Rock

While Arcade Fire were on the ground at this year’s Osheaga Festival in Montreal, Canada – where they filled in for the Foo Fighters – frontman Win Butler and guitarist Richard Parry spoke warmly about the late Taylor Hawkins. Prior to their headlining set, Butler and Parry sat down with iHeartRadio, where journalist Jason Rockman

More than six years after Prince’s death, the court case surrounding the distribution of his estate has finally come to a close. “There has never been a probate case in Minnesota as complicated as this one,” noted Joe Cassioppi, an attorney representing Comerica Bank, the company which had been serving as the estate’s administrator. The

Sam Prekop and John McEntire have worked in harmony for close to 30 years. As the singer-guitarist and drummer in The Sea And Cake – alongside bassist Archer Prewitt – the pair have amassed a body of work that takes a good few hours to sift through on Spotify, though such is the breezy, effortless

Spanish prosecutors have said Shakira should face eight years in prison over the ongoing alleged tax fraud case involving the musician. READ MORE: Shakira on the movie of her ill-fated El Dorado tour: “I knew someday I’d lose my youth or my beauty, but I never thought I would lose my voice…” Shakira has been

Ringo Starr has announced EP3, a new four-song collection featuring a host of collaborators, to be released on Sept. 16. You can see the track listing below and preorder the EP now. It will be available digitally and on CD on Sept. 16, and on 10-inch vinyl and limited-edition translucent royal blue cassette on Nov. 18. The former

Regina Baer, co-founder of Berlin nightclubs Tresor and Kraftwerk, has died. Her friend and fellow Tresor founder Dimitri Hegemann announced that she died last Thursday (July 21) after “fighting an extended, courageous battle against a serious illness”. Baer and Hegemann helped establish the club Tresor in 1991 after the fall of the Berlin wall. The venue

A lawsuit alleging Bob Dylan sexually abused a 12-year-old girl in 1965 has been dropped. In a hearing on Thursday (July 28), the unidentified accuser — referred to only as “J.C.” in court documents — requested the case to be dismissed “with prejudice.” The sudden action came after the defense team alleged the plaintiff deleted crucial

Glass Animals have covered Destiny’s Child‘s ‘Say My Name’ during an appearance on triple j’s Like a Version segment, while in Australia for the Splendour in the Grass festival. The band’s rendition transforms the 1999 R&B hit into a blissed-out nu-raver. Foregrounded by crisp electronic drums, high basslines and woozy synths, frontman Dave Bayley delivers

The Cure will release a 30th-anniversary deluxe edition of their 1992 album, Wish, on Oct. 7. Newly remastered by Robert Smith and Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios, the three-CD or two-LP set features 45 tracks, including the original album, as well as over 20 previously unreleased demos. Four tracks from the band’s 1993 mail-order-only cassette, Lost Wishes, are also included. None of them have

Jack Saunders has been named the new host of BBC Radio 1’s Official Chart Show. The presenter will take over from Scott Mills, who announced his departure from Radio 1 earlier this month. Speaking about his new role, Saunders said: “I can’t believe my name gets added next to the endless list of legends who

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, the upcoming biopic about legendary song parodist “Weird Al” Yankovic, will premiere exclusively on the Roku Channel on Nov. 4, the streaming platform revealed today along with an official movie poster. The film, which stars former Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe as Yankovic, was announced at the beginning of 2022. A trailer, soundtracked

Shawn Mendes has cancelled the remaining dates of his ‘Wonder’ world tour in order to recover from his mental health difficulties. In a statement posted on Instagram today (July 27), Mendes said he “wasn’t prepared for the toll that being back on the road would take” on him. “After speaking with my team and working

Because Eric Johnson is so quiet and unassuming – except when a guitar is slung over his shoulder – it’s easy to forget just how bona fide great he is. So this double helping of welcome reminder is certainly in order. The Book of Making and Yesterday Meets Today are twin testimony of what the Texas guitar master

A new comic book about the life of Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks has been published. Yesterday (July 26), TodalWave Comics announced that it was adding Nicks to its ‘Female Focus’ comic book series, which focusses on women who have made an impact in the world. Female Force: Stevie Nicks is a 22-page comic book that details the

For five or so years, Austin Powers ruled the world. Mike Myers’ most popular character made his debut in 1997’s Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, a movie that quickly became so popular it gave the world dozens of catchphrases, from “Oh, behave” to “Do I make you horny, baby?” Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

Hanoi Rocks guitarist Andy McCoy says he’s never been offered an apology from Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil, whose 1984 car crash resulted in the death of the band’s drummer, Nicholas “Razzle” Dingley. Neil crashed into another car on the way back from buying alcohol in California, killing Dingley and leaving both occupants of the

When Billy Joel visited the Soviet Union for a series of historic concerts in 1987, he learned it was still rock ‘n’ roll to them — albeit slightly different. On July 26, 1987, Joel and his band played at the Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Moscow to kick off a six-show “tour,” making him the first Western artist to

The 1975 have announced their next single, ‘Happiness’. The Manchester group returned earlier this month with the track ‘Part Of The Band’, which served as the first taste of their fifth album ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’ (out October 14 via Dirty Hit). Now, some fans have spotted new posters in London that confirm

Eddie Vedder returned to performing on July 25, his first concert since damaging his vocal cords a little over a week prior. Back on July 17, Pearl Jam headlined Lollapalooza Paris. The set took place amid a record breaking heat wave in Europe, with wildfires raging throughout France. Days later, the band revealed that Vedder’s voice had

Sam Fender has announced a headline Australian tour for November 2022, in support of his second studio album ‘Seventeen Going Under’. The tour, announced today (July 26), is Fender’s first to the continent in over three years. He was last in Australia as part of the Splendour In The Grass festival, performing there as well