musician played …
Read More »C2C Festival Postponed Over Coronavirus Pandemic, Travel Policies
The Country to Country festival, billed as the largest country music festival in Europe, has been postponed over concerns about COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus. Abbreviated as C2C, the three-day event of live music in England, Scotland, and Ireland was set to begin Friday with headliners Eric Church, Luke …
Read More »Modern English to Celebrate 40th Anniversary With U.S. Tour
British New Wave icons Modern English — best remembered for their 1982 hit “I Melt With You” — are going to celebrate their 40th anniversary with a special North American tour this summer. Every show will feature a complete performance of their 1982 classic LP After the Snow. “Recording After …
Read More »Lil Yachty's New Song With Drake and DaBaby Seems Too Big to Fail
“Oprah’s Bank Account” is a feat of engineering. The song and video feature two of music’s biggest streaming artists: Drake and DaBaby. Director X — the same filmmaker behind Drake’s “Hotline Bling” — helms the visual. And Lil Yachty, who fully commits to impersonating Oprah at the peak of her …
Read More »Diana Gordon Releases Unplugged Version of Single 'Rollin'
Diana Gordon has debuted an acoustic version of her single “Rollin.” She performed the stripped-down take on her track on Wednesday, March 4th at Rolling Stone‘s “Women Shaping the Future” event. For the new version of “Rollin,” a grunge-y bass line leads off the song before Gordon pulls an Alanis …
Read More »Nashville's Tin Pan South Festival Postponed in Response to Tornado, Coronavirus Spread
Update (3/25): The 2020 Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival has been rescheduled for October 19th to 24th in Nashville. Details including performers and venues will be announced soon. ## Nashville’s Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival has postponed its 2020 incarnation following the destructive tornado that hit town earlier in the …
Read More »See Kiss Pay Tribute to Kobe Bryant at Los Angeles Concert
Kiss paid tribute to Kobe Bryant Wednesday during the band’s concert at Los Angeles’ Staples Center, a.k.a. “the House That Kobe Built.” During the encore, guitarist Paul Stanley stripped off his customary Kiss garb and donned a yellow Los Angeles Lakers jersey with Bryant’s name and #24 on it. “We’re …
Read More »Watch Van Morrison, Eric Clapton and Nick Mason Jam at London Charity Gig
An incredible lineup of musicians — including Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, Yusuf/Cat Stevens, Rick Wakeman, Tom Jones, Bonnie Tyler and Nick Mason — came together at London’s 02 Arena on Tuesday night for the Music for the Marsden charity show, which raised money to fight cancer. Procol Harum’s Gary Brooker …
Read More »Watch Kim Gordon Bake a Bernie Sanders Cake in New PSA
Kim Gordon bakes a Bernie Sanders-branded cake in a new PSA, urging fans to vote for the presidential candidate on Super Tuesday, March 3rd. The surreal clip features the songwriter’s recipe for a Sanders victory: Medicare for All, Green New Deal, Ban For-Profit Prisons, Cancel Student Debt and Women’s Rights. …
Read More »Lil Baby Proves Why He's Atlanta Rap's Biggest Recent Success Story on 'My Turn'
“I’m on my way, I’m going fast,” Lil Baby promised us on his debut single“My Dawg.”The Atlanta rapper was describing his excitement to get home and have sex, Three years later, the line could just as easily stand as the perfect epigraph for the breakneck speed at which has career …
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