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 →
Sunyata Records R.E.M.’s Peter Buck, The Black Crowes’ Rich Robinson, Screaming Trees/Mad Season drummer Barrett Martin and singer Joseph Arthur have teamed up to form a new supergroup, Silverlites. The band has just released the new track “Don’t Go Don’t Stay” to digital outlets. The track is the first single fromRead More →
Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe appeared at another rally for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, this time joining second gentleman Doug Emhoff Thursday in Athens, Georgia, the birthplace of R.E.M. Stipe performed four songs with musicians Andy LeMaster and David Barbe, including the R.E.M. tunes “Wendell Gee,” which Stipe saidRead More →
Joy Malone/Getty Images R.E.M. has contributed a song to a new compilation album aimed at helping those devastated by Hurricane Helene. Cardinals at the Window: A Benefit for Flood Relief in Western North Carolina is out now on Bandcamp, with R.E.M. contributing a live performance of the Document track “KingRead More →
Sonja Flemming/CBS Green Day performed on the American Music Awards 50th anniversary special, which aired Sunday on CBS. The punk rockers played their song “Dilemma,” a single off their latest album, Saviors. You can watch the rendition streaming now on YouTube. Green Day supported Saviors on a U.S. stadium tour, which wrapped in September.Read More →
L. Busacca/Getty Images for Songwriters Hall Of Fame R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe performed with Jason Isbell Friday at a get out the vote rally in Pittsburgh for Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz. Video posted to social media shows the duo being introduced by Harris’ husband, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, who admitted he wasRead More →
Island Records The Cranberries‘ 1994 album, No Need to Argue, celebrates its 30th anniversary Thursday, and drummer Fergal Lawler is looking back at the record in honor of the milestone. “We feel so honored that these songs have had such a lasting impact on people’s lives,” Lawler says in a press statement.Read More →
L. Busacca/Getty Images for Songwriters Hall Of Fame R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe is set to appear at an upcoming campaign concert for Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz. The get out the vote concert is happening Friday in Pittsburgh. It will also feature Jason Isbell and a yet-to-be-named special guest. Read More →
