Red Hot Chili Peppers “Dark Necessities” is the No. 1 song on both the BDS and Mediabase Alternative charts, extending their record for the artist with the most No. 1 singles in Modern Rock chart history with 13 total. To…
GRAMMY Award-winning superstar sibling trio The Band Perry release their highly-anticipated brand-new single, “Comeback Kid,” today (August 1st) via Mercury Nashville / Interscope Records. The track, about overcoming adversity, was written by Kimberly Perry, Reid Perry, and Neil Perry, and…
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) will present renowned songwriter-artist and comedian Mark Lowry with its prestigious Golden Note Award at the 38th Annual ASCAP Christian Music Awards, to be held on Monday, September 26th at Rocketown…
Eric Church’s second single off Mr. Misunderstood hit No. 1 today (August 1st) just in time for fans to celebrate his seventh summit to the top of both MediaBase and Billboard charts when he kicks-off his first of two sold-out…
Critically acclaimed country star Mo Pitney has revealed that his debut album, Behind This Guitar, will be released on October 7th via Curb Records. Pitney penned ten of the album’s 12 tracks, along with a who’s who of top Nashville songwriters.…
Pearl Jam is the featured artist for Third Man Records’ 29th Vault package. On June 9, 2016, two nights prior to their headlining set at Bonnaroo, Third Man Records (TMR) welcomed Pearl Jam for a performance in their Nashville Blue Room…
Dierks Bentley has announced that he will release his latest album, Black, on vinyl on August 12th. To celebrate, Bentley will make an in store appearance at Vintage Vinyl in St. Louis for a signing and intimate performance, just hours before…
There will be two Garth Brooks concerts going sale at 10 am PDT for Anaheim today (July 29th). The concerts will be Friday, September 16th at 7 pm and Saturday, September 17th at 7 pm at the Honda Center in Anaheim. Tickets will be on…
Iconic songwriter and prolific singer Steven Tyler’s highly anticipated first solo album We’re All Somebody From Somewhere on Dot Records, underneath the Big Machine Label Group umbrella, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and earned the #1…
In celebration of The Monkees’ golden anniversary, Rhino Records has announced a pair of career-spanning music collections for August 26th. The first is The Monkees 50, a three CD set packed with 50 unforgettable songs from the band’s historic career, including…
Fans of country music trailblazer Charley Pride can catch the multi-platinum selling singer on an upcoming two-hour radio special airing on SiriusXM. Tune in as Pride sits down with host, “Mayor of Music Row,” Charlie Monk in celebration of the…
Metallica: Back to the Front, the definitive story of Master of Puppets and the subsequent tour that followed its release, hits bookstores and online sellers on September 13th. A very special Collector’s Edition of the book will be available two weeks…
Music legend Brian Wilson and BMG, in collaboration with the groundbreaking and critically-acclaimed PBS television series Soundstage, have announced the release of Brian Wilson and Friends, a new live CD/DVD set and Blu-ray edition available in stores and online July…
Maroon 5’s remarkable 14-year career has established them as one of pop music’s most enduring and celebrated groups. For the first time since their original release, all five of the band’s albums will be released on 180-gram vinyl in a…
Last summer, Faith No More treated fans to Sol Invictus, the group’s first new studio release in almost 20 years. This year, the band will revisit two classic albums with Deluxe Editions of King For A Day and Album Of The…
MTV has announced it will rebrand VH1 Classic as MTV Classic. MTV Classic will feature an eclectic mix of fan-favorite MTV series and music programming drawn from across its rich history, with a special focus on the 1990s and early 2000s.…
Pink Floyd will release The Early Years 1965-1972 on Friday, November 11th. Pink Floyd have delved into their vast music archive, back to the very start of their career, to produce a deluxe 27 disc box set featuring seven individual book-style…
Chapter and Verse, the audio companion to Bruce Springsteen’s extraordinary forthcoming autobiography, will be released September 23rd on Columbia Records. The career-spanning compilation will be released four days before Simon & Schuster publishes Born to Run. Five of the album’s…
The Band Perry has set Monday, August 1st for their Comeback Day with their new single “Comeback Kid.” The song is the first in their joint partnership with Interscope Records and Universal Music Group’s Mercury Nashville imprint. The band has…
CMT has announced a 13-episode second season pickup of its hit series Still The King, starring Billy Ray Cyrus, Joey Lauren Adams and Madison Iseman. The one-hour season finale airs Sunday, August 14th at 9 pm ET Season two will…
The GRAMMY Foundation and GRAMMY Museum are partnering on September 1st to celebrate the life and legacy of B.B. King, 15-time GRAMMY-winning rhythm and blues singer. The live tribute, titled Icon: The Life And Legacy Of B.B. King, and sponsored…
For the first time in 19 years, The Garth Brooks World Tour with Trisha Yearwood is coming to Fresno, CA. The concert will be Saturday, September 24th at 7 pm at Save Mart Center in Fresno. Tickets will be on sale Friday,…
SiriusXM has announced that to launch The Garth Channel on SiriusXM, Garth Brooks will perform a special invitation-only concert for SiriusXM listeners at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. It will be the first time in Brooks’ career that he has put…
Beyonce and Adele lead the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) nominations. The nominations were revealed Tuesday (July 26th) on Facebook Live, and the Video of the Year noms were even painted onto a panoramic mural in New York’s East…
Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release Willie Nelson’s latest album, For The Good Times: A Tribute To Ray Price, on Friday, September 16th on CD and LP. On his new album, Nelson has teamed up with a pair of…
Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar, Selena Gomez, Major Lazer, and Metallica will headline the 2016 Global Citizen Festival, the annual free-ticketed event on the Great Lawn in Central Park in New York City on Saturday, September 24th. The Festival will harness actions…
GRAMMY Award-winning multi-platinum international icon, and newly anointed recipient of a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Pitbull unveils a brand new single entitled “Greenlight” featuring Flo Rida & LunchMoney Lewis. “Greenlight” featuring Flo Rida & LunchMoney Lewis was…
On September 30th, A&M/Interscope Records will release The Studio Collection, a career-spanning vinyl LP box set featuring all of Sting’s seminal solo studio albums brought together for the first time. The Studio Collection includes eight essential A&M Records albums across eleven…
The 1975 has announced that they will return stateside this fall for a North American headline tour in support of their #1 US and UK sophomore album, I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so…
iHeartMedia has announced the headliners for the 2016 iHeartRadio Music Festival. They include U2, Drake, Britney Spears, Sam Hunt, twenty one pilots, Billy Idol, Florida Georgia Line, OneRepublic, Sia, Cage The Elephant, Zedd, Tears for Fears, Ariana Grande, Pitbull, Usher…
As promised, Parlophone Records has detailed the upcoming David Bowie – Who Can I Be Now? (1974 – 1976) box set, spanning his career from 1969. The follow up to the awarding winning and critically acclaimed David Bowie – Five Years (1969-1973) — and…
Having just dropped a new title – Cosmic Hallelujah – for his upcoming album, Kenny Chesney continues ratcheting up the excitement by releasing “Setting The World On Fire” to country radio on July 28th at 5 pm ET. The duet,…
The unreleased David Bowie album, The Gouster, is set to be released as art of a new box set called, David Bowie – Who Can I Be Now? (1974 – 1976). The set is the follow up to the David Bowie – Five…
One of the most iconic and instantly recognizable voices in music history is back in a way you’ve never heard before. Multi-platinum artist Macy Gray makes her Chesky Records debut with her new jazz-infused album Stripped, an intimate offering recorded…
Pandora, the go-to music source for fans and artists, is bringing the heat to Los Angeles with its fourth annual Pandora Summer Crush, an end-of-summer celebration on August 13th featuring live performances from A-list talent 5 Seconds of Summer, eight-time…
Charlie Daniels 80th Birthday Volunteer Jam takes place on the singer’s 80th birthday Chris Stapleton will be joining forces with Rock and Roll superstar Kid Rock and comedy standout Larry The Cable Guy to help Charlie Daniels celebrate his 80th…
Temple of the Dog – the Seattle supergroup featuring Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell, Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, and Mike McCready, and drummer Matt Cameron (who plays drums with both Soundgarden and Pearl Jam) – has reunited and will tour…
For the first time in 20 years, The Garth Brooks World Tour with Trisha Yearwood is coming to Anaheim, CA. The concert will be Saturday, September 17th at 7 PM at Honda Center in Anaheim. Tickets will be on sale…
Apple Corps Ltd. and Universal Music Group are pleased to announce global release plans for The Beatles: Live At The Hollywood Bowl, a new album that captures the joyous exuberance of the band’s three sold-out concerts at Los Angeles’ Hollywood…
Nearly 20 years ago, Led Zeppelin introduced BBC Sessions, an acclaimed two-disc set of live recordings selected from the band’s appearances on BBC radio between 1969 and 1971. Later this year, the band will unveil The Complete BBC Sessions, an…
Eagle Rock Entertainment has announced that it will release Journey: Live In Manila on September 9th. The 27 song project will be available as a DVD/2 CD set, Blu-ray/2 CD set and digital formats. It’s the first time the set will…
Ariana Grande reveals a new seductively irresistible scent, Sweet Like Candy by Ariana Grande. The newest pillar of her top selling fragrance collection in creation with Luxe Brands launches exclusively at Ulta in July 2016. As a force to be reckoned…
As a music journalist, I get pitched new music everyday. Usually it’s from random musicians or bands who just want a chance to be heard. I can relate to that, but I don’t have time to listen to everything and…
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and Reba McEntire have announced “Rockin’ R By Reba,” the singer’s new retail line available exclusively at Cracker Barrel stores nationwide and online at crackerbarrel.com on Thursday, August 4th. This is the first product partnership…
NOW That’s What I Call Music!, the world’s best-selling multi-artist album series, is pleased to announce all the major hits chosen for NOW That’s What I Call Music! 59 and the simultaneous release of NOW That’s What I Call Party…
Country music superstars didn’t hesitate to come together for Stars Behind The Stars to support the families of slain Dallas police officers. In light of the tragedy, more than fourteen artists, including Tanya Tucker, The Oak Ridge Boys, Mark Wills,…
Garbage has announced that they will be extending their Strange Little Birds US Tour, which kicked off earlier this month and will now wrap on September 24th in San Francisco, CA. Tickets for these additional tour dates will be on…
NAO’s debut album For All We Know will be released on July 29th on CD and LP via Little Tokyo Recordings/RCA Records and is set to be one of the defining records of 2016. Her emergence as one of the…
SiriusXM has announced that Grammy Award-winning British rock band Coldplay will perform a special invitation-only show for SiriusXM on Sunday, August 7th at a secret location. The performance will air live on SiriusXM’s The Spectrum channel. The special performance for…
Since the release of Kenny Rogers’ first-ever Christmas album back in 1981 titled Christmas, Rogers has embarked on an annual Christmas & Hits Tour where he performs holiday favorites and a large selection of hits at concerts across North America.…