Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department sits at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart for the 17th total week. Swift’s newly RIAA certified 6x-platinum album returned to the top of the charts last week after its deluxe Anthology edition was released on CD and vinyl exclusively at Target on Black Friday. Elsewhere in…… MORE
Danzig took to Instagram on Wednesday (December 11) to announce a series of rare live dates scheduled to take place in March of 2025. The New Jersey heavy metal legends will embark on a brief six-date US West Coast tour next year, with fellow metal and hardcore titans Down, Abbath, and Cro-Mags along for the…… MORE
Thunderclap Newman was a short-lived band put together by the Who’s Pete Townshend. The unknown trio claimed a bit of rock history by reaching the top of the UK charts with their Townshend-penned anthem, “Something in the Air,” in July of 1969. Author Mark Ian Wilkerson just published a sprawling 400+ page history of the…… MORE
In a new interview with IndieWire, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross discussed shifting their creative focus from making industrial rock with Nine Inch Nails to scoring films and documentaries. “What we’re looking for [from film] is the collaborative experience with interesting people,” Reznor shared. “We haven’t gotten that from the music world necessarily.” Reznor said…… MORE
During a recent appearance on the Everblack podcast, Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan was asked if the band would ever play their 1995 song, “Tales of a Scorched Earth,” live. Corgan explained how similar his Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness track is to Metallica’s 1997 hit, “Fuel.” “ Well, let me caveat this by saying…… MORE
In a new interview with Total Rock, Rage Against the Machine bassist Tim Commerford shared a health update two years after revealing he had prostate cancer. “I’m the strongest I’ve ever been in my life,” the 56-year-old Commerford proudly shared. “I’ve always been very proud of being fit as an older person, because most people…… MORE
The 2024 Billboard Music Awards took place on Thursday night (December 12), and just like the rest of the year in music, the evening belonged to Taylor Swift. The pop superstar took home 10 awards at the ceremony, including the night’s biggest award, Top Artist, as well as Top Billboard 200 Album for The Tortured…… MORE
On January 24, the Bob Dylan Center will host an all-star concert celebrating the 50th anniversary of Bob Dylan’s 1975 masterpiece, Blood on the Tracks. The event is dubbed Shelter From the Storm and is set to take place at Tulsa’s historic Cain’s Ballroom. The tribute concert will feature Elvis Costello, Lucinda Williams, Amy Ray…… MORE
Joan Jett took to Instagram on Tuesday (December 10) to announce that her and her trusty Blackhearts will be playing a Las Vegas residency beginning in June of 2025. Joan Jett & The Blackhearts five-night residency is set to take place at the House of Blues Las Vegas inside Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, with…… MORE
In a new interview with the Lifeminute YouTube channel, Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler discussed the potential reunion of the heavy metal legends. Butler revealed that Ozzy Osbourne wants a Sabbath reunion to be a part of his final concerts, which his wife Sharon said would take place in his hometown of Birmingham, England as…… MORE
