In unlikely beef news, Mötley Crüe’s Tommy Lee took shots at Travis Scott over similar use of a circular stage roller coaster that Lee claims he pioneered. Scott has been spinning on one during hisAstroworld tour. On Wednesday, Lee posted videos from both a Mötley Crüe show on their “Final …
Read More »Smokey Robinson: I Regret Never Recording With Aretha Franklin
Smokey Robinson reveals in a new interview that, in the aftermath of Aretha Franklin, he regrets not recording in the studio with the Queen of Soul. “It was my close friend and I loved her very much; I still do. She was my buddy and she was one of those …
Read More »Trey Songz's Surprise Album Shows the R&B Singer's Dilemma
At midnight on Tuesday, R&B singer Trey Songz released a new double album to celebrate his 34th birthday. There is a whole lot of music here: 10 slow and sweaty numbers with only Songz (titled 11), followed by 10 more slow and sweaty numbers with collaborators ranging from Swae Lee …
Read More »Young Thug Treks Through Creepy, Enchanted Forest in New 'Chanel' Video
Young Thug, Gunna and Lil Baby navigate a trippy world in the new video for “Chanel.” The song appears on Young Thug’s Slime Language, which was released in August. While the song’s lyrics bouncily tout buying their respective women “anything she want” and “anything you see” including designer items ranging …
Read More »A K-Pop Movie Beat Out One Direction In U.S. Theaters
Boy band BTS has another few accolades to add to its litany of milestones this year. After having an album debut at Number One and being the first Korean group to play a U.S. stadium, the K-Pop group released a film this weekend that is alreadyAmerica’s highest-grossing event-cinema music production. …
Read More »Gary Busey Talks Buddy Holly, Almost Dying and Releasing His First Solo Song at 74
“I’M GONNA TELL YOU HOW IT’S GONNA BE!” Gary Busey is pacing the studio at Rolling Stone‘s office, sing-shouting the lyrics to Buddy Holly‘s “Not Fade Away.” He will do this often, without warning, in the middle of a conversation or just randomly as he sees fit, paying tribute to …
Read More »Hear John Legend, Joan Jett, Tony Bennett's New Christmas Songs
For the second year, Spotify brings early presents for every kind of music fan under its proverbial Christmas tree with 15 new tracks added to its hit playlist,Spotify Singles: Christmas Collection. The new batch is a mixed bag of artists, with boy band Why Don’t We’s rollicking “Feliz Navidad” to …
Read More »Ozuna Transforms 'El Farsante' Into Acoustic Ballad at Latin Grammys 2018
Ozuna, the most-viewed artist on YouTube in any genre in 2018, performed a slick, assured medley at the Latin Grammys on Thursday. Ozuna opened in an unexpected setting: Seated with two acoustic guitarists and a cajon player, he reimagined his trap hit “El Farsante” — a version with Romeo Santos …
Read More »'Dennis and Lois': Rockers Laud Famed Music-Obsessed Couple in Doc Trailer
Dennis Anderson and Lois Kahlert – the music-obsessed New York couple who inspired a Happy Mondays song and transcended traditional fandom with their decades of rock dedication –are the subjects of filmmaker Chris Cassidy’s new documentary Dennis and Lois. The movie will premiere as an official selection at the ninth-annual …
Read More »Gary Clark Jr. Lines Up Spring U.S. Tour
Gary Clark Jr. announced a spring U.S. tour in support of his upcoming third LP, due out in early 2019. The blues-rock guitarist will kick off the trek March 9th in Miami, Florida and wrap with a trio of dates –April 5th, 6th and 7th –in Nashville, Tennessee. A Chase …
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