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Thievery Corporation, STS9 & More To Play Pier 17 Rooftop Concert Series
Thievery Corporation, STS9, Kings of Leon, deadmau5 & More To Play Pier 17 Rooftop Concert Series: Full Lineup New York City is about to receive another new epic outdoor concert venue, Pier 17. Pier 17 is slated to open on August 1, 2018, which is located downtown in Manhattan’s Seaport District. This state-of-the-art 3,400-capacity, 1.5-acre rooftop venue will have…
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Phil Lesh & The Terrapin Family Band Confirm NYC & Port Chester Shows
Having played duo shows with Bob Weir earlier this year, the Grateful Dead’s Phil Lesh has a bunch of his own shows coming up in the spring and summer. He and his band are playing Summer Camp Music Festival, the Cannabis Cup in Sonoma, and the Peach Music Festival, as well as some headlining shows.
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Moogfest 2018 May 17-20 Durham, NC
Hip-Hop Legends Pete Rock and Ali Shaheed Muhammad Join Moses Sumney in Moogfest’s Final 2018 Lineup AdditionsMoogfest began in 2004, marking the 50-year anniversary of Bob Moog’s first homemade Theremin. It started as a one-night party in New York City for Moog friends and musical collaborators before growing organically into a semiannual celebration of Bob Moog’s…
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Tom Wolfe, novelist and pioneer of New Journalism, dies at 88
Novelist and journalist Tom Wolfe believed that techniques for fiction and nonfiction should be interchangeable. In a vast career that spanned greater than 50 years, Tom Wolfe wrote fiction and nonfiction best-sellers including the seminal The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test and The Bonfire of the Vanities. Along the way, he created a new type of…
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Andre 3000 Releases Two New Songs in Honor of His Mother on Mother’s Day
Did you expect to wake up and listen to the reclusive Andre 3000 drop two songs about his family? Yesterday, on Mother’s Day, the Outkast member joined Instagram and released two new heartfelt songs called “Me&My (To Bury Your Parents)” and “Look Ma No Hands” (featuring James Blake) in honor of his late parents all…
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Childish Gambino Video Premier – “This Is America”
Donald Glover had quite the weekend! The actor, who has been riding high these days with both his series “Atlanta” and his role as young Lando Calrissian in the forthcoming “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” both hosted “Saturday Night Live” and was the musical guest as his rap/R&B alter ego, Childish Gambino. Glover — the…
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Amy Schumer, Kings of Leon to Open NYC’s Pier 17 Rooftop Concert Series
When Pier 17 opens its 3,400-capacity, 1.5-acre venue in Manhattan’s Seaport District this coming August, fans will be able to look out at the Brooklyn Bridge as well as surrounding views of the Statue of Liberty and the Manhattan skyline serving as a backdrop to concerts and events as part of the Seaport District’s Rooftop…
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Sunshine (Garcia) Becker Talks 96th Anniversary of The Warfield
Sunshine (Garcia) Becker Talk 96th Anniversary of The Warfield, joining Melvin Seals & JGB, JamCruise and Jerry GarciaThis weekend Melvin Seals and JGB are playing a special show Celebrating the 96th Anniversary of The Warfield Theater in San Francisco along with Very Special Guests Oteil Burbridge, Stanley Jordan, Dave Ellis, Jackie LaBranch, Gloria Jones and…
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Jam Cruise Reveals Initial Rocking 2019 Lineup
A few weeks ago, Jam Cruise announced that for only the second time in its history in that it would be expanding to six days and three port stops. Jamcruiser’s were very excited when the premier music cruise and destination event announced Jam Cruise 17 will take place from January 15th to 21st in 2019.We…
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Nicky Romero Shares New Avicii Collaboration With Vocals From Chris Martin
We learned this week that Nicky Romero and Avicii has been both collaborators and friends. They were even working together and still sharing files. They had last spoken about a month before the 28-year-old producer, Avicii, was found dead, but Romero must have been moved to finish some of those open sessions as a means…
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Post Malone Breaks J. Cole’s Spotify First-Day Streaming Record
Shortly after we wrote last week that J. Cole’s new album, KOD, broke Spotify’s standing record for release-day U.S streams with 36,656,086 plays, Post Malone has gone and topped it. Post Malone’s sophomore album Beerbongs & Bentleys has only been out for a little over two days, but it’s already making history and raising the bar, at least when it comes to numbers.…
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Tedeschi Trucks Band announces eighth annual Beacon Theatre residency
Last year marked a special year for TTB: they celebrated their 25th show at the Beacon during their October residency. This year’s October 9 date will mark the 30th show for the band at the storied theatre. TTB won’t be taking it easy before their Beacon run — they’ll make their first-ever appearance at the Telluride Bluegrass…
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Neil Young Announces 5 Shows With Crazy Horse & Confirms Band Lineup
Last week, Neil Young and Crazy Horse announced its first set of concert dates in four years. Then a day later, they announced a few more. Following hints about a lengthier Crazy Horse reunion, Neil Young has confirmed five shows in California spanning through the first week of May. These are the first set of…
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Larry Harvey, Icon and founder of Burning Man dies at 70
A few weeks ago, Burning Man founder Larry Harvey suffered a massive stroke. Today we have learned that he has passed. He was 70 years old. Marian Goodell, Burning Man’s CEO, made the announcement:
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Steve Kimock,Eric Krasno,John Kadlecik and More to play Grateful Dead Fundraiser
This June, Pennsylvania’s Ardmore Music Hall in Ardmore, Pennsylvania will host Unlimited Devotion: A Celebration Of The Grateful Dead with the 2018 two-day fundraiser concert scheduled for June 8 and 9. The venue has unveiled the lineup for the event, which benefits Camp Winnarainbow and the Rex Foundation and honoring the latter’s founder, activist, entertainer counter-culture icon Wavy Gravy. Celebrating…
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Charles Neville, legendary Neville Brothers saxophonist dies at 79
Charles Neville, of the Neville Brothers band, died on Thursday (April 26) in Massachusetts, where he has lived for many years. He was 79 years old. He had been suffering from pancreatic cancer. His brother, Aaron Neville, confirmed his death to WWL-TV. He posted on Twitter on Thursday: “You were a great brother. You’ll always be in…
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Rolling Stones Announce Massive Vinyl Box Set
‘The Studio Albums Vinyl Collection’ will feature every studio LP made by the legendary band from 1971-2016 Having already given their 1960s output the box set treatment, the Rolling Stones are now collecting their studio albums from 1971 through 2016 for an equally expansive package. The Rolling Stones have announced the release of a new…
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Grateful Dead’s Anthem Of The Sun set for 50th anniversary reissue
Grateful Dead’s album Anthem Of The Sun is to be reissued this summer to mark its 50th anniversary. The band’s second album which was launched on July 18, 1968, almost 50 years to the day! The archive will release a two-CD deluxe edition as well as a special picture disc vinyl edition of Anthem of…
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J. Cole Breaks Both Apple Music & Spotify’s Day 1 Stream Record in the US
More people in the US listened to the rap album on Apple Music and Spotify in its first 24 hours than any other. The quite interesting part of this story: J.Cole has broken the record for the most day-one streams on both Apple Music and Spotify in the US market. People streamed “KOD” 64.5 million…
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Hear Prince’s Original Studio Recording of ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’
Hear Prince’s Original Studio Recording of ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ & Unheard Details of the Original Recording. Who is the song about, why did Prince give it to the Family to record as an album track, and what did he really think of Sinéad O’Connor’s smash hit single?