John Legend stepped in as the guest host of The Ellen Show this week and took the opportunity to perform his song “Conversations in the Dark.” Joined by a band and violinist Lindsey Stirling, Legend took on the piano ballad with sincere emotion on a glowing red stage. Legend also …
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Stormzy, the superstar British rapper, has postponed a string of upcoming shows in Asia amid ongoing health and travel concerns related to the coronavirus outbreak. Stormzy was scheduled to play five shows this March in Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, China, and South Korea in support of his most recent album,Heavy Is …
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Steven Van Zandt is celebrating the 30th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release from a South African prison by rereleasing his 1985 multi-artist protest LP, Sun City. The album contains not just his protest anthem “Sun City,” but also Peter Gabriel’s “No More Apartheid,” and “Silver and Gold,” written by Bono …
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UPDATE: Rage Against the Machine have added several more shows to their 2020 reunion tour. The new dates include a second night in Glendale, Arizona on April 1st and an additional show in East Troy, Wisconsin on July 11th. Two nights at Madison Square Garden in New York City on …
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Blake Shelton joins country legend John Anderson for the just-released “Tuesday I’ll Be Gone,” a plaintive yet forward-looking track from Anderson’s upcoming album Years. Written by Anderson with album producers Dan Auerbach and David “Fergie” Ferguson, “Tuesday I’ll Be Gone” finds the two singers swapping lines about the open road, …
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The 1975 soundtrack a house party in their new video for “Me & You Together Song,” the latest single off the band’s upcoming, slightly delayed Notes on a Conditional Form. The visual, fittingly directed by Bedroom, focuses on a series of interconnected bedrooms frequented by young lovers and partygoers, as …
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Rare and classic footage of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Jimi Hendrix, and others covering Chuck Berry tunes will be compiled in a new tribute to the rock & roll legend, Brown Eyed Handsome Man, set to air February 29th on PBS. The film collects several decades’ worth …
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The David Bowie tribute show A Bowie Celebration is returning the road this year for a special run of shows that will feature complete performances of The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars and Diamond Dogs. The group is led by keyboardist Mike Garson, who …
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Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers appeared on The Late Show to perform their new single “California.” The group, who dropped the new single earlier this month, gave the bluesy track a rollicking feel onstage, with Martin playing banjo and singing. Martin also sat down for an interview with …
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UPDATE (3/9): The Strokes have added more U.S. tour dates throughout March and May. *** The Strokes lined up a trio of North American shows. The brief run kicks off March 5th in Vancouver, British Columbia; continues March 9th in Seattle and wraps March 14th in Los Angeles. Indie-pop acts …
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