John Mellencamp was a bona fide rock star by 1985, with a No. 1 album and a slew of Top 10 hits under his belt, but he proved on that year’s “Small Town” that he hadn’t outgrown his roots. The Seymour, Indiana-born rocker hit the big time with 1982’s chart-topping American Fool, which spawned the No. 1 smash ”Jack
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The Cure have broken records with their latest tour, despite frontman Robert Smith’s fight to lower the price of tickets. The records were broken with the band’s latest Shows Of A Lost World live shows in the US and Canada earlier this spring, which soon became their highest-grossing tour, and their best attendance in the
Many of rock music’s biggest names weren’t even born in 1942, when the Manhattan Project, a top-secret government initiative approved by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was designed to develop nuclear research during World War II. At the helm of the project was J. Robert Oppenheimer, an American theoretical physicist who became known as the “father of the atomic bomb” after several years of working
Bryan Adams had a relaxed response after a fan invaded his performance and jumped on stage to sing ‘Summer Of 69’. READ MORE: Cheese wheels, ashes and sex toys: stop throwing shit at pop stars, please During his recent concert in Salt Lake City, Utah, Adams was singing his 1984 hit when a fan decided to
It’s an interesting era in post-pop revivalism no matter what your aesthetical persuasions are, and of the recent dispatches to come to my attention, the Noshows/Aud collaboration “Slow Up” is one of the more compelling singles of its kind. Although it’s a rhythm-forward composition, “Slow Up” isn’t lacking in melodic ribbonry by any measurement; contrarily,
On July 18, 1993, thousands of fans turned out to see rock’s hottest new act, the powerful Los Angeles quartet Rage Against the Machine. What they got instead was full-frontal nudity. At the time, Rage had been on mainstream music fans’ radar for about six months. The band released its self-titled debut album in November
K-pop girl group (G)I-DLE have announced their 2023 world tour, ‘I am FREE-TY’. (G)I-DLE announced that they will be going on a world tour this year, following the release of their new mini-album ‘I Feel’, alongside its title track ‘Queencard’. It kicked off June 17 with a two-night concert in Seoul, South Korea. Meanwhile, the
There are more than two albums’ worth of unreleased Van Halen songs waiting to be heard on YouTube. Below, we chronologically break down 25 demos and live cuts that never found their way to one of the group’s 12 studio albums. We also include information about an additional 16 tracks that have never been bootlegged. And we conclude by rounding up
Legendary Queen guitarist Brian May has said that their former bassist John Deacon is still “very much part of” the band. Deacon joined Queen in 1971 and contributed to all of the band’s albums. The bassist departed the music industry in 1997 after recording the Queen single ‘No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)’.
Mammoth WVH will hit the road this fall for a North American headlining tour with support from Nita Strauss. The trek begins on Nov. 4 in Milwaukee and concludes on Dec. 9 in Los Angeles. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday. You can find more information on the band’s website and
Self Esteem singer Rebecca Lucy Taylor is set to be awarded an honorary degree from the University of Sheffield. The Rotherham-born musician is set to be made an honorary Doctor of Music at the South Yorkshire university, in a ceremony that will take place later today (July 17). The news was announced by the university
Things got a little heavy for Iron Maiden’s Nicko McBrain during a recent concert in Dublin, when the drummer was hit by a falling gong after it had been struck by frontman Bruce Dickinson. The metal giants were rocking through their song “Alexander The Great” when Dickinson climbed upon a riser at the back of
Snail Mail joined Weezer onstage to perform two tracks at their recent New York City show – check out footage below. Snail Mail – real name Lindsey Jordan – joined the California rock band onstage at their Forest Hills Stadium show in Queens, New York on Thursday (July 13), where they performed single ‘El Scorcho’
It’s often assumed that a prerequisite of rock ’n’ roll stardom is being a college dropout. A typical rock musician is viewed as someone who flunked out of school and entered the adult world with no real qualifications or plans. That’s not always the case, and, to be fair, there is some truth to that belief: Many artists
Noname has threatened to cancel the release of her new album after fans reacted critically to news of a feature from Jay Electronica. READ MORE: Forget the beef with J. Cole – here’s why Noname is such an essential voice Earlier this year, the Chicago rapper announced new album ‘Sundial’, which is set to come out
For some artists, the thrill of a hit song never dies. But for others, that enjoyment fizzles out completely. Fans may continue to celebrate certain songs, but sometimes enough is enough for the people who make them. Occasionally that has do to with a song’s massive popularity weighing on them or the monotony of having to perform it
Drake‘s ‘It’s All A Blur’ tour hit Montreal last night (July 14), with the rapper welcoming J. Cole to the stage in place of the absent 21 Savage. READ MORE: Drake and 21 Savage – ‘Her Loss’ review: exciting prospect marred by lazy songwriting Drake and Savage are currently heading around North America in support of
For two days in April of 1983, Brian May finally got to see for himself just how Eddie Van Halen played guitar. The Queen guitarist enlisted the six-string wunderkind to be part of an all-star collective which also featured REO Speedwagon drummer Alan Gratzer, as well as bassist Phil Chen (Rod Stewart), who May had
Sam Cutler, former tour manager for the Rolling Stones and the Grateful Dead, died this week at age 80. Cutler’s children, Bodhi and Chesley Cutler, shared the news in a statement on his Facebook page. “Sam Cutler, our father, your friend, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday, July 11, at age 80,” they
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