Music

Taylor Hawkins Tribute Hawkins spent 18 months in Canadian singer's touring band before joining Dave Grohl and company Alanis Morissette helped the Foo Fighters pay honor to Taylor Hawkins — her drummer before he joined Dave Grohl and company — Tuesday night at the Los Angeles tribute concert for Hawkins. Backed by the Foo Fighters along with Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith on drums, Morissette delivered “You Oughta Know,” which Hawkins had performed countless times during his 18-month stint as a member of Morissette’s mid-Nineties touring unit. “The second...

By the fall of 1991, Garth Brooks had notched six No. 1 singles and two Top 5 albums, as well as a slew of ACM and CMA Awards — all in a little over two years. His third studio album, Ropin' the Wind, however, made him a Billboard chart record-setter.For the chart week dated Sept. 28, 1991, Brooks' Ropin' the Wind debuted at No. 1 on not only the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, but also on the all-genre Billboard 200. On the latter, Metallica (also known as The Black Album) by the rock band of the same...

So Close But So Far Away “It’s my birthday and Kanye West is playing tracks we made,” Blake wrote on Twitter, confirming he produced all three of the teaser songs the rapper shared Kanye West stopped into a London Fashion Week afterparty to tease a collection of unreleased songs, including one that some fans thought sampled the 2016 James Blake deep cut “Always.” The latter artist took time out from celebrating his birthday to clarify on Twitter that the previewed track, which he produced himself, is entirely new. “It’s my...

Luke Bryan will continue to "Kick the Dust Up" in Las Vegas into 2023: He just announced another new leg of dates for his Luke Bryan: Vegas residency at the city's Resorts World Theatre, beginning in February.With 12 new dates at the beginning of the year, Bryan will continue a show that he says provides a more intimate connection with the crowd than the amphitheater and stadiums that normally make up the bulk of his performance venues on tour.“I love doing these headlining shows in Vegas because the intimate room...

A judge in Spain ordered Shakira to face charges of tax fraud in court Tuesday, Sept. 27, according to The Associated Press.  The pop star will face six counts of tax fraud, with prosecutors alleging in that she failed to pay €14.5 million (about $13.9 million) in income tax between 2012 and 2014. A trial date has not yet been set. Prosecutors are seeking a hefty punishment for Shakira, saying back in July that the Colombian singer should get eight years in prison, plus a €20 million fine, if convicted....

Eighteen years ago today, on Sept. 27, 2003, Dierks Bentley earned his first No. 1 hit, with his debut single, "What Was I Thinkin'."Bentley co-wrote "What Was I Thinkin'," which appears on his eponymously titled freshman album, with songwriter Deric Ruttan and his record producer and frequent collaborator, Brett Beavers. With lines such as, "She snuck out one night and met me by the front gate / Her daddy came out, wavin' that 12-gauge / We tore out the drive, he peppered my tailgate / What was I thinkin'?" Bentley...

In the Zone The singer also performed his new single “Forget Me" as well as “Before You Go,” “Someone You Loved,” and “Hold Me While You Wait" Lewis Capaldi reimagined the classic Britney Spears In The Zone single “Everytime” during a recent set of performances recorded for BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge series. At London’s Hammersmith Club, the singer was bolstered by a pianist and a string section complete with a cellist and multiple violinists to transform the song into the kind of ballad he’s come to be known for....

Jon Pardi and his wife Summer recently announced that they're expecting their first child, and the singer couldn't be more ready for the adventure that lays ahead — but back when his wife first told him the news, it took him a minute to figure out what she was trying to say.Summer planned the special surprise around the couple's brand-new boat: She had printed out a "Baby on Board" sticker to put on the back of the boat, along with a positive pregnancy test. But even with those helpful hints,...

Halftime Wisdom “I can't wait to see what she's going to do,” rapper who performed this year's event says Rihanna is officially set to perform the Super Bowl LVII halftime show in Glendale, Arizona in 2023, and shortly after the news broke on Sunday, this year’s headliner and self-proclaimed Rihanna “super fan” Dr. Dre offered the pop star some advice. “Put the right people around you, and have fun,” the Beats by Dre co-founder told Apple Music 1 host Ebro Darden. “That’s basically what it is, making sure you have...

New Fox series Monarch -- which stars Trace Adkins opposite Susan Sarandon -- already features a number of high profile country cameos, with the likes of Shania Twain, Little Big Town, Tanya Tucker and Martina McBride all making appearances in the first season. Plus, the show's theme song, "The Card You Gamble," was recorded by country-leaning singer-songwriter Caitlyn Smith.But if Adkins made the casting decisions, the singer says there's one more familiar country face he would add to the lineup. "I think we should bring Blake Shelton, let him play...

The Super Bowl LVII halftime show in Glendale, Arizona has revealed its headliner: Rihanna, in her first live performance in over five years. The NFL, Rihanna, Roc Nation and new halftime show sponsor Apple Music all announced Sunday that the singer would lead the most high-profile 15-minute performance in music on Feb. 12, 2023 at State Farm Stadium. The Super Bowl 57 halftime show would mark Rihanna’s first public performance in over five years, as the singer last appeared onstage at the 2018 Grammy Awards to perform “Wild Thoughts” with...

Heavy metal giants Metallica played a set at the Global Citizen Festival in New York City's Central Park on Saturday night (Sept. 24), and they had a surprise up their sleeves: The band invited Mickey Guyton, who played the festival earlier that day, back to the stage for a performance of "Nothing Else Matters."While it might seem like an unlikely onstage pairing, Guyton has history with the song: She covered it for the 2021 tribute album The Metallica Blacklist, a multi-disc project that also featured tributes from Darius Rucker, Chris...

'Special Friends' Singer brings out Lox rappers to perform Emancipation of Mimi single's remix for first time in nearly 17 years While Mariah Carey has spent the last few weeks celebrating the 25th anniversary of Butterfly, she revisited the “splendor” of her 2005 LP The Emancipation of Mimi Saturday at Global Citizen by reuniting with rappers Jadakiss and Styles P for the first performance of the remix for “We Belong Together” in 17 years. “I have some special friends as well. And I thought it would be nice since we’re...