New music is expected this week Following Chuck Berry’s death at the age of 90 on Saturday (Mar 18th), his estate and record label, Dualtone, has announced that Chuck will be released soon. The album, Berry’s first in 38 years, was…
In celebration of Sean “Diddy” Combs aka Puff Daddy premiering his Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: The Bad Boy Story documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival, the music mogul announces an exclusive one-night-only performance at the screening event alongside Bad Boy…
Toby Keith, Alabama and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top have been added to the all-star lineup at Sing Me Back Home: The Music Of Merle Haggard, previously reported by The Tennessean. The event is an all-star concert event taping at…
Don Henley has set a special concert on July 22nd in Dallas, Texas at the American Airlines Center in celebration of his 70th birthday. The once-in-a-lifetime event will feature songs by Henley spanning his entire career from the Eagles and his…
Two of music’s most captivating live performers will share the stage this summer when multi-platinum selling and multiple Grammy Award-winning global superstars Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull reunite for a co-headlining tour with CNCO as support. Adored by fans and critics…
No cause of death has been revealed Blues legend Chuck Berry has died at the age of 90 at his home near St. Louis. St. Charles First Responders found Berry unresponsive after arriving to his home before 1 pm Central…
Fancy: The Musical, a new musical based on Reba McEntire’s hit song “Fancy,” held development labs on March 16th and 17th. The new show is still in the incubation process, and The Music Universe got a peak inside the creation…
Garth Brooks has announced that he will perform a free concert for the city of Austin, TX on Saturday, March 17th at SXSW Outdoor Stage at Lady Bird Lake. The concert is presented by Amazon Music. The announcement was made during…
Two dozen rare and limited release Frank Zappa recordings will be made widely available around the world when UMe assumes distribution of the albums as part of their global partnership with the Zappa Family Trust. In the U.S., the 24…
Metallica is taking its WorldWired Tour to Europe later this year through next Spring. The European leg will tour arenas starting September 4th in Amsterdam, following a rescheduled Copenhagen show on September 2nd. It will run through mid May when…
The Cranberries are set to release Something Else, a new album featuring re-worked renditions of their major hits, as well as brand new material. The album is due out April 28th via BMG on digital and CD formats, and includes…
On Sunday, March 26th, Tennessee residents are invited to celebrate the Ryman Auditorium’s 125th anniversary with a daytime tour experience free of charge as part of a Community Appreciation Day sponsored by Ryman partners Nissan and SunTrust Bank, as originally…
EST 19XX/Bad Boy/Interscope recording artist Machine Gun Kelly collaborates with Oscar nominated actress and multi-platinum selling recording artist Hailee Steinfeld, for the inspiring new single, “At My Best,” which is now available at all digital retailers. Produced by pop music…
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo officials have announced that Garth Brooks will open and close 2018 RODEOHOUSTON, February 27th and March 18th. “We are thrilled to welcome Garth Brooks back to the RODEOHOUSTON stage,” says Jack A. Lyons, Houston Livestock…
Garth Brooks has broken his Champaign, IL ticket sales record. His previous record was set, March 7th – 9th, 1997, with 48,633 tickets sold at the University of Illinois Assembly Center. The previous record holder at that arena was Elvis…
AT&T Wireless customers already have had access AT&T and Live Nation have teamed up to offer tens of millions of eligible DIRECTV, AT&T U-Verse TV and AT&T Internet customers exclusive pre-sale access to concerts. A&T is the only mobile company to…
BET Networks and AEG have announced the first wave of star-studded talent that will take the stage at the 5th annual BET Experience at L.A. LIVE presented by Coca-Cola. This year’s lineup of concerts at STAPLES Center will feature some of…
Iceland’s Secret Solstice festival has many reasons to be called the most unique festival on the planet, having garnered that title in one form or another by several news outlets around the world. And it’s not hard to see why.…
The Academy of Country Music has revealed the winners for the new artist categories for the 52nd Academy of Country Music Awards. Brothers Osborne, Maren Morris and Jon Pardi have been named New Vocal Duo or Group of the Year…
iHeartMedia has announced the return of the annual star-studded iHeartRadio Music Festival on September 22nd and 23rd at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, and its Daytime Village presented by Capital One, which will return to the Las Vegas Village across…
Bad Company recorded four classic albums in as many years, giving rise to some of the most recognizable rock songs of the Seventies, including Rock Steady, Run With The Pack and the Grammy-nominated, “Feel Like Makin’ Love.” After releasing remastered and…
The MusiCares Foundation, an affiliated charity of The Recording Academy with an outstanding four-star rating from Charity Navigator, has announced that the 13th annual MusiCares MAP Fund benefit concert will honor multi-GRAMMY-winning artist Adam Clayton of U2 at PlayStation Theater…
Pandora has announced that Pandora Premium, its first ever on-demand streaming tier, launches this week. Invites for a free trial of Pandora Premium roll out to select listeners on March 15th and an option to upgrade will be available to all…
Due to overwhelming demand, Ryan Adams has added more dates on his Prisoner tour. Adams and his band have added as second show at New York’s Beacon Theater on May 2nd and Philadelphia on May 6th. Pre-sales for the newly added…
Multi-award winning artist and country music hit-maker Travis Tritt continues to check off boxes in his illustrious career. Following the release of his live two disc CD and DVD, titled A Man and His Guitar – Live From the Franklin…
My Morning Jacket will return to the road this summer with a headlining tour, performances at the Electric Forest and Peach Festivals and their first concert at historic Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, NY. The amphitheatre run will kick off…
Russell Simmons’ All Def Digital, the fastest growing platform in hip hop and urban youth culture and Emmy award winning producers Stephen David Entertainment announced today a partnership with GroupM Entertainment, a global content investment and rights management company, to…
The Who has announced that they will launch their exclusive Las Vegas residency this summer at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace beginning July 29th. One of rock’s most legendary and defining bands, The Who joins the home of the greatest entertainers…
With the Flowers In The Dirt Archive Collection edition’s March 24th release date via MPL/Capitol/UMe fast approaching, Paul McCartney has confirmed a very special Record Store Day exclusive. To commemorate Record Store Day this April 22nd, a limited edition three-song…
With a North American record-setting final tour stop sell-out at AT&T Stadium on his The Cowboy Rides Away Tour, 104,793 fans helped multiple ACM and CMA Entertainer of the Year George Strait bring one chapter of his inimitable touring career…
Classic East and Classic West set for July Steely Dan, The Doobie Brothers, Journey and Earth, Wind & Fire are set to join The Eagles and Fleetwood Mac for Classic East and Classic West festivals this summer in New York and…
HBO has acquired U.S. TV rights to the feature documentary May It Last: A Portrait Of The Avett Brothers, co-directed and produced by Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio, ahead of its March 15th world premiere in the 24 Beats Per…
Pearl Jam has invited all five of their drummers to join them for their upcoming Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction. When the Rock Hall announced Pearl Jam as Inductees on December 20th, only original drummer Dave Krusen (who…
Fans across the globe have been expecting that the Garth Brooks World Tour will come to them in 2018. The final North American leg is expected to wrap at the end of 2017. When Brooks was asked about plans for…
T’s Coffee Talk airs live weekly on Facebook This morning (Sat, March 11th), Trisha Yearwood and her good friend Mandy aired T’s Coffee Talk live from Albany, NY and tackled the ever-present question of when Yearwood will release her next…
U2 will commemorate the tenth anniversary of Record Store Day (RSD) with a “Red Hill Mining Town” Picture Disc. Producer Steve Lillywhite, who has remixed the track, posted an image of the picture on Twitter last night (Thurs, March 9th).…
Daryl Hall & John Oates, in association with Live Nation Philadelphia, have announced the inaugural HoagieNation Festival: a celebration of everything Philly. This event, which will take place Memorial Day Weekend on Saturday, May 27th, will be headlined and curated…
Multi-Grammy Award-winning and Golden Globe nominated singer/songwriter Chris Cornell has released a new original song entitled “The Promise.” Cornell wrote the song for the forthcoming feature film The Promise starring Academy Award winning actor Christian Bale and Golden Globe winning actor…
The concert features an array of hits AXS TV is proud to announce the premiere of Ringo Starr and His 2016 All Starr Band on Sunday, March 26th at 10 pm ET/7 pm PT. In addition to Starr, the six-piece All…
CMT has announced Rachel Bilson (The OC, Hart of Dixie) and Kaitlin Doubleday (Empire) will join the cast of Nashville. The news was revealed directly to the fans on social media by CMT, Bilson and Doubleday in recognition of the…
Parlophone will be releasing two limited edition edition David Bowie albums on vinyl for the 10th anniversary of Record Store Day on April 22nd. Cracked Actor (Live in Los Angeles 1974) and Bowpromo — the ultra-rare Hunky Dory era promo album — will make their…
Festival d’été de Québec has announced the highlights of its landmark 50th anniversary celebration, which coincides with the 150th anniversary of Canada. The impressively broad line-up features international and local headliners, the latest trending talents, and tomorrow’s big names for…
Throughout his legendary music career, Kid Rock has never shied away from being the hard-working, in-your-face, embodiment of a true “American Badass.” Now, once again, he’s showing his true colors with the introduction of the “American Badass Grill,” a charcoal…
Celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of The Joshua Tree, U2 has announced several special edition box sets. Available June 2nd, The Super Deluxe Editions will feature three and half hours of music, 25 unreleased tracks including seven new mixes and one…
Per usual this time of year, the list for the ever popular Record Store Day has been leaked. Canadian site Exclaim reports that the list for the 10th Annual Record Store Day, happening April 22nd at indie record stores worldwide, has been…
AT&T is debuting Part 1 of Taylor Swift’s performance at the DIRECTV NOW Super Saturday Night concert. View it exclusively on Taylor Swift NOW. The three part special will include Swfit performing her haunting hit “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty…
Brian May and Kerry Ellis have announced the forthcoming release of a new much anticipated second studio album, titled Golden Days. The 13 track album, which includes five original compositions, two by May, including the title track, and three by…
San Francisco Art Exchange LLC (SFAE) has been selected to exclusively represent the most valuable collection of rock and roll artwork ever to be offered for sale: eleven original paintings created and hand-selected by famed English artist Gerald Scarfe, from…
Premiering exclusively on Noisey, October London releases the highly anticipated short film, Color Blind: Love, executively produced by Snoop Dogg. The film follows October’s journey leaving prison, finding work through his girlfriend, played by the alluring Jasmine Hope Waite, and…
The show will feature Florida Georgia Line with Backstreet Boys and more The first round of performers for the 52nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (ACMs) has been announced and includes ACM Award nominees Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan,…