Touring is tough business, what with the extended periods away from home and long rides in cramped quarters, among other hassles, and it's even tougher when you have to deal with ancillary nonsense -- like getting mugged. Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes, easily one of the biggest buzz bands of 2012, was robbed at gunpoint in Nashville after playing a show at Ghot Wingz on Saturday (Dec. 15.)
Courtney Love can rest easy, as a rep for Foo Fighters' frontman and 'Sound City' documentarian Dave Grohl dismissed rampant rumors that the musician is planning to reunite Nirvana and install a new singer at the helm.
The Grammys aren't the only major awards musicians can win. There's also the Academy Award for the Best Original Song in a film, and Arcade Fire, Adele and the Black Keys have made the shortlist of 75 artists up for that prestigious honor.
Arcade Fire are expecting to release a new album at the end of 2013. They're already hard at work on the record -- which is much anticipated in the indie rock world -- but the Canadian band took a break from recording to perform several news songs at a high-security secret show at the Breakglass Studio in Montreal over the weekend. How tight was security? The group prohibited the use of of smartphones, lest anyone capture amateur footage.
Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine joined rock icons the Rolling Stones onstage last night (Nov. 29) at the second of the band's two gigs at the O2 Arena in London, where the were celebrating 50 years of rocking and rolling. The old guard collided with the new in this hellfire performance. It was certainly a marriage of generations of English musicians.
Coldplay frontman Chris Martin had a bit of explaining to do after making headlines with hints of a coming hiatus. Martin recently told an audience in Australia that the group might not be back for three years, and it sent fans into a hand-wringing tizzy. The singer has since clarified his statement, explaining that the band is taking a break from global touring, not from making music. In fact, he's already crafting new tunes.
The Beastie Boys want the lawsuit laid at their doorstep by Trouble Funk dropped. The go-go band claims that the group illegally utilized samples from their music on 'Licensed to Ill' and 'Paul's Boutique,' which were the Beasties' first two records. The Beasties, on the other hand, think Trouble Funk are full of it and grasping at straws.
Winter may be upon us, but European festival organizers are already thinking ahead to summer and with it, the region's booming concert season. After a five-year hiatus, Iron Maiden will headline the Graspop Metal Meeting 2013, which will take place in Dessel Belgium from June 28 through June 30.
Metallica frontman James Hetfield and bassist Robert Trujillo are appearing as characters in 'Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 HD Revert Pack' as part of new downloadable content for the game.
Those firebreathing aggro industrialists in Rammstein will release 'Videos 1995-2012' on standard DVD and Blu-ray configurations on Jan. 15. The collection features the German band's complete music video catalog and will include not one but two new videos for 'Mein Herz Brennt' from 2001's 'Mutter.'
All That Remains offer a militaristic theme in their video for new single 'Stand Up' from their latest album, 'A War You Cannot Win.' Clearly, a battle theme is woven through multiple elements of the release as whole, from the lyrics and the audio to the video and the visual.
It's not even winter yet, but we're already looking forward to summer festivals, since we like to plan ahead and scare away the winter doldrums with thoughts and dreams of hot weather concerts. To get you in the mood, Sasquatch! Festival dates for 2013 have been announced.
