On Monday, the twelfth full moon of 2023, Peter Gabriel released the final track from his new album i/o. The song, the last to be written for the album, is titled “Live and Let Live.” In a break from previous months, all three mixes were released simultaneously, the Bright-Side Mix by Mark ‘Spike’ Stent, the…… MORE
Tom Jones, Bryan Adams, Madness and Sting have been announced as headliners for the inaugural Plymouth Summer Sessions festival in 2024. The festival will take place between June 13 to 16 on The Plymouth Hoe. Tickets go on sale on Friday, December 1 at 9 am via the Summer Sessions and Ticket Master websites. The…… MORE
Apple TV+ recently released an official trailer for the new three-part documentary series, “John Lennon: Murder Without A Trial.” Narrated by Emmy Award winner Kiefer Sutherland, the docuseries is set to premiere globally on December 6. The docuseries features exclusive eyewitness interviews and previously unseen crime scene photos, shedding new light on the life and…… MORE
Pop punk icon Avril Lavigne has announced two outdoor shows in the U.K. for the next summer. The “Sk8er Boi” singer will perform at Cardiff Castle on Tuesday, July 2, and at Manchester Castlefield Bowl on Wednesday, July 3. Simple Plan will be the special guest at both concerts. “UK!” says Avril. “I’m playing at…… MORE
Global superstar Taylor Swift has announced that The Eras Tour concert film will be available on demand beginning on her birthday, December 13. The streaming version will include songs from the tour not included in the movie’s theatrical release. “Well, so, basically I have a birthday coming up and I was thinking a fun way…… MORE
The Color Purple soundtrack is set to feature an all-star lineup of artists, including Alicia Keys, Usher and more. The Color Purple (Music From and Inspired By) is due to be released on December 15. The Color Purple is a coming-of-age period musical drama film directed by Blitz Bazawule from a screenplay by Marcus Gardley,…… MORE
Dolly Parton’s Rockstar has debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums and Top Rock & Alternative Albums charts. Rockstar marks her ninth country topper and her debut on top of the Rock & Alternative Albums chart. The legendary country singer-songwriter’s latest album earned 128,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the November…… MORE
Jennifer Lopez has announced that her highly anticipated album, This Is Me… Now, will be released on February 16, 2024. Lopez also surprised fans on Monday with the announcement of an accompanying film of the same name. This Is Me… Now: The Film will simultaneously become available globally on Prime Video. This Is Me… Now…… MORE
Rock band Evanescence’s Amy Lee says that rapper 50 Cent “hates her guts.” “50 Cent hates my guts,” Amy Lee said in a recent interview with The Daily Beast. “It’s just one of those things. I mean, truthfully, we thought he was going to win, too. It was such a wild night. “People are like,…… MORE
Taylor Swift met the family members of Ana Clara Benevides Machado, a fan who passed away earlier this month, on Sunday (November 26) in São Paulo. According to reports, Swift invited Machado’s family to her final Brazilian tour stop. Swift’s post on X shows the singer posing for a picture with the fan’s family, who…… MORE
Tori Amos and Trevor Horn have teamed up for a cover of Kendrick Lamar’s 2012 single, “Swimming Pools (Drank),” which is the lead single from the English music producer’s new covers album, Echoes: Ancient & Modern. Horn described the original song as “a kind of literate, modern American standard, a rap song open to reinterpretation”.…
Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo have been announced as musical guests on the long-running comedy sketch series “Saturday Night Live.” Rodrigo will perform during the December 9 edition of the show, hosted by Adam Driver, while Eilish will appear on the Kate McKinnon-helmed episode on December 16. Rodrigo made her “SNL” stage debut in May…
Daryl Hall and Jon Batiste have been announced as headliners for the first Montreux Jazz Festival Miami. The Montreux Jazz Festival, the second-largest annual jazz festival in the world, has been held in Montreux, Switzerland, since 1967. For the first time, the festival will be held at a U.S. city, taking place March 1-2 at…
Spotify has revealed that Taylor Swift is the streaming platform’s most-streamed artist of the year. Musically, 2023 was defined by the return of major female pop stars, led by Swift, who dominated the global music atmosphere. Swift won nine awards at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards and received six nominations for the Grammy Awards,…