Michel Linssen/Redferns Many tributes to the late Sinéad O’Connor poured in following her death in July 2023, but this latest one comes from a bit of an unexpected source. The company Bratz has shared a mock-up of the “Nothing Compares 2 U” singer as one of its signature dolls inRead More →

Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Marc Jacobs Blondie frontwoman Debbie Harry is featured on the latest single released by rockers The Dandy Warhols.  Harry is featured on the track “I Will Never Stop Loving You” from the band’s just-released new album Rockmaker.  “’I Will Never Stop Loving You’ is the onlyRead More →

ABC/Michael Yada U2 is celebrating International Women’s Day by sharing a live cover of the Crowded House classic “Don’t Dream It’s Over” on their Instagram. The cover has them singing along to a new recording of the song sent to them by Crowded House frontman Neil Finn.  The performance was recorded during theRead More →

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Live Nation Drummer Bram van den Berg, who sat in for Larry Mullen Jr. during U2’s Las Vegas residency, U2: UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere, is thanking U2 fans for the warm welcome he received throughout the residency run. In a post on U2’s official forum,Read More →

Penguin Random House Bono has a new award to add to his trophy shelf. The U2 frontman’s memoir, Surrender, won Audiobook of the Year at the 2024 Audie Awards, which took place Monday, March 4, at the Avalon Hollywood in Los Angeles. Surrender, which was released in November 2022 and featured the subtitleRead More →

Caitlin Mogridge/Getty Images Former President Donald Trump recently played the Sinéad O’Connor classic “Nothing Compares 2 U” at rallies in Maryland and North Carolina, and her family is not at all happy.  In a statement to Variety, the singer’s estate denounced the use of the song, demanding Trump and hisRead More →

Courtesy of Live Nation U2 wrapped their Las Vegas residency, U2: UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere, this weekend with two special shows — and a couple of special guests. Rumors had suggested that U2 drummer Larry Mullen, Jr., who sat out the residency as he recovered from surgery, wouldRead More →

Fish People Kate Bush will be the ambassador for the U.K. edition of Record Store Day 2024. In a statement, the “Running Up That Hill” artist calls the title a “huge honor.” “It really is a great privilege,” Bush says. “Isn’t it great to see how the resurgence in vinylRead More →

Roberto Serra – Iguana Press/Getty Images R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe has donated some handwritten lyrics to help raise money for a good cause. The rocker has contributed a signed lyric sheet for the track “Nightswimming” to the Art for Gaza auction. The money raised is going to Doctors Without Borders. TheRead More →

Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc It’s been a while since the members of R.E.M. have been out together publicly, but that all changed on Thursday, February 8. Photos and videos posted to social media show Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Bill Berry and Peter Buck at the 40 Watt Club in their home city of Athens, Georgia, where they made aRead More →