ABC/Paula Lobo The Grammys weren’t the only awards show to announce its nominees Friday. The concert trade publication Pollstar has also revealed its nominees for the 2025 Pollstar Awards. Up for the Rock Tour of the Year prize are Foo Fighters, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band, Green Day, blink-182,Read More →
Courtesy of U2 and Sphere Entertainment Fans who missed U2‘s acclaimed residency at Sphere Las Vegas now have more chances to enjoy the concert film of the event. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that V-U2 An Immersive Concert Film at Sphere Las Vegas, which has been running at Sphere since Sept.Read More →
Tim Walz, Michael Stipe, Dough Emhoff, Jon Bon Jovi, The War and Treaty’s Michael Trotter Jr.; Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images At a rally for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in Atlanta Sunday, Michael Stipe sang an R.E.M. classic with an unlikely musician backing him up: Jon Bon Jovi. In fan-capturedRead More →
Recording Academy For the past 50 years, The Grammys have aired on CBS. But starting in 2027, they’ll have a new home. The award show, known as Music’s Biggest Night, is moving to ABC, Hulu and Disney+, where it will remain through 2036. The Recording Academy will produce multiple Grammy-brandedRead More →
UMG Recordings/Craft Recordings R.E.M. is hoping to bring a little optimism to the final days of the presidential election. The band just released a lyric video for their Lifes Rich Pageant track “I Believe,” in conjunction with their ongoing We Are Hope Despite the Times campaign. The band released a compilationRead More →
L-R: Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love & Sinead O’Connor; Ke.Mazur/WireImage The late Sinéad O’Connor‘s cover of Nirvana‘s “All Apologies” soundtracks the newly released trailer for the upcoming film Queer. Starring Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey, Queer is based on the William S. Burroughs novel of the same name, published in 1985. It’s directed by ChallengersRead More →
ABC/Randy Holmes U2 has offered a health update about their drummer Larry Mullen Jr., who was forced to sit out of their Sphere residency after having surgery. Guitarist The Edge and bassist Adam Clayton chatted with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe on a variety of subjects, with The Edge sharing the latestRead More →
David M. Benett/Getty Images Could we finally be getting a new Kate Bush album? As they say, stranger things have happened. In an interview with BBC Radio 4, the “Running Up That Hill” artist notes that she’s currently “caught up doing a lot of archive work,” including updating her website andRead More →
R. Diamond/Getty Images Power-pop rocker Matthew Sweet, best known for his early ’90s hit “Girlfriend,” suffered a stroke in Toronto while on tour. A GoFundMe set up by Sweet’s management shares, “He has been unexpectedly and tragically forced off the road and onto a long, uncertain path to recovery. We areRead More →
Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for Songwriters Hall Of Fame A classic Buster Keaton movie is getting an update thanks to R.E.M. The 1924 silent film Sherlock Jr. is being re-released in theaters on Feb. 4, soundtracked by two R.E.M. albums: 1994’s Monster and 1996’s New Adventures in Hi-Fi. The screening is partRead More →
