Rock

Dana Carvey stayed on Saturday Night Live longer than he wanted to. After starting alongside Phil Hartman, Jan Hooks, Kevin Nealon and Victoria Jackson with one of the strongest individual debuts in SNL history, Carvey quickly made himself indispensable, his facility with impressions soon latching onto several political figures so valuable to Saturday Night Live

Paramore played a new song called ‘Running Out Of Time’ at an album release show in Nashville last night (February 6) – check out the footage and full setlist below. The Hayley Williams-fronted trio performed at the Grand Ole Opry House venue in the Tennessee city ahead of dropping their sixth studio record, ‘This Is

Paul Stanley, Ozzy Osbourne and several other rockers are fed up with companies that call their employees rock stars for completing basic tasks with proficiency, and they’re airing their grievances in a new Super Bowl ad for Workday. The previously teased spot, which you can watch below, opens with Stanley closing out a Kiss show, then wheeling around to implore

Juice WRLD‘s final posthumous album will arrive soon, as confirmed by the late rapper’s friend and Grade A Productions label head Lil Bibby. READ MORE: The Big Read – Juice Wrld: “The rap game is so motherfucking soft now” Bibby shared a video of the rapper in the studio on his Instagram on Saturday (February 4)

It was a big night for many classic rock artists at the 65th annual Grammy Awards — not that you saw much of it on TV. The majority of the rock winners were honored during the Premiere Ceremony, a pre-televised event that dished out the large majority of the Grammys’ 91 categories. Ozzy Osbourne took

Taylor Swift was visibly supportive of Harry Styles‘ Grammy achievements at last night’s (February 5) ceremony. The former One Direction singer took home the biggest Grammy of the night with the Album Of The Year award for his third solo album ‘Harry’s House’, along with Best Pop Vocal Album. Styles was nominated in six categories

Nirvana and Heart sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson received lifetime achievement awards on Saturday at the Recording Academy’s Special Merit Awards, joining a prestigious group of honorees that also included the Supremes, Chic’s Nile Rodgers and rapper Slick Rick. Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear all attended the ceremony, which took place at the

Richard Hawley has criticised the Tory government in a new interview. Hawley was speaking to the Independent to promote his new stage musical Standing at the Sky’s Edge, which is set to debut at the National Theatre this month. The musical is named after his 2012 studio album and tells the story of Sheffield’s infamous Park Hill

The producers of Wattstax had a problem when it came to the industry’s rating system. Intended for family audiences, their movie followed along as multiple Stax Records-affiliated R&B and soul legends took the stage in August 1972 at the sprawling Los Angeles Coliseum to commemorate the Watts riots, with topical man-on-the-street interviews interspersed throughout. Some

Ridley Scott’s follow-up to Gladiator has been given a release date by Paramount. It marks the latest development in the much-anticipated Gladiator follow-up, which has been rumoured since as early as 2001. In 2021, Scott confirmed that a script for the sequel had been written, with the final draft reportedly being submitted in November of last year. “We

Respected Bruce Springsteen fanzine Backstreets announced its closure after 43 years as a result of the musician’s “dynamic ticket pricing” campaign, which saw tickets for his 2023 reunion tour with the E Street Band shooting out of many supporters’ price ranges last year. The controversial strategy, overseen by Ticketmaster, meant that some entry fees for

Paramore’s Hayley Williams has opened up about her love of Shame, saying she wants to play shows with them in the future. READ MORE: Shame: “When we started out as a band, we went about it in a pretty teenage way…” Speaking in a new interview with The Guardian, Williams opened up about her love of the

Melinda Dillon, the two-time Oscar-nominee who starred in such films as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Absence of Malice and A Christmas Story, has died at 83. The actress’s passing was confirmed by her family, who noted that her date of death was Jan. 9. No further details were given. Born in Hope, Ark.,

The 65th Grammy Awards will take place on Sunday (February 5) at Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena. Comedian Trevor Noah is set to host, marking his third year as master of ceremony. The annual celebration will recognise the best songs, artists, albums, and more from the past year. Nominations were announced in November, with Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar and Adele

REO Speedwagon’s Kevin Cronin introduced Derek Hilland as a replacement for Neal Doughty, who bowed out after 55 years last month. Keyboardist Doughty – co-founder and the only member to appear on all of the band’s records – explained that he had enough of traveling, and although he still enjoyed performing, it was time for him

It was December 2020 when Rose Elinor Dougall suggested she and Graham Coxon should write a song together, ostensibly for her fourth solo album. They’d met only briefly since Dougall was a Pipette and, huddling for a smoke outside a socially distanced benefit for victims of that summer’s Beirut warehouse explosion, they had little idea

Future, Missy Elliott, Glorilla and more are set to perform during this week’s Grammy’s tribute to 50 years of hip-hop. Earlier this week, Questlove revealed that he’s co-curated the tribute in a new announcement video released on January 31, teasing that he’d been working on the tribute with some of the “biggest names” in hip-hop.

Shania Twain said Prince once invited her to Paisley Park to record “the next Rumours album,” referring to Fleetwood Mac‘s hit 1977 LP. The country star, who is set to release her sixth album, Queen of Me, on Friday, recently spoke with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe and shared the story of Prince’s invitation. Back in 2008, Twain was going through

In 2006, following the death of his Go-Betweens foil and best friend Grant McLennan, Robert Forster stopped making music and, for a time, chose to write about it instead. A book, The 10 Rules Of Rock And Roll, collected the essays he wrote for Australian publication The Monthly – and introducing the collection was the

K-pop label SM Entertainment has announced plans to debut four new musical acts sometime this year. Earlier today (February 3) in a video announcement, SM Entertainment CEO Sung Su-lee and COO Young Jun-tak outlined plans to establish a “multi-production center/label system” – or a music production strategy designed to help SM release more music and