Few pop stars have defined the sound, color, and spectacle of modern mainstream music quite like Katy Perry. With her powerhouse voice, playful personality, and instinct for unforgettable hooks, she has created some of the biggest pop anthems of the 21st century. Songs such as “Firework,” “Teenage Dream,” and “Roar” combine soaring melodies with messages […]
The Notorious B.I.G.’s son Christopher Wallace Jr. is challenging a late amendment to his grandmother Voletta Wallace‘s will, claiming it improperly cut him and his sister T’yanna out of her estate. According to court documents obtained by TMZ on Thursday (Aug. 20), CJ filed a petition challenging the amendment, which was signed just 15 days […]
Down‘s long-awaited new album will feature a tribute to Ozzy Osbourne and a collaboration with King Diamond. Volume 5 – which is due in stores on Nov. 20 – will be the band’s first full-length album since 2007’s Down III: Over the Under, and their first release since the Down IV – Part II EP in […]
ONE OK ROCK have announced the details of a new Greatest Hits compilation album, celebrating their second decade as a band. ‘A Decade of Greatest Hits (2015 – 2025)’ will be released on October 30 via Fueled by Ramen/Atlantic Records, and will comprise the band’s standout tracks from 2015’s ’35xxxv’ through to 2025’s ‘Detox’. It […]
Few bands blended rock, funk, dance rhythms, and irresistible pop hooks with as much style as INXS. Led by the magnetic Michael Hutchence, the Australian group developed a sleek yet muscular sound that could move effortlessly from smoky sensuality to explosive arena rock. Hutchence’s charismatic vocals were matched by the inventive guitar work, keyboards, saxophone, […]
Day two of Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis’ trial for the murder of Tupac Shakur featured a heated exchange between attorneys and a former security guard for Death Row Records who was not happy to be there. On Tuesday (Aug. 18), James McDonald, a former Death Row Records associate and Bloods gang member also known as […]
Leper Colony (Morgoth, Paganizer, Etc.) Premiere New Single & Lyric Video “Seelenjäger” From Upcoming New Album “Back To Primal Sludge” Leper Colony have unleashed “Seelenjäger”, the latest single from their forthcoming third full-length album, Back To Primal Sludge. The record is slated for an October 9th release through Testimony Records and follows the band’s 2025 […]
Neil Young will play another two shows with Willie Nelson next month. He was already scheduled to play at this year’s Farm Aid on Sept. 26 in Virginia Beach. (Young and Nelson are both founders of the festival, which started in 1985.) Two new joint shows have been announced: one in Bridgeport, Connecticut on Sept. […]
Aftershock have shared the stage times for this year’s upcoming festival, ahead of it taking place in October. On headlining duties, it is an all-star foursome of My Chemical Romance, TOOL, Limp Bizkit and Pierce The Veil. They are joined up top by The Offspring, Sublime, $UICIDEBOY$, Wu-Tang, A Day To Remember, BABYMETALand Queens of […]
Few artists have left a musical and cultural imprint as profound as John Lennon. After helping reshape popular music with The Beatles, Lennon built a solo catalog that was deeply personal, politically outspoken, emotionally vulnerable, and often startlingly direct. His songs could move from dreams of universal peace to confessions about love, isolation, regret, family, […]