AC/DC has finally confirmed that when its Rock Or Bust Tour resumes this summer that Axl Rose will be the vocalist. The band confirmed the news on Saturday night (April 16th), shortly before the newly reunited Guns N Roses took…
Jason Aldean will return to the road as his Six String Circus Tour launches May 19th in Rogers, AR with continued support from Thomas Rhett and A Thousand Horses. As the first-ever country artist to take the stage at Boston’s…
Garth Brooks has broken his Michigan regional record in 24 minutes. He last played in East Lansing, MI on April 9-10, 1996, at MSU-Breslin Center and sold 28,393 tickets. Today (April 15th), he has sold over 40,000 tickets for Van…
The iconic, GRAMMY award winning group Alabama is back with the second single from their critically acclaimed album Southern Drawl. “Come Find Me” features 27-time GRAMMY winner Alison Krauss. Rolling Stone called this highlight from the album “a road weary…
Saliva has announced their ninth studio album, Love, Lies & Therapy, for June 10th on Universal Music Enterprises (UMe). It’s the second album with lead vocalist Bobby Amaru joining co-founding member, lead guitarist Wayne Swinny, drummer Paul Crosby and newest member, bassist…
Grammy Award-winning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees and 2016 Record Store Day Ambassadors Metallica are set to perform live at Berkeley, CA’s legendary record store Rasputin Music this Saturday, April 16th in celebration of Record Store Day 2016.…
Jon Bon Jovi is featured in a new DirecTV commercial called “Turn Back Time.” The 30 second clip was released to TV networks today (April 14th) and features the Bon Jovi frontman singing a new song written exclusively for the…
Amazon and Lionsgate TV are developing a drama based on characters and themes from Bob Dylan’s vast catalog, Variety reports. The hour long drama, entitled Time Out Of Mind, after the singer/songwriter’s 1997 album of the same name, is currently in the…
Big Machine Label Group (BMLG), home of Taylor Swift, Reba, Rascal Flatts, Tim McGraw and many others, has teamed up with HSN, a leading live content retailer, for an all-star partnership. As part of the innovative long-term collaboration, GRAMMY Award winning…
Churchill Downs Racetrack has announced that the seven-time Grammy Award- winning trio Lady Antebellum will sing the national anthem at the 142nd Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands on Saturday, May 7th. Kicking off the summer season of their 2016 Summer…
Juliette Lewis has premiered her new single “Hello Hero” via Nylon.com on April 13th. For the song, Lewis teamed up with Isabella “Machine” Summers of Florence and the Machine to co-write and co-produce the much anticipated track. Producer Isabella “Machine” Summers…
Prior to their performance at Baltimore’s Royal Farms Arena Friday night (April 8th), the GRAMMY Award-winning group Little Big Town received a surprise visit from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Little Big Town’s Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Jimi…
After more than five decades of touring and entertaining the world, Kenny Rogers will begin his final world tour on May 13th in Mahnomen, Minnesota. Rogers announced late last year on NBC’s The Today Show that this upcoming tour would be…
RCA/Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release a newly expanded edition of Everybody’s In Show-Biz, The Kinks’ 1972 album masterpiece, on Friday, June 3rd on 2 CD and 3 LP. First released in August 1972, Everybody’s In…
The biopic is named after Haggard’s song, Done It All A week after legendary country singer Merle Haggard passed away at the age of 79, it has been announced that a biopic is in the works with GMH Productions. Deadline reports that…
The Best Fest is proud to announce Dylan Fest: A Celebration of Bob Dylan’s 75th Birthday May 23rd and 24th at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium. The two-night concert event will see an extraordinary and eclectic array of artists paying tribute…
Grammy Award winner Ray LaMontagne has released a ‘360’ music video for single, “Hey, No Pressure” via Facebook on April 12th. The video, which was directed by Oscar winner Peter Martin, was in collaboration with Jaunt Studios, the leading producer and…
Multi-Grammy and ARIA Award winning artist Keith Urban, who will release his eighth studio album RipCord on May 6th, has announced that he will be bringing his “ripCORD World Tour 2016,” home to Australia this December. The tour, which will feature…
Global superstar Enrique Iglesias is set to release his new single, “Duele El Corazon” featuring Wisin on April 18th. The Spanish language track, which was produced by Carlos Paucar, comes on the heels of his two consecutive No. 1s on Billboard’s Latin…
With help from the show hosts hip-hop artist and actor Ludacris and international music sensation Ciara, dick clark productions and ABC announced the finalists for the “2016 Billboard Music Awards,” honoring the year’s most successful artists in 43 categories. The…
Following their wildly successful concerts at the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles, in front of 100,000 screaming fans at the Rock in Rio festival, and their spectacular worldwide television debut on the 2016 GRAMMY Awards reaching a global audience of…
Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Bruce Hornsby has delivered a new album with his long-running band, The Noisemakers titled Rehab Reunion due to be released June 17th on 429 Records. The iconoclast pushes the envelope once again, putting his piano aside and writing…
Bon Jovi fans waiting for the long-awaited This House Is Not For Sale album will have to wait a bit longer. Frontman Jon Bon Jovi states that the album’s been completed for some time now, but has been pushed back to fall…
Bruce Springsteen has canceled his Greensboro, North Carolina show for this weekend due to the state’s new HB2 law, called the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act that blocks transgender individuals from using public bathrooms that match their gender identity.…
dick clark productions and ABC have announced that the “2016 Billboard Music Awards” will be hosted for the third year in a row by Grammy award winning recording artist Ludacris. He will be joined by first-time host and international recording…
KISS has announced its 2016 Summer American “Freedom To Rock” Tour and will visit 36+ cities nationwide with more markets being announced soon. The long-awaited & highly anticipated “Freedom To Rock” Tour will kick off on July 7th in Boise,…
Atlantic Records has announced its release of The Angry Birds Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) due everywhere on Friday, May 6th. The Columbia Pictures and Rovio Entertainment 3D animated comedy The Angry Birds Movie arrives in theaters nationwide on Friday, May…
Backers have less than a day left to pledge to the project before its funding deadline on April 8th. The Who the F*@% is Frank Zappa Kickstarter project — an effort to produce a documentary film about the life of musician Frank…
Country’s biggest stars and rising newcomers including Kelsea Ballerini, Cam, Dan + Shay, Sam Hunt, Martina McBride, and Cole Swindell will join previously announced powerhouse performers Florida Georgia Line, Thomas Rhett, Carrie Underwood and more on the star-studded “American Country…
Initial performers announced for “GRAMMY Salute to Music Legends” include Lila Downs, Earth, Wind & Fire, Andy Garcia and The CineSon All Stars, Lucrecia, Martina McBride, and JD Souther. The Recording Academy will honor its 2016 Special Merit Awards recipients…
Coldplay has revealed even more dates for their massive A Head Full Of Dreams Tour. The tour will now visit an additional 12 cities around the country with shows in Las Vegas, Phoenix, St. Louis, Denver and more. A full…
Columbia Records has confirmed that a new studio album from Bob Dylan, Fallen Angels, will be released on May 20th on CD and LP. Featuring twelve classic American tunes written by some of music’s most acclaimed and influential songwriters, the…
AXS TV is paying tribute Friday (April 8th) to one of country music’s most beloved artists, Merle Haggard, with a special airing of Dan Rather’s The Big Interview with Merle Haggard on April 8th at 11:30 a.m. ET/8:30 a.m. PT. There…
When Aerosmith returns from its hiatus next year, the band may embark on a farewell tour. Frontman Steven Tyler is currently promoting his still not-yet-released country debut CD, but tells Rolling Stone that 2017 may be when Aerosmith finally calls…
Country music legend Merle Haggard has passed away on his birthday at the age of 79. The Associated Press confirms with Haggard’s manager, Frank Mull, that the country icon died at his home in Palo Cedro, California, eight miles east of Redding, of…
Eagle Rock Entertainment will proudly release Totally Stripped by The Rolling Stones on June 3rd. One of the most anticipated releases in recent years, this collection features The Rolling Stones going back to the source of many of their favorite…
Finalists for the 2016 American Country Countdown Awards have been announced. Country superstar Luke Bryan dominates the list with seven category nods, followed by newcomer Sam Hunt with five, Thomas Rhett and Zac Brown Band each with four, and Florida Georgia…
For the first time in his career, Garth Brooks and The Garth Brooks World Tour with Trisha Yearwood are coming to Grand Rapids, MI. The concert will be Saturday, May 14th at 7 pm at Van Andel Arena. This will be…
Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds will play a special acoustic show on Wednesday, July 6th at Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center in Canandaigua, NY. The longtime friends and collaborators will be on the road this summer with Dave Matthews…
Continuing its spring tradition for live broadcasts of music festivals, AXS TV delivers an all-access pass to four of the country’s largest festivals, as the biggest names in music take the stage at legendary venues across the U.S. The impressive…
To showcase and celebrate excellence in music across genres, The Recording Academy has partnered with Upsilon Ventures, producer and developer of iconic destinations and visitor experiences and the New York City Mayor’s Office to present GRAMMY Park the first GRAMMY-branded,…
Los Punks: We Are All We Have, a feature film documentary that portrays the South Central and East Los Angeles punk scene, is set for Video On Demand (VOD) in mid May. From the producers of Dogtown and Z-Boys and…
This year marks the debut of Ohana- a two-day music festival at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, CA – featuring performances by Eddie Vedder, Lana Del Rey, Elvis Costello, Band Of Horses and tons more. Produced by Live Nation…
The Ram Truck brand has released a new 60-second television ad and long-form video as part of an expanded relationship with two-time Grammy Award-winning country music artist Chris Stapleton. The announcement comes days after Stapleton, one of the hottest artists…
International pop icon P!nk is set to release “Just Like Fire” from Walt Disney Studios’ upcoming feature film Alice Through The Looking Glass on April 15th at all digital providers via RCA Records/Walt Disney Records. The track, which is the…
In conjunction with this summer’s U.S. tour, Jeff Beck has announced that he will release a new studio album called Loud Hailer on July 15th on CD and LP. This marks his first studio album since the Grammy winning Emotion &…
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Steven Tyler has announced his intimate concert performance, “Steven Tyler…Out On A Limb,” at Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall on May 2nd. The award winning director Brett Ratner and the legendary frontman are…
Guitar Center has announced a new partnership with legendary metal musician Zakk Wylde, encompassing a private Master Class program for unsigned artists and a new line of Zakk Wylde guitars called Wylde Audio. The guitars are available at Guitar Center…
Winners have been announced for the 51st Academy of Country Music Awards, a star-studded ceremony broadcast live tonight (April 3rd) on the CBS Television Network from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV. The industry named Jason Aldean as Entertainer…
On April 4th at 12:01 am local time, The Beatles’ acclaimed Anthology, Volumes 1-3 music collections will be available for streaming worldwide. Originally released in 2 CD volumes in 1995 and 1996, Anthology‘s three chronological collections of rare and previously…