Little Women director Greta Gerwig tells Rolling Stone that she wanted the movie to be a “ballet, a musical” — and in order to create that effect, she enlisted the talents of composer Alexandre Desplat, who has won two Oscars for Best Original Music Score (for 2014’s The Grand Budapest …
Read More »Watch Meghan Trainor Fan Out Over Dr. Phil on 'Carpool Karaoke'
Meghan Trainor joined James Corden for “Carpool Karaoke” on The Late Late Show, noting, “Dude, I’ve been waiting years to take you to work.” During the segment, the pair join forces to sing a few of Trainor’s singles, including “All About That Bass” and “Like I’m Gonna Lose You.” In …
Read More »Inside Portland, Maine's Wildly Ambitious Music Scene
In our new series, we look at eight cities where live music has exploded — from legendary hubs like Chicago and Nashville, to rising hot spots like Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Raleigh, North Carolina. The latest is a left-field surprise: Portland, Maine, which is drawing promoters from major cities and ambitious …
Read More »Dave Mustaine's Daughter Joins Megadeth for Epic 'À Tout le Monde'
Megadeth‘s Dave Mustaine invited his daughter Electra on stage to sing “À Tout le Monde” at the metal outfit’s show in Paris Tuesday. A fan-shot video captured the performance, which found Electra strolling on stage to join her father as he sang the first verse of the band’s 1994 classic. …
Read More »Watch Sting Perform With 'The Last Ship' Cast on 'Corden'
Sting took the stage with the cast of The Last Ship on The Late Late Show to perform the song by the same name from the hit musical. The show — which originated in the U.K. before moving to Broadway and opened at the Ahmanson Theater in Los Angeles earlier …
Read More »Demi Lovato Premieres 'Anyone' at the Grammys
Demi Lovato performed live for the first time in nearly two years at the 62nd Grammy Awards on Sunday. She debuted a new song, “Anyone,” which she wrote and recorded just four days before suffering an overdose in July 2018. The single will reportedly be included on Lovato’s upcoming album. …
Read More »Are Music Companies Hiring Enough People Who Think Differently?
Florence Welch doesn’t find numbers easy. The Florence and the Machine star was diagnosed with both dyslexia and dyscalculia in her youth — two sets of “learning difficulties,” as she often heard them described, inaccurately, during her school years. As she describes in the foreword to “Creative Differences” — a …
Read More »Metallica's Kirk Hammett on Napster: 'We Didn't Make a Difference'
Although Metallica were the most outspoken about the dangers of file-sharing with the advent of Napster — garnering a lot of bad press for allegedly wanting to sue their fans — Kirk Hammett now says the group had no effect on the outcome of the crisis. “We didn’t make a …
Read More »Flashback: Rush Resurrect 1975's 'Anthem' at Kickoff of Final Tour
The news that Neil Peart died of brain cancer on January 7th is still sending waves of shock and grief throughout the rock community. Nobody but his tightest circle of friends knew he was sick, making this one of the more unexpected rock deaths in recent memory. The outpouring of …
Read More »Pearl Jam Detail Tracklist for New Album 'Gigaton'
Pearl Jam revealed the tracklist for their upcoming 11th studio album, Gigaton. The long-awaited 12-track LP, which follows 2013’s Lightning Bolt, features upcoming single “Dance of the Clairvoyants.” Notably, it does not include their most recent song, 2018’s “Can’t Deny Me,” released as part of their Ten Club fan club. …
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