Rush frontman Geddy Lee is speaking out over the decision of Canadian sports network Sporstnet to do away with dedicated radio broadcasts of Toronto Blue Jays baseball games. The company announced it will instead simulcast their television broadcast over the radio for the 2021 season, making it the first Major League Baseball team to do so. While the network attributed the
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks set to unveil new passport trials for venues. READ MORE: UK Festivals on COVID testing and vaccination passports this summer: “Safety is all we think about” According to The Daily Mail, the trials could start as early as next month and would see theatres and stadiums piloting the new passports initially, followed
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young released a storytelling video for “Ivory Tower,” a track recorded for their album Deja Vu but not made public until now. It later took form as Stephen Stills‘ solo track “Little Miss Bright Eyes,” but the original version appears on the upcoming deluxe edition of Deja Vu. You can hear the
Although the Police Academy franchise wouldn’t run aground for several more years, Steve Guttenberg saw some ominous warning signs while filming the third movie in the series. “This is where a bit of the gluttony started,” the actor noted in his 2012 memoir, The Guttenberg Bible. “[We were] going to the well one too many times.” Almost
Bree Runway has shared a new track called ‘Hot Hot’ – you can listen to it below. READ MORE: Bree Runway — Meet the Missy Elliott-approved rising star whose fearless pop is challenging colourism The rising London artist, who featured in The NME 100 2021, released her debut mixtape ‘2000AND4EVA’ last November. After teasing her first
Brian Rohan, the lawyer who represented celebrity clients such as the Grateful Dead, Santana, Janis Joplin and Jefferson Airplane, has died at the age of 84. Rohan’s death was confirmed to the San Francisco Chronicle by his daughter, Kathleen Jolson. The lawyer had reportedly been battling cancer for six years. “He worked until the last
IDLES and Black Country, New Road are among the latest additions to the line-up for the inaugural Wide Awake festival. The one-day London event is set to take place in Brockwell Park on September 3. The organisers of the festival had been hoping to debut Wide Awake in 2020, but they were forced to push
Jeff Pilson believes that most people don’t know Foreigner by name – and he and the band are perfectly fine with that. “Foreigner was really never much of an image band,” the bassist explained during an interview with Audio Ink Radio. “You could talk to people on the street, and you may find a lot
Singer-songwriter and poet Mustafa has announced his debut record, ‘When Smoke Rises’, due out later this year. The eight-track project will be released on May 28 through his own label, Regent Park Songs, named after his neighbourhood in Toronto. To coincide with the announcement of ‘When Smoke Rises’, Mustafa has also shared a new single,
Eddie Murphy‘s early years on the set of Saturday Night Live laid the foundation for the rest of his career, but they almost didn’t happen at all. Sometime during the Jan. 10, 1981, show, it became apparent the program was running five minutes short. With only 15 minutes left till the end of the show and nothing on
Drummer and singer/songwriter Eric Slick has spoken about the “top-secret” recording process behind Taylor Swift‘s recently released song ‘You All Over Me (From The Vault)’. The track, which features Maren Morris, is a preview of Swift’s forthcoming ‘Fearless (Taylor’s Version)’, a re-recorded version of the singer’s 2008 album ‘Fearless’. The record is one of six
With 16 albums under their belt, Iron Maiden rank as one of the most popular and prolific acts in metal history. But all that material has come with many changes, most notably with their singer. The band’s 1980 self-titled debut featured Paul Di’Anno, who stuck with the group through its sophomore LP, Killers. Then Bruce Dickinson arrived, grabbing
Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield has shared covers of Dolly Parton, Bruce Springsteen and Lucinda Williams tracks from the deluxe version of her latest album, ‘Saint Cloud’. READ MORE: Waxahatchee – ‘Saint Cloud’ review: Katie Crutchfield embraces her Americana idols with stunning results The deluxe edition, ‘Saint Cloud + 3’, is available to stream or download now
A San Francisco arts center announced a test program that will pay a guaranteed income to a number of artists in the city. The aim is to help those in the creative industries recover from the effects of the pandemic and help rebuild the city’s $1.5 billion income from the arts. The sector previously employed more than
The government have revealed they are considering a four-tier traffic light system that could allow people to travel abroad this summer. Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden stressed that rising COVID-19 infection rates in Europe could pose “challenges”, but explained that ministers were at an early stage of considering the traffic light system that could open up
Elton John revealed he collaborated on an unidentified project with Metallica in recent months. Speaking on his Apple Music 1 show Rocket Hour, he told guest SG Lewis: “I’ve just done something with Metallica. During this lockdown period. I’ve been working with Gorillaz and people like that. I haven’t been doing any Elton stuff, but I’ve been
Skindred have shared a previously unreleased acoustic track called ‘Struggle’ – listen to it below. The emotive, guitar-led track is set to appear on the band’s upcoming reissue of their 2007 album ‘Roots Rock Riot’. “The song Struggle, to me at least conveys a message of hope when you’re in the battle for love,” said drummer Arya
When Metallica fans first heard the 1984 track “Creeping Death,” they might have been blown away by the band’s first use of a mass chorus. They could also have been impressed by guitarist Kirk Hammett’s base riff, which started out in a song he’d written with his previous band, Exodus. Most surprising of all might
London four-piece Talk Show have released a new live video for the second part of their Eli Brown collaboration ‘Trouble’. Hot Chip‘s Joe Goddard produced the track, which follows last month’s Brown-led electronic version. Speaking on the new track, Talk Show singer and guitarist Harrison Swann said: “Getting into the studio to record the track