Rock

A 1971 documentary called Harvest Time, marking the 50th anniversary of Neil Young‘s classic album Harvest, will premiere in theaters worldwide on Dec. 1. More showings in select locations will follow on Dec. 4, with, presumably, a home-video release at a later date. “The feature is a never-been-seen-before fan piece including footage from Northern California, London and Nashville, during [Harvest‘s]
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Placebo have shared details of their rescheduled North American tour. In September the band said they were “devastated” to shelve their first tour dates in the US, Canada and Mexico in nearly a decade after “issues beyond our control”. Fans were only given two days’ notice of the cancellation ahead of the planned launch. Now,
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Skepta is launching his own record label in a bid to support new acts. READ MORE: Skepta: “They’ll make an example out of us black artists” Big Smoke Corporation aims to “nurture and invest in the next generation of young creative talent and executives across multiple fields” according to a press release. As part of the
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Becoming a successful artist is difficult. Remaining on top forever is downright impossible. Careers naturally ebb and flow, as acts do everything possible to make the highs last as long as possible. The most common evolution sees a star’s popularity slowly decline, eventually landing somewhere between the “legacy act” to “whatever happened to” range. There
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As would be the case 31 years later with another classic “Weekend Update” correspondent on Saturday Night Live, Gilda Radner’s Roseanne Roseannadanna originally appeared on the show in a different form. Like Bill Hader’s Stefon, the woman who would become Roseanne was first imagined as a sketch character before everyone involved recognized that they’d struck another
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Harry Styles has teamed up with non-profit organisation HeadCount to encourage his American fans to register for voting ahead of the country’s midterm elections. Billboard reports that the singer’s campaign has seen over 54,000 people register as part of HeadCount’s ‘Good To Vote’ initiative, with nearly 30,000 registrations taking place within its first 24 hours.
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Bruce Springsteen has opened up about the final moments of longtime E Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemons’ life in a new interview. Speaking with Howard Stern on The Howard Stern Show, Springsteen – on the show to promote his forthcoming covers album ‘Only The Strong Survive’ – recalled visiting Clemons in the hospital following the saxophonist
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Four names come to mind when you think of Motley Crue: Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee, Vince Neil and Mick Mars. But the group has undergone several lineup changes at various stages of its 40-plus-year career. Granted, half of the band’s lineups consisted of the twice-reunited famous original foursome, with Sixx and Mars always remaining on board
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King Crimson‘s Robert Fripp and wife Toyah Willcox have returned with a special Halloween edition of their Sunday Lunch series, taking on Black Sabbath’s ‘Children Of The Grave’. In typical Sunday Lunch fashion, Fripp played lead guitar with a menacing expression on his face, while Willcox handled lead vocals and an interpretive dance routine. Both were
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Kelly Clarkson has turned her attention to Soundgarden on her ‘Kellyoke’ segment for The Kelly Clarkson Show, performing the band’s signature song ‘Black Hole Sun’. The cover took place on Friday’s episode (October 28), for which she was joined by actors Josh Duhamel and Sosie Bacon. Clarkson donned a flannelette shirt for the performance, nodding to
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Warren Zevon‘s final appearance on the Late Show With David Letterman on Oct. 30, 2002 was memorable for a few reasons. One was how Zevon’s profound sense of courage came across — earlier that same year, he’d been unexpectedly given a grim diagnosis of pleural mesothelioma, a cancer often caused by exposure to asbestos. Zevon had been told he only had
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Indy Yelich, the little sister of Lorde, has shared a new single – listen to ‘Killer’ below. The singer emerged last month with her debut single ‘Threads’, after “secretly working away at music for 4 years”. Speaking of new song ‘Killer’ in a statement, Yelich said: “‘Killer’ is about the different sides of myself; anxiety ridden,
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Australia’s INXS might have been a household name across North America during the latter half of the ’80s, but the first portion of that decade decisively belonged to fellow Aussies Men at Work. Formed in Melbourne in 1979, the band quickly earned a loyal audience at home, leading the group to sign a record contract with CBS Records
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Bob Dylan covered Jerry Lee Lewis‘ “I Can’t Seem to Say Goodbye” as the encore of his concert in England on Friday night, paying tribute to the recently departed rock ‘n’ roller. In the video, which you can watch below, Dylan introduces the song by telling the audience, “I don’t know how many of you know, but Jerry Lee’s gone.
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