Win Butler, the frontman for Canadian band Arcade Fire, led the indie-rock band in a 20-song set last night at The Forum in Los Angeles that mixed songs from their 2013 album Reflektor, with artfully arranged covers....
Peter Frampton, who exploded on the music scene in the mid-70s, showed the same musical magic last night (July 20) at New Orleans’ Champions Square that has made him one of the best selling artists in pop music history, Frampton, who is now 64, played on a double bill with the Doobie Brothers, Oddly, Beyonce and Ja-Zay played a concert next door in the Super Dome. He's collaborated with such artists as Beatles George Harrison and Ringo Starr, composer Harry Nilsson, David Bowie, Jerry Lee Lewis and The Who’s John Entwistle....
Adam Levine sees the future and it’s an acting career. His new video for Maroon 5′s single “Maps,” is a mini-drama starring Levine, with the music reduced to soundtrack. Levine, 35, debuted last year in his first film “Begin Again,” a musical comedy-drama directed by John Carney with Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo. He seems to have been bitten by the bug. ...
Chris Martin, recently “uncoupled” from wife of 10 years Gwyneth Paltrow made his first public performance since their split, dancing with abandon to “A Sky Full Of Stars” on Saturday Night Live. Martin, frontman for UK supergroup Coldplay, has accepted much of the blame for the break of his marriage and the couple is trying to move on with some New Age assistance. Paltrow and Martin announced the split in March...
Ellie Goulding exudes supermodel sensuality in a new photo spread for the May issue of Cosmopolitan magazine, wearing an ultra-revealing see-through sheer top and sexy Gucci dresses. The multi-talented UK singer has an eye for fashion and a body for sex. She’s gaining a following in the United States after chart-topping performances in Great Britain. Ellie has a feminine side in Gucci, Blumarine and Elizabeth and James....
Ballyhoo!, the Maryland-based quartet, plays upbeat yet laid-back rock, which ought to appeal to fans of Sublime, Pepper and Jimmy Buffett. Absolutely not the kind of music I tend to gravitate towards. But after checking out their latest album, 2013’s Pineapple Grenade on Spotify, I was very drawn to the one-two punch of “She Wants To Destroy Me” and “Battle Cry.” They were listed on MTV’s “Top 100 Bands to Watch.” ...
Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones still showed lots of swagger at a huge concert on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. They literally set the stage on fire as the iconic band tore through 19 songs, from classics to their latest tunes. The concert was the opening act of their On Fire tour as the band celebrates its 50th Anniversary making music....
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band staged another epic concert in Sydney, Australia last night (Feb. 19) as part of the band’s tour down under. As promised, he rocked covers of local bands. It’s the band’s most extensive tour down under yet and follows their Wrecking Ball tour last year, the first in Australia in more than a decade....
Before last night, Ed Sheeran was mostly known as Taylor Swift’s opening act, but his moving acoustic performance of The Beatles’ “In My Life,” on last night’s (Feb. 9) CBS’s tribute show, was nothing less than magical. The show included Stevie Wonder, a reunited Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics, E.L.O.’s Jeff Lynne with Dave Grohl, Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh, Katy Perry, John Legend, Alicia Keys, John Mayer and Keith Urban. Pharrell Williams, Brad Paisley, Imagine Dragons and Maroon 5 also covered classic Beatles songs....
Ke$ha decided to go it alone in a raunchy new video for her song “Dirty Love,” erasing all traces of ’70s rock icon Iggy Pop, who was featured on the album version of the track. Some kind of falling out, no doubt. Probably got tangled up in a rights issue, or even more likely Iggy wanted more money....
Billy Joel, rock’s soulful piano man, made his first solo appearance in New York City in seven years, rocking out a packed Barclays Center in Brooklyn on New Year’s Eve, with some of his classic piano music. “When we opened Barclays Center 13 months ago, Billy was one of the must-have artists for our building and we are thrilled that he will be ringing in the New Year on Brooklyn’s biggest stage,” said Center Chief Executive Brett Yormark in a statement announcing the appearance....
Avril Lavigne played to a sold-out crowd at the Highline Ballroom in New York City last night (Dec. 3), mixing up her set list with some rock classics and songs off her new self-titled album, which is out this month. The intimate showcase in the small venue, called “The Avril Lavigne Experience” is all part of her comeback this year....
Monkee Micky Dolenz has just released a new album based on his performance last October at the famed B.B. King Bar & Grill in New York City. Micky and his band deliver a solid, 23-song set to the sold-out crowd that included celebrities like Tony Danza. While Micky was performing solo, most of the songs were from the Monkee’s catalog of hits from the ’60s and ’70s....
Avril Lavigne picks the perfect venue for the video of her song “Let Me Go.” She appears ephemeral in a haunting Gothic mansion, playing piano in an oversized room with a soaring ceiling. She seems to be drifting into Goth themes ahead of the launch of her new self-titled album....
Taylor Momsen wants you to know she was a bad-girl rocker while upstart Miley Cyrus was still singing nursery songs on “Hannah Montana.” She burns up Maxim magazine with some naughty bathroom play. Talk about a potty mouth. Of course, Taylor and Miley are the same age, and Taylor also played a young ingenue on "Gossip Girls."...
