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Gun N’ Roses performed at Boston’s Fenway Park on Tuesday, and during their set they delivered a reworking of a previously unreleased song they penned called “Silkworms.” It is now titled “Absurd.” “Some of you might have heard this under another name, but this is really kind of absurd to try this,” Axl Rose joked to a drum sting from Frank Ferrer as he introduced the propulsive song. It’s aptly renamed given the lyrics that include Rose sneeringly singing the song’s title throughout. “Listen motherfuckers to this song that should...

Garth Brooks has canceled a planned onsale date for tickets to his recently announced show in Seattle, Wash., and says he'll rethink all scheduled concerts after performing in Lincoln, Neb., on Aug. 14. The move comes as cases of COVID-19 rise nationwide once again.After Aug. 14, Brooks has shows scheduled for Cincinnati, Ohio (Sept. 18); Charlotte, N.C. (Sept. 25); Baltimore, Md. (Oct. 2); and Boston, Mass. (Oct. 9). Tickets for his Sept. 4 show in Seattle were set to go on sale on Friday (Aug. 6), but a note from his PR...

UPDATE (8/3): DaBaby has been dropped from the lineup of another festival, Music Midtown, which is set to take place in Atlanta this September. “DaBaby will no longer be performing at Midtown Music Festival,” Music Midtown tweeted. “Lineup update coming soon.” DaBaby will no longer be performing at Midtown Music Festival. Lineup update coming soon. pic.twitter.com/ZBZGwda4rw — Music Midtown (@MusicMidtown) August 3, 2021 ** DaBaby has been dropped from two more festivals, the Austin City Limits Festival and the iHeartRadio Music Festival, as the backlash continues against his homophobic statements...

Jimmie Allen and Brad Paisley take the open road in the music video for their collaborative song "Freedom Was a Highway."The video opens with Allen leaving church, overcome with the sudden urge to get in his car and drive deep into the woods, where he stumbles upon a guitar hiding amongst the trees. With a strum of the magical instrument, Allen's bandmates appear in the middle of the road, the singer taking lead vocals on the mic.Soon, Paisley joins him on the back of a truck bed, and the two sing and...

Garth Hudson turns 84 on August 2nd. The Band keyboardist has always maintained a very low public profile, and he received very few songwriting credits on Band albums, but his piano, organ, sax, trumpet accordion and clavinet were crucial components of the group’s signature sound. They would have been an unimaginably different group without him. He was also the wise elder of the group, and the one that shied away from drugs and alcohol, which is probably why Bob Dylan trusted him to man the reel-to-reel recorder in the basement...

The Eagles have had an indelible impact on several decades' worth of country music, so it's perhaps surprising that the country-rockers have only scored one true country hit in the entire course of their career. "Lyin' Eyes" is the iconic group's only Top 10 country hit."Lyin' Eyes" — released in August of 1975 — was one of the strongest songwriting collaborations between Eagles mainstays Glenn Frey and Don Henley. The pair were inspired by a random observation one of the band members made one night at a popular Los Angeles watering hole called...

Guided By Voices have released a new song, “My (Limited) Engagement,” the first offering from what will be their second album of 2021, It’s Not Them. It Couldn’t Be Them. It Is Them!, out October 22nd. “My (Limited) Engagement” pairs a steady drum downbeat with crunchy guitars, which open into a jangly chorus and, later, a tidy solo. “I need a slogan to cling to,” Robert Pollard sings on the final hook, “Just a ringer/For my engagement.” “‘My (Limited) Engagement’ is hook-laden heavy guitar pop/rock with a soaring vocal melody...

After dropping several hints this year that new music could be on the way, Billy Strings is officially making his move: His third studio project, following the Grammy Award-winning Home, is due out September 24. The album is titled Renewal.Featuring a hefty 16 tracks, Renewal will feature Strings' mainstay bandmates Billy Failing (banjo, piano, backing vocals), Royal Masat (bass, backing vocals) and Jarrod Walker (mandolin, guitar, backing vocals). But according to Music Row, it'll also include musicians Spencer Cullum (on pedal steel), John Mailander (violin) and Grant Millikem (synth). Some...

Ariana Grande is set to enter the realm of the popular video game Fortnite with an upcoming event called “Rift Tour.” The singer shared a promo for the mysterious “musical experience,” which will also allow gamers to use Grande as a playable character. 🖤 #rifttour august 6-8@FortniteGame https://t.co/Mlf5Xpl9HO pic.twitter.com/pTgLJ7e67O — Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) August 1, 2021 “From August 6-8, take a musical journey into magical new realities where Fortnite and Ariana Grande collide,” Epic Games announced Sunday. While details of the Rift Tour have not fully been revealed, Polygon speculates...

Dylan Scott drives straight to the heart of the matter with his new single, “New Truck.” Soulful vocals deliver a real hurt that you can almost feel, while simultaneously keeping energy levels high.At first, it sounds like a good-time song: The guitars, the steel, the beat -- and you’re in, and ready to roll. It’s a toe-tapping, fast driving, windows-downin’ vibe. Then you listen to the story in the lyrics.Masterfully crafted by hitmakers Hardy, Ashley Gorley, Ben Johnson, and Hunter Phelps, the character in the story acknowledges that there’s nothing...

As part of MTV’s ongoing celebration of their 40th anniversary, the network has revealed its new-look Moon Person trophy. Artist Kehinde Wiley — whose presidential portrait of Barack Obama resides in the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery — is the creator of this iconic statuette that the winners will receive at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards. Ahead of the September 12th award show, Rolling Stone has the exclusive first look at the new Moon Person trophy: https://wp-assets.rollingstone.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/KW_MTV_360_ANIMATION.mp4 “Kehinde Wiley’s Moon Person sculpture represents inclusivity and diversity marked by the historical,...

Eleven years ago today, on Aug. 1, 2010, Jimmy Wayne finished his Meet Me Halfway Walk, with a broken foot, in Phoenix, Ariz. The 1,700-mile trek, which Wayne undertook to raise awareness about homeless youth and foster children, began on Jan. 1, 2010, in Nashville.“I grew up in foster care, and I know how important it is when one person helps a child,” Wayne tells The Boot, explaining his motivation for the walk. “I’ve always wanted to share my story so that it would help others. I tried sharing it...

Willie Nelson returned to the stage Saturday to take part in the Poor People’s Campaign march for voting rights outside the Texas Capitol in Austin. Beto O’Rourke shared video of Nelson’s performance on social media; the gig marked Nelson’s first in-person and public concert outside of his Luck, Texas ranch since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. (“I’ve been double-shotted,” the mask-less Nelson quipped about being vaccinated prior to his performance.) Willie! https://t.co/4fU3JDbCPp — Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) July 31, 2021 The Poor People’s Campaign’s 28-mile march toward Austin began four...

Garth Brooks doesn't sound like he'll slow down when his stadium tour wraps in 2022. The Country Music Hall of Famer plays Nashville's Nissan Stadium on Saturday (July 31), but one day prior, he shared a loose sketch of what might be coming when he's done playing the big houses.Country music's best-selling artist is far from bored with the task at hand, however. The 70,000 fans who pack Nissan Stadium (home of the Tennessee Titans) will set a record for the venue, something he's proud of. He spoke with familiar emotion...