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Following a pandemic delay caused by a busted studio door, XTC’s Andy Partridge has finally announced the first volume in his My Failed Songwriting Career series, a collection of tracks he initially penned for other artists. “I have hundreds of songs that I wrote for other people that they rejected,” Partridge told Rolling Stone in May 2020. “And so, when I can get in there and get working properly, I am going to be putting out a series of records tentatively titled, My Failed Songwriting Career.” The first EP is available...

Life as an artist on the road is wearing on Rod Gator in his new song "For Louisiana," and the "cyprus sunset and the cool, cool breeze" of home are calling to him. Press play below to hear the brand-new track, premiering exclusively on The Boot.""For Louisiana" is a song about self doubt and the ups and downs of being a touring musician. It’s about missing the places you grew up and the people that shaped your childhood," Gator shares. "Even though it’s far from perfect, it’ll always be my...

A few years ago, Cedric Burnside was sitting with his acoustic guitar on the front porch of his home in Ashland, Mississippi, listening to the birds and thinking about grief and perseverance. For Burnside, the prior decade had been one of mourning and recovery; in 2012 he’d lost his brother, fellow musician Cody Burnside, at the age of 29, before losing his father, drummer Calvin Jackson, in 2015, and his mother, Linda Burnside, two years later. “When my mom passed, I cried,” says Cedric. “When my brother passed, I cried....

The 2021 iHeartRadio Music Festival has ditched the virtual format and is returning to a live show. Taking place over two days, Sept. 17-18, the event will continue in its tradition of bringing together some of music’s biggest names.Hosted by Ryan Seacrest, the iHeartRadio Music Festival will take place in Las Vegas, Nev., and feature two stages: The main stage event will be held at T-Mobile Arena, and the daytime stage will be at Area15. Country music fans can look forward to performances from Florida Georgia Line and Sam Hunt on the main...

“It’s times like these you learn to live again,” Dave Grohl sang Tuesday night, with clenched emotion, at the beginning of Foo Fighters’ first concert since a global pandemic snuffed out live music last March. He was backed, at first, only by church-like organ chords from keyboardist Rami Jaffee. As the tempo picked up and the full band slammed into “Times Like These,” with 16 months or so of pent-up energy, the already-sweaty crowd in the Canyon Club in Los Angeles roared, recognizing that a post-9/11 anthem had found new...

Garth Brooks will play his first-ever concert at Nashville's Nissan Stadium in late July. The country superstar announced the new Stadium Tour stop on Wednesday morning (June 16).Brooks' Stadium Tour will stop at Nissan Stadium on July 31. The show will be at 7PM local time.Tickets for Brooks' Nashville show will go on sale on June 25 at 10AM CT, via Ticketmaster. Seating for his Stadium Tour shows is in-the-round style. Tickets will cost $94.95, inclusive of all taxes and fees, and there will be a limit of eight tickets...

The Killers and Bruce Springsteen have teamed up to record a new version of “A Dustland Fairytale,” which originally appeared on the band’s 2008 LP Day & Age. In an e-mail interview with Rolling Stone, Killers frontman Brandon Flowers said the original plan was to play the song together live. “But the idea to record it remotely was initially about giving people something during quarantine,” he says. “‘Dustland’’s lineage leads straight to Bruce. When we finished it back in 2008, I sent him a copy and a note expressing my...

"Maturity" is a funny word to use around Joe Nichols. The country hitmaker is first to admit he lacked it 19 years ago when his breakthrough Man With a Memory album was released, but the "Brokenheartsville" singer has always been praised for his poise, his patience and his dedication to a classic brand of storytelling.He's been called an "old soul" and a "crooner" — terms reserved for artists of country music that fans and the industry have deemed beyond their years. Nichols, now 44 years old and set to record an album on...

A new documentary, Bitchin’: The Sound and Fury of Rick James, will explore the lows, highs, and very highs of the funk icon’s life story. A clip from the film, which premiered during the Tribeca Film Fest and will get a wide release on an unspecified date via Showtime, focuses on how James gave funk music a pop edge and cleaved his way to commercial success, much to the chagrin of rival groups like Parliament. “All is fair in funk and war,” comments former P-Funk bassist Bootsy Collins in the...

Garth Brooks has revealed that he will not raise ticket prices during the upcoming 2021 dates of his Stadium Tour, no matter what extra costs he might have to bear due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the additional health protocols touring will now require.As most artists are returning to touring incrementally, beginning with smaller venues or setting capacity limits, Brooks is making bold moves. Beginning in July, he will be playing stadiums across the country at 100 percent capacity with an even higher frequency than he did pre-pandemic."Anybody that was dealing...

Best Coast will embark on a North American tour next year. Their 2022 ‘Finally Tomorrow’ tour kicks off on January 11th in Santa Cruz, California at Catalyst. Rosie Tucker will serve as opener. Tickets for their 25-date trek go on sale on Friday, with presale tickets available on Tuesday, both at 10 a.m. local time. “In honor of pride month, $1 from every presale ticket sold will go to the @trevorproject, who are a saving grace to queer youth experiencing mental health struggles,” Best Coast wrote on Instagram. The tour hits...

Mama-to-be RaeLynn enjoyed a floral-themed baby shower over the weekend (June 12), and to make the occasion even more special, she even announced the name she's selected for her baby girl: Daisy Rae Davis.That's a name that the singer and her husband, Josh Davis, picked out early on."We agreed on it pretty quickly because it was just too perfect not to," RaeLynn said earlier in her pregnancy, though she wasn't ready to announce Daisy Rae's name yet at the time. Now, the singer has not also announced her daughter's name...

Lil Durk and Lil Baby’s collaborative album The Voice of the Heroes debuted at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart with more than 176 million streams. The success of the joint release was not surprising: Lil Baby’s last album, My Turn, was a massive hit in 2020, while Lil Durk’s December release The Voice was a regular presence in the Top Ten earlier this year. In addition, as soon as The Voice of the Heroes was given a release date, the project shot to the top...