Pop & Rock

Big Machine Records Artists to Release Mötley Crüe Tribute Album

10 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Big Machine Records Artists to Release Mötley Crüe Tribute Album
No, really. At a press conference in Hollywood this morning, rock band Mötley Crüe announced that the 72-city tour this year will be their very last one. They will hit the road with Alice Cooper as an opener (!) on July 2 and say farewell as a band on November 21, 2014. But for us Read More

Musicnewsbites: U2 Wins Golden Globe, Black Sabbath's Converse Shoes, Grand Ole Opry Newbies Not Performing Enough

10 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Musicnewsbites: U2 Wins Golden Globe, Black Sabbath's Converse Shoes, Grand Ole Opry Newbies Not Performing Enough
* Irish rockers, and pseudo political party, U2 won the Golden Globe for Best Original Song in a Motion Picture last night for ‘Ordinary Love’ from the Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Soundtrack. * Fayfare reviews the year at the Grand Ole Opry, and newer members Darius Rucker and Keith Urban don’t seem off to Read More

13 Albums I Hope You Heard in 2013

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Now that 2013 is officially behind us (Happy New Year everyone!) it’s time to look back at some of the important albums of the year. The people complaining that there isn’t a lot of good music must not have been paying attention. A lot of great records were made last year, and I am sure Read More

Tuesday Music News – December 31, 2013

10 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Tuesday Music News – December 31, 2013
* The new Buck Owens biography was written based on voice recordings Owens made with the intent of turning them into a book. He never got the chance but author Randy Poe has now completed the task with the release of Buck ‘Em! The Autobiography of Buck Owens. * U2 is returning to Island Read More

Metallica Becomes First Band to Rock Antarctica [VIDEO]

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Metallica became the first band to rock on all seven continents when earlier this month the foursome performed at the Carlini Argentine Base in Antarctica. It was the first concert on the icy continent ever. In case you are concerned about penguins with damaged ear drums, there was no amplification and the show was broadcast Read More

Nirvana, KISS, Peter Gabriel, Linda Ronstadt, Hall & Oates to Join Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame

10 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Nirvana, KISS, Peter Gabriel, Linda Ronstadt, Hall & Oates to Join Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame
After internal votes and a music fan poll, the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2014 has been announced! Iconic Seattle rockband Nirvana are perhaps a surprise inductee but the trio helped change music forever at the very end of the 1980s. KISS were the biggest band on the planet at one time Read More

Adele's 21 Becomes Best-Selling Album of All Time on Amazon

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Adele‘s ultimate break-up record, 21, tops Amazon’s list of best-selling albums. With over 28 million copies sold (and counting!), the album has achieved 16 times platinum status in its native UK, and has been certified diamond in the US. Britain’s Got Talent phenomenon Susan Boyle is the runner-up with ‘I Dreamed a Dream,’ and the Read More

2013 in Review – Billboard Top Pop/Rock Songs and Albums: Imagine Dragons, Mumford & Sons, Robin Thicke

10 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on 2013 in Review – Billboard Top Pop/Rock Songs and Albums: Imagine Dragons, Mumford & Sons, Robin Thicke
With three songs in the year-end top 10, 2013 was undeniably the year of Imagine Dragons on the Rock Songs Chart, with ‘Radioactive’ leading the pack. A fairly wide definition of “rock” allows The Lumineers to snatch the #2 spot, while breakout act Lorde lands at #3. I don’t particularly consider Mumford & Sons‘ Babel Read More