Yusuf / Cat Stevens has announced that his seventeenth studio album, King of a Land, will be released via BMG / Dark Horse Records on June 16. King of a Land is an epic body of work. More than a decade in the making, its 12 new songs are full of extraordinary surprises. Unique and…… MORE
Magnolia Pictures has released the first trailer for an upcoming documentary about Little Richard. The Lisa Cortes-directed documentary includes interviews with Black and queer scholars as well as Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney and filmmaker John Waters. Little Richard: I Am Everything tells the story of the life and music of the late radical rock and…… MORE
Depeche Mode recently dropped a new single, “My Cosmos Is Mine,” the opening track from their upcoming LP Memento Mori. “My Cosmos Is Mine” follows the album’s first single, “Ghosts Again.” Memento Mori, Depeche Mode’s 15th studio album and a follow-up to 2017’s Spirit, will drop on March 24. “Don’t play with my world /…… MORE
Def Leppard have announced that their new album Drastic Symphonies, featuring the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, will be released on May 19. The 15-track Drastic Symphonies features Def Leppard’s greatest produced tracks dramatically reimagined and sounding larger and more exhilarating than ever before. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, the album includes new vocals and instrumental from…… MORE
Chart-topping, Grammy-nominated rock band Mammoth WVH have signed a new global recordings agreement with BMG to release their upcoming new studio album. Led by Wolfgang Van Halen, the musical architect behind his solo band Mammoth WVH, this marks his first recordings deal with BMG, who also serves as Mammoth WVH’s music publisher. Van Halen said,…… MORE
Tears For Fears are set to reissue their debut album, The Hurting, in celebration of the record’s 40th anniversary. The album will be reissued as an Abbey Road Half-Speed Mastered vinyl and as a newly created Dolby Atmos mix by renowned artist and mixer Steven Wilson on May 12. The Dolby Atmos mix, along with…… MORE
Guns N’ Roses, Tool, Avenged Sevenfold and Korn have been announced as the headliners for the 2023 Aftershock Festival. The West Coast’s biggest rock festival features nearly 100 rock and metal bands. The four-day music festival will kick off in Sacramento’s Discovery Park on October 5. For the second year, Jose “Metal Ambassador” Mangin will…… MORE
Queen’s Brian May was knighted by King Charles III on Tuesday, March 14, at Buckingham Palace. In a photo shared on Instagram of the knighting ceremony, May can be seen smiling as Charles laid a ceremonial sword tap on the Queen guitarist’s left shoulder. May received the title of Knight Bachelor for his services to…… MORE
Marking the 50th anniversary of their 1973 album We’re An American Band and its Platinum title track, Grand Funk Railroad have announced a U.S. tour. The American Band Tour begins in Clewiston, Florida, on March 18, with an appearance at the Clewiston Sugar Festival. The final two hometown shows in Michigan will feature Grand Funk…… MORE
Smokey Robinson recently released a new single “How You Make Me Feel,” the latest from his upcoming new album, Gasms. Unlike the album’s title track and “I Fit In There,” the new track is a slow jam that sees Robinson professing his love through some clever wordplay and tasteful double entendres. “I’m addicted you /…… MORE
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