One Direction, Leona Lewis and others came out for the annual Music Industry Trusts Award gala, with Harvey Weinstein, Oprah, Kevin Spacey, James Corden and Sony’s Michael Lynton appearing in a video tribute. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Simon Cowell Feted at London Music Industry Event
Tool’s only scheduled tour date of 2015 – a headlining set at Tempe, Arizona’s Monster Mash – happened to fall on Halloween, so the dormant group celebrated the occasion by resurrecting their cover of Led Zeppelin’s “No Quarter” onstage for the first time since 1998. Not only did the Lateralus crew… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Tool […]
Netflix, iTunes and HBO have new titles coming your way. Source: Yahoo Music Link: What's New On Netflix, iTunes and HBO Now in November
Music streaming was supposed to have come of age with the public listing of Deezer, but the French company's postponement of its stock offer demonstrated investors still have concerns about its economic model. Deezer hit the pause button on the first initial public offering of a music streaming firm at the last minute on Tuesday, […]
The Voodoo Music + Arts Experience in New Orleans canceled their Sunday sets due to “dangerous weather conditions” that swept into the area over the Halloween weekend. Performances by Deadmau5, Chance the Rapper, Zac Brown Band, Eric Prydz, the Cult, Third Eye Blind and more were nixed due to the cancellation,… Source: RollingStone Link: Voodoo Music […]
Halloween night marked the grand finale for Taylor Swift’s often-star-studded North American leg of her 1989 Tour, and the singer had an October 31st surprise for fans at Tampa, Florida’s Raymond James Stadium as she was joined onstage by Idina Menzel to cover “Let It Go” from the 2013 film Frozen. In… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Taylor […]
Austin, Texas’ own Gary Clark Jr. returned to a familiar setting on Halloween night as the guitarist partook in his second Austin City Limits concert to showcase tracks off his new album The Story of Sonny Boy Slim. In addition to the jaw-dropping “Grinder” and stirring “The Healing,” the rocker’s homecoming show also included soulful… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Gary […]
In the years immediately following Jerry Garcia’s death, the sight of a singer-guitarist onstage with the surviving members of the Dead, attempting to fill in for their newly departed leader, was never less than jarring. But now that 20 years have flown by since Garcia’s passing, the Garcia stand-in slot is… Source: RollingStone Link: John Mayer, […]