Smashing Pumpkins have announced the title and release date of their new album.
Billy Corgan’s reformed rock heroes will release the follow-up to MACHINA/The Machines Of God in July.
The band’s first album in seven years is called Zeitgeist, according to a posting on the Pumpkins’ MySpace page.
There is still some confusion around the make-up of the […]
The marketing plan for Lupe Fiasco’s debut album, “Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor,” was briefly derailed after tracks were leaked well ahead of its intended June release date, forcing the Chicago rapper to retool the project and put it out in September. But he is having the last laugh.
Fiasco is up for three Grammy […]
Pop singer Nelly Furtado, rock band Billy Talent and hip-hop artist k-os have each picked up five nominations for the Juno Awards, Canada’s version of the Grammys.
Furtado, who will host the event on April 1 from Saskatoon, was nominated for best single (”Promiscuous”), album and pop album (”Loose”), artist of the year, and in the […]
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Bloc Party’s Kele Okereke has accused Jack White of being “treacherous” and only concerned with selling records.
The Bloc Party singer has launched a scathing attack on the White Stripes star, after Whitereportedly insisted it was not his business to get involved in politics.
Speaking as his group prepare to release their new album, A Weekend In […]
Ringo Starr is to present Oasis with their outstanding achievement award at next month’s Brit Awards, it has been claimed.
The former Beatle is understood to have been asked to give the Gallagher brothers the award at the event in London.
Apparently Johnny Depp was set to make the presentation but has been forced to pull out, […]
Gary Glitter could be released from prison this month, his lawyer has claimed.
The disgraced former rock idol is currently serving a three-year prison sentence in Vietnam for sexually molesting two young girls.
He is understood to be amongst a number of inmates being considered for amnesty by the president of Vietnam, to mark the Lunar New […]
Ozzy Osbourne surprised the music industry on Tuesday with plans to stage this year’s Ozzfest, his annual U.S. summer hard-rock extravaganza, as a first-of-its kind free event.
The 12th annual rock festival headlined by the onetime reality TV star and self-described Prince of Darkness will kick off July 27 in the Los Angeles area and play […]
Jazz artists Pat Metheny and Brad Mehldau have expanded into a quartet for their second album together, apply dubbed “Quartet.”
Due March 13 from the Nonesuch label, the 11-track project finds them joined by bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jeff Ballard from Mehldau’s trio. Those musicians played on two tracks from last year’s “Metheny/Mehldau” album.
“Quartet” was […]
Shakira and Wyclef Jean will team up for a performance during Sunday’s Grammy Awards, while Chris Brown, Lionel Richie and Smokey Robinson will sing during a tribute segment saluting male R&B artists.
In addition, Rascal Flatts will join previously announced performer Carrie Underwood of “American Idol” fame for a tribute to country-influenced rock.
The event also will […]
Tommy Ramone is best known for his contributions to punk music as an original member of the Ramones. But now, the 55-year-old musician/producer is trying his hand at bluegrass with Uncle Monk, a duo formed with Minneapolis songwriter Claudia Tienan.
The group will release its first, self-titled effort on May 22 through the band’s own imprint, […]
Patti Smith has revealed additional details about her next album, which, as previously reported will be an all-covers collection.
“Twelve,” due April 17 via Columbia Records, includes Smith’s renditions of Stevie Wonder’s “Pastime Paradise,” Neil Young’s “Helpless” and Tears For Fears’ “Everybody Wants To Rule the World.”
The full track list has yet to be revealed, but […]
On the heels of his acclaimed recording, Songs from the Labyrinth, Sting furthers his fascination with Elizabethan composer John Dowland (1563-1626) on The Journey and the Labyrinth: The Music of John Dowland. This new DVD/CD package includes an extended version of Sting’s first-ever PBS special from Thirteen/WNET New York’s Great Performances (airing February […]
The rumors were true. Van Halen will reunite with original singer David Lee Roth for a summer tour of North America.
“I am very excited to get back to the core of what made Van Halen,” guitarist Eddie Van Halen said in a statement posted Friday on the band’s Web site announcing a 40 city […]
