Medios y Media/Getty Images Semisonic did not approve of the White House X account using their song “Closing Time” in a video promoting the deportation of immigrants by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, or CBP. The post, which went up Monday, shows a person handcuffed and in the custody ofRead More →
Tibrina Hobson/CBS Ringo Starr’s Ringo & Friends at the Ryman premieres Monday on CBS, and fans are getting another sneak peek at the special. The network just released a clip of Ringo joined by rocker Jack White for a performance of the Carl Perkins track “Matchbox.” Starr previously recorded his takeRead More →
Courtesy of Counting Crows Counting Crows have announced a U.S. tour alongside The Gaslight Anthem. The summer outing, dubbed The Complete Sweets! tour, launches June 10 in Nashville, and will wrap up Aug. 23 in Englewood, Colorado. Presales begin Tuesday at 10 a.m. local time, and tickets go on saleRead More →
Michael Tullberg/Getty Images; Disney/Randy Holmes The Zombies’ Colin Blunstone made a surprise appearance in Los Angeles, joining Finneas on stage to perform The Zombies’ classic tune “Time of the Season.” The band just shared video on Instagram of the performance, which took place Wednesday at the Hollywood Palladium, writing, “An unforgettableRead More →
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe was back on stage with Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy Saturday, when the duo brought their tour celebrating the 40th anniversary of R.E.M.’s Fables of the Reconstruction to Brooklyn Steel in New York. Stipe joined the pair to perform the Reckoning track “Pretty Persuasion.” Stipe previously performed theRead More →
Penguin Random House Bono’s memoir is finally coming out in paperback. The U2 frontman released Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story in November 2022, and now the paperback edition will be released May 27 in the U.S., featuring a new introduction from the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer. The book followed Bono,Read More →
Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for Songwriters Hall Of Fame In 2024, when Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy’s tour celebrating R.E.M.’s Murmur hit Athens, Georgia, the home of R.E.M., the members of R.E.M. joined them onstage. Well, their latest tour, celebrating the 40th anniversary of R.E.M.’s Fables of the Reconstruction, came to AthensRead More →
courtesy of Apple TV+ Folks who didn’t get to catch Bono’s Stories of Surrender book tour will finally get a chance to see what they missed. Apple TV+ is set to air the new documentary, Bono: Stories of Surrender, on May 30. The doc will feature what’s described as a “reimagining”Read More →
ABC/Randy Holmes U2 has marked the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with the release of a reading set to a piano piece. In a post on Instagram, Bono shares that the song and reading of the poem, “My Friendly Epistle” by 19th century poet Taras Shevchenko, is one he and The Edge sentRead More →
Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for Songwriters Hall Of Fame R.E.M.’s Peter Buck made a surprise appearance at Friday’s Seattle show of Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy, who are on tour celebrating the 40th anniversary of R.E.M.’s 1985 album, Fables of the Reconstruction. According to setlist.fm, Buck joined the duo for the secondRead More →
