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Kiss have canceled a concert scheduled for Thursday night in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, after singer Paul Stanley tested positive for Covid-19. “Tonight’s #KISS show at The Pavilion at Star Lake in Burgettstown, PA is unfortunately postponed due to Paul Stanley testing positive for COVID. More information about show dates will be made available ASAP,” the band wrote on Instagram, pointing out that the band and crew are all vaccinated. “Everyone on the entire tour, both band and crew, are fully vaccinated,” the group’s statement continued. “The band and their crew have operated in...

Ray Fulcher's precise, concise songwriting shines during "Girl in It," his debut single on Black River Entertainment. The uptempo country observation is radio-ready, which should surprise no one, given his resume.Songs that praise a woman's worth in this world are hardly rare in country music. Longtime fans of the format may recall Brooks & Dunn's late career hit "Put a Girl in It" (2008), a Peach Pickers-penned rocker that celebrated (and slightly objectified) females. Fulcher, along with co-writers Erik Dylan and James McNair, are a bit more romantic. Producer Jonathan Singleton's banjo-driven shuffle...

Dead and Company played at the Darien Lake Performing Arts Center in Darien Lake, New York, on Wednesday night, and midway through the second set they honored Charlie Watts by performing the 1965 Rolling Stones classic “The Last Time.” This was the first time Dead and Company played the tune, but the Grateful Dead did it 69 times between 1990 and 1995. The only other Rolling Stones song in the Grateful’s Dead live repertoire was “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” although they did play the “Little Red Rooster” B-side “Off...

If you dig into your family tree, you could find a few monumental people in it, from pilgrims to celebrities and everything in between. And there are many country music stars who have equally famous relatives, many of whom are in the music industry as well.Of course, there are the obvious family ties: The Band Perry is made up of siblings Kimberly, Neil and Reid Perry, and Hank Williams Jr. followed in his father's influential footsteps and shares the same name. But there are also several country singers who have famous family ties that...

UPDATE #2 (8/25): MTV has announced that Doja Cat will also host the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards I’m hosting the 2021 #VMAs this year Wowowowowowow 🤯 Tune in on 9/12 at 8pm on @MTV pic.twitter.com/R44V9VRUWo — yeeeeeees (@DojaCat) August 25, 2021 UPDATE (8/24): Shawn Mendes, Doja Cat, Twenty One Pilots and Chlöe have been added to the performance lineup for the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards. Mendes is slated to perform his song, “Summer of Love,” Twenty One Pilots will play their single, “Saturday,” and Chlöe will deliver the...

Ryan Fleming, Jason Aldean's security guard and longtime friend, has died. The country star announced the news on social media on Wednesday (Aug. 25), sharing several photos of Fleming along with words of remembrance.Fleming, also known as "Rhino," and Aldean grew up together in Georgia; prior to working for the singer, Fleming was a bouncer at a local bar in Macon and also worked for the local sheriff. "When it came time for me to hire a security guy that I knew would always look out for me and my...

The baby — now man — who appears on the cover of Nirvana’s Nevermind has filed a lawsuit against the band and others involved in the photograph, claiming the image constitutes child pornography. Spencer Elden, now 30, claimed in a suit that the defendants involved “knowingly produced, possessed, and advertised commercial child pornography,” that they “failed to take reasonable steps to protect Spencer and prevent his widespread sexual exploitation,” that they’ve continued “to benefit from their participation in Spencer’s commercial sexual exploitation,” and that Spencer “has suffered and will continue...

Like so many fans, Keith Urban is taking Rolling Stones' drummer Charlie Watts' death hard. The country singer described being "shocked and truly saddened" in an heartfelt message on social media.Referring to Watts' sharp suits and professional demeanor, Urban calls him the "gentleman soul of rock and roll" in his tribute, posted alongside an undated photo of the country star with the rock veteran."The heart beat of one of the greatest bands of all time," Urban says of Watts, "a truly one of a kind musician who’s influence is unquantifiable AND will continue...

It’s Kanye’s party, and he’ll throw caution to the wind if he wants to. The rapper-producer’s upcoming album-release fête is scheduled to take place at Chicago’s Soldier Field on Thursday, August 26th. And he will not be requiring attendees to show proof of vaccination or a negative test result in order to get in the outdoor event, Rolling Stone has learned. “Kanye West’s performance is one of many examples that show that Chicago can be open and safe at the same time,” Chicago Park District spokeswoman Michele Lemons said in...

Miko Marks pairs reverberating, soulful vocal harmonies with an outlaw country standard on her version of “Whiskey River,” a bluesy take on a song that was written by Johnny Bush and Paul Stroud and popularized by Willie Nelson on his Shotgun Willie album in 1973.While country fans first heard Nelson’s radio single version of the song, “Whiskey River” quickly became a staple of his live show, and the country legend even performed it as the first song in his setlist during the pilot episode of renowned live music TV program Austin City Limits. That made...

My Morning Jacket have returned with a new song, “Regularly Scheduled Programming,” from their upcoming self-titled album, out October 22nd via ATO Records. “Regularly Scheduled Programming” starts with a swooning intro but soon settles into a sprightly beat that builds to a rich, chaotic and ultimately cathartic conclusion. The song finds frontman Jim James contending with the trappings of modernity: “Programming to drown out how we feel,” he sings, “Fresh fiction, rewriting how we think/Screen time addiction, replacing real life and love/Erasing forgiveness/Bow down to your overlords.” The song arrives...

Eight years ago, Florida Georgia Line made country music history. During the week of Aug. 24, 2013, the then-new duo's single "Cruise" notched its record-setting 24th -- and final -- week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.Florida Georgia Line's unprecedented streak at No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart broke the chart's previous record of 21 weeks at the top. That record was held by a trio of songs: Eddy Arnold's "I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)," Hank Snow's "I'm Moving...

UPDATE #2 (8/23): Slipknot’s Corey Taylor said he’s “out of the woods” and recovering well after testing positive for Covid-19. In a video shared on Twitter, Taylor said he’s still positive, but no longer grappling with Covid symptoms like aches and a high fever (though he was still a little congested). “It shouldn’t be too much longer before I test negative, so that’s great,” Taylor said. Along with thanking family, friends and fans for their support, Taylor credited the Covid-19 vaccine with helping him fight the virus, and encouraged people...

Kenny Chesney, Luke Bryan and Reba McEntire are just a few of the many within the country music community mourning the loss of Academy of Country Music executive Lisa Lee, who died Saturday (Aug. 21) after a valiant battle with brain cancer.She was just 52 years old."Lisa Lee and I grew up together in this business," Chesney remarks in an Instagram post on Sunday alongside a photo of him and Lee during happier times."She was a TV reporter, producer, writer and big executive. She covered my heroes and my friends, she wrote about me and...