On Wednesday (January 22), the Songwriters Hall of Fame revealed their inductee class of 2025. This year’s distinguished inductees feature the leader of Parliament/Funkadelic, George Clinton; award-winning country music songwriter, Ashley Gorley; Destiny’s Child, Beyoncé, and Lady Gaga collaborator, Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins; Beach Boys vocalist and songwriter, Mike Love; nine time Ivor Novello Award-winning British…… read more »
On Wednesday (January 22), Nine Inch Nails finally confirmed their rumored world tour dates for 2025. The industrial rock titans revealed the dates and details of their upcoming jaunt, which they have dubbed, Peel It Back Tour 2025. The 37-date world tour – NIN’s first major run of shows since 2022 – gets underway on…… read more »
On Tuesday, Sting announced on social media that he has been forced to postpone a series of upcoming concerts due to illness, as well as having to cancel a planned appearance at an awards show. Sting wrote that the show postponements and event cancellation were made “on advisement from his doctor, due to illness,” while…… read more »
Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson is a longtime fencer, even training in his younger years with the British Olympic team back in the 1980s. So it is no surprise that the heavy metal legend performed well in a fencing tournament in France over the weekend. The 66-year-old Dickinson placed 13th among 30 other participants in…… read more »
Garth Hudson, the celebrated keyboardist and last living original member of the beloved Canadian-American rock group The Band, died on Tuesday (January 21) at the age of 87. According to Hudson’s estate executor, he “passed away peacefully in his sleep” on Tuesday morning at his nursing home in the Band’s longtime home base of Woodstock,…… read more »
On Tuesday (January 21), Billy Idol shared a hilarious tour announcement video on Instagram featuring the rock legend appearing alongside comedian Matt Rife, his longtime guitarist Steve Stevens, and his future tourmate Joan Jett. Idol’s 2025 North American run is dubbed, It’s A Nice Day To…Tour Again!, and will feature opening act Joan Jett &…… read more »
On Friday, January 31st, Grateful Dead will be honored as the 2025 MusiCares Persons of the Year in a concert and ceremony taking place at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The all-star tribute show is one of the few annual Grammy week events that will take place as scheduled this year due to the fires…… read more »
On Tuesday (January 21), Shinedown announced the dates and details of their 2025 Dance, Kid, Dance Tour. The sprawling 36-date U.S. arena tour is broken up into two legs, with the spring run kicking off on April 25 in Des Moines, Iowa, and finishing up on May 13th in Birmingham, Alabama. The summer leg of…… read more »
On Tuesday (January 21), FireAid organizers took to Instagram to share complete details about its upcoming benefit concerts on January 30. FireAid disclosed the full music lineups for their two host venues – Inglewood, California’s Intuit Dome and neighboring Kia Forum – while also revealing that they are waiving all ticket fees in order to…… read more »
The Recording Academy announced on Instagram on Tuesday (January 21) that Trevor Noah will once again serve as host of the 67th annual Grammy Awards on February 2. This will be the fifth consecutive year that the Emmy Award-winner will be master of ceremonies at the Grammys, becoming the first comedian to host the music…… read more »