Regina Spektor will make her Broadway debut with a career-spanning live residency. The five-date run is scheduled for June 20th, 21st, 22nd, 25th and 26th at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York, New York. A ticket pre-sale runs Tuesday, March 26th from 10 a.m. through Thursday, March 28th at 10 …
Read More »Hear Salaam Remi's Slick Remix of Marvin Gaye's 'Symphony'
Producer Salaam Remi (Nas, Amy Winehouse) unveiled a new remix of Marvin Gaye’s “Symphony” that will appear on the upcoming release of the late soul legend’s lost album, You’re the Man, out March 29th. Gaye recorded “Symphony” during the sessions for Let’s Get It On andit later appeared on his …
Read More »See Metallica, Exodus Reminisce on San Francisco's Eighties Metal Scene
Members of Metallica, Exodus, Testament and other San Francisco–area thrash-metal groups reflect on how wild the scene was when it exploded in the early Eighties in the trailer for the upcoming documentary Murder in the Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story. “It was scary, and it …
Read More »H.E.R., 21 Savage, Lil Baby Lead 2019 Roots Picnic
H.E.R., 21 Savage and Lil Baby are among the acts tapped for 2019’s Roots Picnic, which will be held on June 1st at The Mann Center at Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, PA a new larger location than its previous home of Festival Pier. In its 12th year, Roots Picnic will …
Read More »Joycelyn Savage Contacts Family After Bizarre R. Kelly Interview
Joycelyn Savage, one of R. Kelly‘s girlfriends who has been estranged from her family for several years, contacted her parents Wednesday, soon after the singer’s bizarre interview with CBS This Morning. Gerald Griggs, an attorney for the Savage family – whose attempts to reconnect with their daughter were featured in …
Read More »Nils Lofgren Resurrects Lost Lou Reed Songs On New LP 'Blue With Lou'
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band were in Australia on the final leg of their River tour in early 2017 when guitarist Nils Lofgren found himself messing around with a new bluesy riff on his Jazzmaster guitar during a pre-show soundcheck. “I knew I wanted to do something with …
Read More »Drake Details Additional Las Vegas Shows as Part of New Wynn Partnership
Drake will perform five more shows in 2019 at the XS Nightclub as part of a multifaceted new partnership with Wynn Las Vegas, Rolling Stone has confirmed. “In the fourth quarter of last year, we pursued a relationship with Drake and his management team to do something different in Las …
Read More »Pink Floyd Plot 'Saucerful of Secrets' Mono Mix Reissue for Record Store Day
Pink Floyd will reissue the mono mix of their second album A Saucerful of Secrets as a vinyl release for Record Store Day, April 13th. Unlike the Beatles or Rolling Stones, the band transitioned to stereo fairly quickly, making this one of the rare albums in their catalog that originally …
Read More »Flashback: Lou Reed Plays 'Walk on the Wild Side' in 1986
After nearly two years of renovations, New York’s Webster Hall will reopen in the spring. They have yet to announce the first show, but Patti Smith is booked for May 1st and otheracts slated to play include MGMT, Sharon Van Etten, Chris Robinson Brotherhood and Built to Spill. According to …
Read More »Bob Mould Books Atypically Nostalgic 40th Anniversary Shows
Bob Mould, who admits he’s “typically not the nostalgic type” in a statement, has booked two concerts that will mark 40 years since he launched his music career as a member of Hüsker Dü. The gigs will take place in St. Paul at the Palace on March 30th and the …
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