The Charlatans Return with “We Are Love” Tour
The Charlatans UK are back in North America this September with 'We Are Love,' their finest album in years. The Dandy Warhols open the West Coast shows. Presale Wednesday. General on-sale Friday. https://t.co/2TEenqmia2
Chayanne Announces 22‑Date US Arena Tour
Chayanne's "Bailemos Otra Vez" tour is back in the US for 22 arena dates, August 28 through October 31. Presale opens April 23. General on-sale April 24 here: https://t.co/NIb3TlL4g6
Beatles Added Gibberish Loop to Sgt. Pepper's Final Groove
On this day in 1967, The Beatles completed their soon-to-be released album by recording a loop of gibberish and noise to follow "A Day in the Life" in the run-out groove. They called it 'Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band'....
Bill Withers' 1973 Carnegie Hall Live Album Endures
On this day in 1973, Bill Withers released 'Live at Carnegie Hall', featuring "Ain’t No Sunshine," "Use Me," and "Lean on Me." Still one of the greatest live albums ever recorded. https://t.co/pkrOvoIOAn
Prince's Death Marks a Decade of Chaos
10 years ago today, we lost Prince. I'm not saying the world has gone to shit since he died, but, *gestures at everything* https://t.co/FEaOIrptWr
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Footloose Soundtrack Dominated 1984 Billboard Charts
On this day in 1984, the ‘Footloose’ soundtrack hit #1 on the Billboard Album Charts for the first of 10 weeks. Six Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 hits, three Top 10s, and two #1s, including "Footloose" by Kenny Loggins and...
Disturbed's “Sound of Silence” Surpasses 1 Billion Streams
Disturbed’s "The Sound of Silence" has reached 1 billion streams on Spotify. The 2015 cover peaked at #42 on the Billboard Hot 100 and hit #1 on both Hard Rock Digital Songs and Mainstream Rock charts. https://t.co/GBNSEjomL7
Alan Osmond, Architect of The Osmonds, Dies at 76
Alan Osmond, the man who wrote, produced and choreographed The Osmonds into one of music's greatest family acts, has died at 76. A proper remembrance: https://t.co/pUfWku35OS
A$AP Rocky’s “Everyday” Hits 1 Billion Spotify Streams
A$AP Rocky’s "Everyday" featuring Rod Stewart, Miguel, and Mark Ronson has now reached 1 billion streams on Spotify, continuing its long run since its 2015 release. https://t.co/uTyptCVC31
Duran Duran’s #1 “The Reflex” Hides Out‑of‑
“The Reflex” became Duran Duran’s first U.S. #1 hit—but that iconic steel-drum sound? Totally out of tune. Nick Rhodes used a Jupiter-8 synth, and they layered a woodblock over it to punch it up. https://t.co/qQEkab4QOp
Lany, Aiden Bissett, Riah Light Up Toronto Coliseum
Photo Gallery: Lany, Aiden Bissett, and Riah at Toronto's Coca-Cola Coliseum on April 15, 2026 https://t.co/dI97uRAfKC
13 Perfect Album Closers That Say Goodbye
From "A Day in the Life" to "Gold Dust Woman," some albums knew exactly how to say goodbye. We looked at 13 album closers that got it completely, perfectly right: https://t.co/mWd7g622zp
Artists Defy Labels, Succeed Independently Every Day
The label system spent 50 years telling artists they couldn't do it alone. Here's exactly how thousands of them are proving that wrong every single day: https://t.co/kI1xDdCJtH
Remembering Avicii: Music That Changed Lives
8 years ago today, we lost Avicii. His music changed lives, lit up dance floors, and gave so many of us a place to feel something real. He is deeply missed, always remembered. https://t.co/Cswn5HZaXd
Linkin Park's 'Papercuts' Surpasses Two Years on UK Charts
Linkin Park’s 'Papercuts' hits 104 weeks on the U.K. Official Albums chart, holding at #18, while also reaching #12 on the Albums Streaming chart as it becomes the band’s second project to hit the two-year mark. https://t.co/Y6Ys0RhRg9
Unexpected Norah Jones‑Josh Homme Duet Delivers Needed Magic
Video: Norah Jones and Josh Homme covering "Somethin' Stupid" live in Los Angeles. A pairing nobody predicted and everybody needed. https://t.co/nnudZvZTjF
Middle‑Aged Dad Jam Band Delivers Wild, Brilliant Copacabana Cover
The Middle Aged Dad Jam Band's cover of "Copacabana" is on YouTube now. Ken Marino, David Wain, and a lineup that includes Hamilton's Jon Spurney and a trumpeter who's played with Ghostface Killah. It's completely unhinged and completely brilliant. https://t.co/egbg269jRp
David Byrne's "Drivers License" Cover Tops UK Vinyl Chart
David Byrne scores his first U.K. #1 as his cover of "Drivers License" by Olivia Rodrigo debuts atop both the Official Vinyl Singles and Physical Singles charts. https://t.co/aWb8DwpfRx
Rare 1980 Genesis Live Restored for 45th Anniversary
Video: Genesis live at the Lyceum, May 1980. 18 songs from the Duke tour, fan-restored with 45th anniversary remastered audio. Never officially released in full. Now the best it's ever looked and sounded. https://t.co/7A7J6v92Qw
Lily Löwe Drops Cinematic Hard Rock Album ‘Beautiful Disaster’
Lily Löwe's sophomore album 'Beautiful Disaster' is out now. 9 tracks of cinematic hard rock from one of Norway's fastest-rising outfits, built around heavy riffs, soaring hooks, and Lill Sofie Wilsberg's powerhouse vocals. https://t.co/IhPLRwJa5F
Existence EP Delivers Cinematic Metal on Humanity's Collapse
No Terror in the Bang's EP 'Existence' is out now. Cinematic progressive metal exploring humanity's collapse across 5 tracks, anchored by Sofia Bortoluzzi's extraordinary vocal performance. Relentless, provocative, and impossible to ignore. https://t.co/HZnoJm6ctf
Jesper Lindell Releases Soulful Pilgrimage Album 3614 Jackson Highway
Jesper Lindell's album '3614 Jackson Highway' is out now via Yep Roc Records. Recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio and Royal Studios in Memphis, it's a pilgrimage record from one of Scandinavia's finest soul-rock voices. "If Love Was Money" leads...
Eva Under Fire Drops “Murder Scene” Tackling Mental Health
Eva Under Fire's new single "Murder Scene" is out now via Better Noise Music. A hard rock reckoning with body dysmorphia and anxiety from a Detroit quintet fronted by a practicing psychotherapist. This summer they join Five Finger Death Punch's...
Ashland Craft Teams with Chase Rice for New Duet
Ashland Craft and Chase Rice's new duet version of "Momma Don't Pray Like She Used To" is out now with an official music video. A powerful reimagining of a track from Craft's 'Dive Bar Beauty Queen,' with 2 Carolina voices...
Amanda McCarthy Releases Genre‑blending Sophomore Album Looking For The Light
Amanda McCarthy's sophomore album 'Looking For The Light' is out now. 11 tracks of genre-blending pop, country, and pop-punk from a Nashville storyteller who has earned every word of it. https://t.co/FALRQ9L4Lq
Eminem's Classics Rechart in UK, Showing Enduring Appeal
Eminem returns to multiple U.K. charts as 'The Marshall Mathers LP' reenters at #40 on the Hip-Hop and R&B Albums chart, while 'Curtain Call' climbs to #26 on the Official Albums chart. https://t.co/sdwEDG1K22
SiriusXM Show Features Top Songwriters, Industry Leaders
My SiriusXM show: Interviews with massive songwriter Sorana, Honeymoon Suite talking Record Store Day, Noble Musa from Microforum on the retail side of it, and David Fishoff, CEO of Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp. Sun 8pm, Wed 2pm ET, Channel...
40-Year-Old Fleetwood Mac Hit Re‑enters Global Charts
Nearly 40 years after release, Fleetwood Mac’s "Everywhere" returns to the Billboard Global 200 at #188, powered by streaming and renewed attention. https://t.co/rEZc0zul1G
ENMY Drops Reimagined Rock Anthem “Last One Standing”
ENMY's reworked "Last One Standing" is out now. A defiant modern rock anthem rebuilt from the ground up, from a Cincinnati hard rock outfit with seven million streams and a catalog that keeps getting stronger. https://t.co/xjWs8NiYyd
Lexyia Signs with Labels, Debut Album Underway
Italian AOR vocalist Lexyia has signed with Art Of Melody Music and Burning Minds Music Group. Her debut album is in production with Pierpaolo Monti and Davide Barbieri. A voice that turned heads from a cover band clip alone, now...
Southall Releases Southern Soul Anthem “Freight Train”
Southall's new single "Freight Train" is out now. A southern soul anthem from a Platinum country-rock band about to play the biggest stages of their career alongside The Black Crowes and Whiskey Myers all summer long. https://t.co/yI4JwNaa4X
Joy Crookes Announces Intimate North American Tour, Opens for Capaldi
Joy Crookes brings her 'Juniper' tour to North America this spring, headlining intimate venues in Chicago, Portland, and Seattle while supporting Lewis Capaldi at arenas from Toronto to the Hollywood Bowl. One of the most vital voices in contemporary soul,...
UnityTX Drops Sophomore Album Featuring Club-Ready Fusion Single
UnityTX's sophomore album 'Somewhere, In Between...' is out now via Pure Noise Records. "Body Roc" is the latest single, a club-ready metal and hip-hop fusion track that hits exactly as hard as it needs to. https://t.co/ifDvONrfYM
Alesso and Pendulum Drop “FADE” And Launch US Tour
Alesso and Pendulum's new single "FADE" is out now. Rob Swire's vocals over Alesso's euphoric drops, and a first-ever US headline tour kicking off at Red Rocks this April. https://t.co/hYD5aBPJ8E
Pale White Release Third Alt‑Rock Album, Tour Pending
The Pale White's third album 'Inanimate Objects of the 21st Century' is out now. Eleven tracks of sharp, anthemic alt-rock from the Newcastle brothers, and a Bearded Theory Festival date still to come. https://t.co/UGZceHtL0C
Angine De Poitrine Delivers Hypnotic Baroque Performance in Saguen
Angine de Poitrine slay AGAIN - performing "Sarniezz" in the landscapes of their home region of Saguenay, and Télé-Québec's FAB captured every second of it. Baroque, hypnotic, and completely their own. https://t.co/PurtOK9Ddv
The Signs Unleash 'Evolve'—Nu‑metalcore Uprising From Cork
Following The Signs' EP 'Evolve' is out now. Five tracks of crushing nu-metalcore from Cork, Ireland, built around themes of resistance, survival, and uprising. One of heavy music's most purposeful rising acts. https://t.co/5Ie11M31n5
Ugly Ozo Drops Raw, Honest Single on Burnout
Ugly Ozo's new single "hi, how are you?" is out now. Raw, anxious indie from the Isle of Wight trio, written through burnout and depression with total honesty. A second EP arrives this spring. https://t.co/r3QJaOrMgC
Record Store Day 2026 Delivers Alt‑Pop‑Punk Powerhouse Lineup
Bring Me The Horizon. Paramore. Matchbook Romance. Fall Out Boy live at Madison Square Garden. Record Store Day 2026 hits the alternative and pop-punk world hard. The complete list is here: https://t.co/9zQ7aKf5kF
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Neil Diamond's 'Wild At Heart' Caps Rubin Trilogy
Neil Diamond closes his Rick Rubin trilogy with 'Wild At Heart' on May 8th. Ten unreleased tracks, a stripped-down sound, and vocals that remind you why he's in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Do not sleep on this...
11 Albums Only Unfold in Headphone Detail
11 albums that only truly reveal themselves through headphones. These are records built in the details — and the details are worth every second. https://t.co/T0GjIi4lHw
Street Fighter Trailer Delivers Loud, Star-Studded Madness
The Street Fighter trailer just dropped and it's exactly as loud, stacked, and ridiculous as it needs to be. Jason Momoa as Blanka, Orville Peck as Vega, and Roman Reigns as Akuma. October 16 in theaters. https://t.co/2JsyDaihoX
Olivia Rodrigo Releases Summer's Catchiest Lyric with “Drop Dead”
Olivia Rodrigo just dropped "Drop Dead," the lead single from 'You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love,' filmed at Versailles and built around the best pop lyric you'll hear all summer. https://t.co/y6Qr8X8PYn
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Record Store Day 2026 Delivers Epic Live Album Drops
Blur live at the Budokan. Dead Or Alive's Youthquake Tour. Madonna's Confessions Tour live from London. Record Store Day 2026 just keeps delivering. The complete list is here: https://t.co/LWEmqSC2ep
Legendary Country Songwriter Don Schlitz Dies at 73
Don Schlitz, who wrote "The Gambler," "Forever and Ever, Amen," and 22 other number-one country hits, died April 16 in Nashville at 73. Country music will be sorting through what he left behind for generations. https://t.co/Ukbx8u6ggX
Celine Dion Returns with New Song and Paris Residency
Celine Dion just dropped "Dansons," her first new song in years, written by Jean-Jacques Goldman. A 16-show Paris residency follows in September and October 2026. Welcome back. https://t.co/Lbbthcqg4I
The Beatles' Iconic Opening Chord: 5 Wild Facts
On this day in 1965, The Beatles recorded "A Hard Day's Night," featuring the most-popular and discussed opening chord in music history. Here are 5 wild facts about the classic album: https://t.co/DFDuTllBWW