Jeff Giles
Garbage’s Shirley Manson Kicks Man Out of Show for Hitting a Woman
Garbage are back with their first new album in nearly a decade, and the band is very happy to reconnect with its fans — but that doesn’t mean singer Shirley Manson is going to stand for violence at shows, as one concertgoer found out after getting into an altercation with a fellow attendee on Friday, May 25.
Sebastian Bach Is Open to a Skid Row Reunion
By pretty much all accounts, the musical divorce between Skid Row and Sebastian Bach in the mid ’90s worked out pretty well for everyone — the band has moved on with singer Johnny Solinger, who’s logged over a decade in the position, and Bach has pursued an eclectic solo career, while dabbling in reality TV. But there are still plenty of people who’d like to see a reunion — including Bach himself.
Carrie Underwood Reveals Her Pearl Jam Past
These days, Carrie Underwood‘s music resides firmly at the glamorous intersection between modern country and high-gloss pop. But she wasn’t always the type of woman who strolled red carpets in high-fashion gowns — in fact, as an Oklahoman teenager, she was more likely to be found wearing oversized flannel and listening to Pearl Jam.
Foo Fighters Rock Out With ‘SNL’ Vets Kristen Wiig, Amy Poehler + More
If you caught the ‘Saturday Night Live‘ season finale last weekend, you know it ended with a high school graduation sketch that doubled as a thinly veiled sendoff/full cast dance party in honor of Kristen Wiig, who’s leaving the cast after seven years. The fun continued in an epic after party featuring musical guests the Foo Fighters, and thanks to footage uploaded by folks who were lucky enough t
Footage Surfaces From the Stone Roses’ Comeback Show
While the Afghan Whigs were kicking off their reunion tour in New York last night (May 23), a different group of ’90s rock legends commenced their own return to the stage. The Stone Roses, performing with their classic lineup for the first time in over 20 years, played what the NME called a “rapturously received comeback show” in Warrington, England.
Beastie Boys Recall Last Recordings With Adam Yauch
If you were a little stunned by the news of Adam Yauch‘s death on May 4, you weren’t alone — as Yauch’s longtime Beastie Boys bandmate Mike Diamond puts it in an interview published in Rolling Stone, “He had us fooled in the most beautiful way … I believed, up to last week, that Adam was somehow coming back.”
Phillip Phillips Performs Mumford and Sons-Inspired Song ‘Home’ on ‘American Idol’
Everything is over besides the final results on Season 11 of ‘American Idol,’ where the contest winnowed itself down to the last two performers last night (May 22). And if the judges’ remarks are any indication of the way this is going to pan out, it’s Phillip Phillips‘ season to lose — but he still got a standing ovation on last night’s episode when he performed a song called ‘Home,’ which was re
Dave Matthews Sings ‘Home’ With Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros in Texas
The set list for the Dave Matthews Band‘s summer tour is shaping up to be a typically loose-knit affair, featuring new songs, a few surprising older songs, and even some surprising collaborations with their opening acts. Over the weekend, that last item produced an unannounced duet between Matthews and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.
2012 MuchMusic Video Awards Nominees Announced
With only a month to go before 2012′s MuchMusic Video Awards winners are handed their trophies at the ceremony on June 17, it’s time to announce the nominees — an eclectic list of acts that includes Coldplay, Foster the People, Cobra Starship, Gym Class Heroes and Maroon 5.
Joey Ramone’s New Posthumous Album ‘…Ya Know?’ Streaming Now
He’s been deceased for over a decade, but Joey Ramone has a new album coming out in a couple of weeks — and thanks to the good people at NME, you can stream the whole thing right now.
Green Day Headlining Voodoo Fest 2012
It’s been three long years since Green Day released a studio album, and the band has so much pent-up creative energy that it’s preparing to unleash a full-on trilogy of new LPs over the next year. The first installment, ‘¡Uno!,’ arrives in September — and the band will celebrate its release by heading down to New Orleans and headlining Voodoo Fest 2012.
The Killers Cover the Raspberries’ ‘Go All the Way’ for ‘Dark Shadows’
Tim Burton‘s ‘Dark Shadows‘ was, um, overshadowed at the box office by ‘The Avengers‘ last weekend, but even if you didn’t head out to a theater near you to watch Johnny Depp act like a vampire, you can still go all the way to the bottom of your browser to hear the Killers‘ cover of a Raspberries power pop classic for the soundtrack.