On June 28th, Wilco will return to the rolling hills of North Adams, Massachusetts, to kick off the sixth installment of their Solid Sound Festival. For Wilco and their fans, it will be more than just a weekend of great music: This year, Solid Sound doubles as a welcome-back party …
Read More »Shania Twain Announces New 'Let's Go!' Las Vegas Residency
Shania Twain will make her return to Las Vegas late in 2019, announcing a new residency that comes arrives after a few years of wide touring and a new album. Dubbed Shania Twain “Let’s Go!” The Vegas Residency, the new series opens Friday December 6th at Zappos Theater at Planet …
Read More »Flashback: Michelob Uses a Genesis Song about Drug Addiction to Sell Beer
You don’t hear the 1986 Genesis song “Tonight Tonight Tonight” very often these days, but back then it was absolutely inescapable. This was a weird period of time where seemingly half the songs on the radio were either by Genesis or one of the many offshoot acts like Phil Collins, …
Read More »Jay-Z Plots Tidal Listening Party for New Prince LP 'Originals'
Jay-Z will host a listening party for the upcoming posthumous Prince LP, Originals, during a June 6th Tidal event in Los Angeles. The streaming service will also offer its members the chance to attend celebrations elsewhere in the U.S., along with Spain, Poland, Brazil and other countries. The 15-track Originals, …
Read More »Watch Madonna and Quavo Perform 'Future' in Controversial Eurovision Set
Despite calls for Madonna to boycott Eurovision 2019 because of its location in Tel Aviv, Israel, the singer delivered what has been dubbed a controversial performance at the annual event Saturday. At the beginning of the night, the Madame X singer vaguely acknowledged the divisiveness of her appearance telling the …
Read More »Woodstock 50: The Show Will Go On, But New Funding Needed
Is Woodstock 50 proceeding? Depends who you ask. For the beleaguered three-day event, scheduled for August in Watkins Glen, New York, there was good news and iffy news on Wednesday. Woodstock LLC, the organizers of the festival, had filed a petition for an injunction against Dentsu Aegis, the Japanese advertising …
Read More »The First Time: Ani DiFranco
In her memoir, No Walls and the Recurring Dream, Ani DiFranco details a lot of her first experiences: learning to play guitar, writing songs and putting our first albums. She also reveals her struggles with coming to terms with selling her songs to her fans (and how hard it was …
Read More »2020 Candidate Beto O'Rourke: 'The House Should Move Forward To Impeach' Trump
When Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke was a congressman from Texas, he twice voted against the House opening proceedings to impeach President Donald Trump. But now O’Rourke has joined only a handful of Democrats who are calling for impeachment. “Yes, I think there’s enough evidence now for the House of …
Read More »Music Festivals Want to Help You Have Sex
Love, like a teeming festival campground, can be utter chaos and misery to navigate. Tinder is here to help. The dating app announced Tuesday that it has teamed up with live events conglomerates AEG Worldwide and Live Nation to introduce “Festival Mode,” a new feature with the express purpose of, …
Read More »'Almost Famous' Musical Opening in San Diego
Cameron Crowe‘s 2000 film Almost Famous will premiere in San Diego this September. Crowe announced that the musical was in production last fall following a few years of development with composer Tom Kitt. As part of San Diego theater the Old Globe’s 2019-2020 season, Almost Famous will return to its …
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