Sometime in 1984, when E Street Band drummer Max Weinberg saw a bunch of potential covers for Bruce Springsteen’s next album, he instantly noticed the Annie Leibovitz shot of his jeans-clad rear end. “My comment, jokingly, was ‘I like that one because that’s the view I always have,'” Weinberg says in the new episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast. “Everybody laughed, and then they picked that shot. And it was a steamroller after that.”
In the new episode, Weinberg and E Street Band keyboardist Roy Bittan...
In the new episode, Weinberg and E Street Band keyboardist Roy Bittan...
- 6/5/2024
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
Like just about everyone, Kate Hudson loves Fleetwood Mac. Specifically, she loves Stevie Nicks. So much so, in fact, that she wants to “go method” and play the rockstar in a hypothetical biopic.
In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Hudson gushed over Nicks and the thought of getting to embody her as a character. “But my family might, like, disown me if I ever got a chance to play Stevie. ‘Cause they’d be like, ‘Can we not go method?’ I would probably go way too far into that character,” she explained.
Get Stevie Nicks Tickets Here
“I think for all girls who love rock, Stevie’s just our number one,” Hudson continued. “Her whole life experience and the music. Fleetwood Mac, that whole journey from before Stevie to after Stevie? And her relationship with Lindsey? It’s like a trilogy. There’s so much there. To me, that...
In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Hudson gushed over Nicks and the thought of getting to embody her as a character. “But my family might, like, disown me if I ever got a chance to play Stevie. ‘Cause they’d be like, ‘Can we not go method?’ I would probably go way too far into that character,” she explained.
Get Stevie Nicks Tickets Here
“I think for all girls who love rock, Stevie’s just our number one,” Hudson continued. “Her whole life experience and the music. Fleetwood Mac, that whole journey from before Stevie to after Stevie? And her relationship with Lindsey? It’s like a trilogy. There’s so much there. To me, that...
- 6/3/2024
- by Jonah Krueger
- Consequence - Film News
Like just about everyone, Kate Hudson loves Fleetwood Mac. Specifically, she loves Stevie Nicks. So much so, in fact, that she wants to “go method” and play the rockstar in a hypothetical biopic.
In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Hudson gushed over Nicks and the thought of getting to embody her as a character. “But my family might, like, disown me if I ever got a chance to play Stevie. ‘Cause they’d be like, ‘Can we not go method?’ I would probably go way too far into that character,” she explained.
Get Stevie Nicks Tickets Here
“I think for all girls who love rock, Stevie’s just our number one,” Hudson continued. “Her whole life experience and the music. Fleetwood Mac, that whole journey from before Stevie to after Stevie? And her relationship with Lindsey? It’s like a trilogy. There’s so much there. To me, that...
In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Hudson gushed over Nicks and the thought of getting to embody her as a character. “But my family might, like, disown me if I ever got a chance to play Stevie. ‘Cause they’d be like, ‘Can we not go method?’ I would probably go way too far into that character,” she explained.
Get Stevie Nicks Tickets Here
“I think for all girls who love rock, Stevie’s just our number one,” Hudson continued. “Her whole life experience and the music. Fleetwood Mac, that whole journey from before Stevie to after Stevie? And her relationship with Lindsey? It’s like a trilogy. There’s so much there. To me, that...
- 6/3/2024
- by Jonah Krueger
- Consequence - Music
Kate Hudson is joining the chain of actresses who aspire to portray Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks in a biopic.
The “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” star told Rolling Stone that playing Nicks onscreen is her dream role; Hudson recently made her own music debut with album “Glorious.”
“To me it’s also about the interesting life, and being able to tell that story correctly,” Hudson said. “The ultimate is Stevie [Nicks]. But my family might, like, disown me if I ever got a chance to play Stevie. ‘Cause they’d be like, ‘Can we not go method?’ I would probably go way too far into that character.”
Hudson added, “I think for all girls who love rock, Stevie’s just our number one. Her whole life experience and the music. Fleetwood Mac, that whole journey from before Stevie to after Stevie? And her relationship with Lindsey? It’s like a trilogy.
The “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” star told Rolling Stone that playing Nicks onscreen is her dream role; Hudson recently made her own music debut with album “Glorious.”
“To me it’s also about the interesting life, and being able to tell that story correctly,” Hudson said. “The ultimate is Stevie [Nicks]. But my family might, like, disown me if I ever got a chance to play Stevie. ‘Cause they’d be like, ‘Can we not go method?’ I would probably go way too far into that character.”
Hudson added, “I think for all girls who love rock, Stevie’s just our number one. Her whole life experience and the music. Fleetwood Mac, that whole journey from before Stevie to after Stevie? And her relationship with Lindsey? It’s like a trilogy.
- 6/3/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Streets of FireImage: Universal Pictures
Fresh from making Eddie Murphy a star in the hit buddy cop comedy 48 Hrs., Walter Hill, a filmmaker known for genre flicks about men doing a lot of manly shit, had the idea to do, according to the opening credits, a “rock and roll fable” set in “another time,...
Fresh from making Eddie Murphy a star in the hit buddy cop comedy 48 Hrs., Walter Hill, a filmmaker known for genre flicks about men doing a lot of manly shit, had the idea to do, according to the opening credits, a “rock and roll fable” set in “another time,...
- 6/3/2024
- by Craig D. Lindsey
- avclub.com
Sabrina Carpenter’s songs are some of the best pop music in recent memory. During an interview, the “Espresso” singer explained the first thing she does when she writes a song. She also revealed that she has mixed feelings about the expectations pop stars face.
Sabrina Carpenter begins writing songs with 1 thing
In a 2024 Interview Magazine article, Carpenter was asked how she came up with her song titles. “Ooh, good question,” she replied. “I choose the names of my songs by things I feel would jump out at me on a piece of paper, and usually my songs start with titles.” The “Nonsense” singer gave an interesting answer, as sometimes songwriters will only come up with song titles after the rest of their composition is complete.
Carpenter isn’t a big fan of the idea that pop songs have to be catchy and lyrically simple. The Work It star said...
Sabrina Carpenter begins writing songs with 1 thing
In a 2024 Interview Magazine article, Carpenter was asked how she came up with her song titles. “Ooh, good question,” she replied. “I choose the names of my songs by things I feel would jump out at me on a piece of paper, and usually my songs start with titles.” The “Nonsense” singer gave an interesting answer, as sometimes songwriters will only come up with song titles after the rest of their composition is complete.
Carpenter isn’t a big fan of the idea that pop songs have to be catchy and lyrically simple. The Work It star said...
- 6/2/2024
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Sabrina Carpenter’s “Nonsense” is some of the most unusual pop music in recent memory. Interestingly, it was not Carpenter’s idea of a surefire hit. The “Espresso” singer revealed what was going through her head when she wrote the track and how she felt about the tune’s unexpected popularity.
Sabrina Carpenter worried ‘Nonsense’ would discredit her other songs
In a 2024 Interview Magazine article, Carpenter revealed what was going through her head when she wrote “Nonsense.” “I was at a really, really low point in my life about two years ago, so I was writing very few optimistic love songs,” she said. “That one always stuck out, but I felt like it might discredit some of the songs on the album that were about more sensitive subjects, so it almost didn’t make it in.
“People in the past had told me my music didn’t have symmetry, that...
Sabrina Carpenter worried ‘Nonsense’ would discredit her other songs
In a 2024 Interview Magazine article, Carpenter revealed what was going through her head when she wrote “Nonsense.” “I was at a really, really low point in my life about two years ago, so I was writing very few optimistic love songs,” she said. “That one always stuck out, but I felt like it might discredit some of the songs on the album that were about more sensitive subjects, so it almost didn’t make it in.
“People in the past had told me my music didn’t have symmetry, that...
- 6/1/2024
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Offspring’s “Come Out and Play” (you know, the “gotta keep ’em separated” song) was all over MTV in 1994 — with a video that cost all of $5,000. The Nineties were full of unlikely breakthrough acts, but the Offspring were one of the few bands of the era who made it to the mainstream without even leaving their indie label, Epitaph.
In the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, Offspring frontman Dexter Holland looks back on his band’s hit-packed 1994 album Smash, which turns 30 this year. Go here for the podcast provider of your choice,...
In the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, Offspring frontman Dexter Holland looks back on his band’s hit-packed 1994 album Smash, which turns 30 this year. Go here for the podcast provider of your choice,...
- 5/28/2024
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
Dolly Parton may be done touring, but that doesn’t mean her music won’t still hit the road. The country icon has announced “Threads: My Songs in Symphony,” a special orchestral celebration of her music that’ll give her the opportunity to virtually tour the country.
As of now, only the first night of “Threads: My Songs in Symphony” has been announced, which’ll see Parton’s music illuminate Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center on March 20th, 2025, with the Nashville Symphony and a handful of “guest vocalists and musicians hand-picked by Dolly herself,” according to the event’s description.
As for the show’s actual content, fans can expect to hear hit songs like “Jolene,” “Coat Of Many Colors,” and “I Will Always Love You,” as well as “an as-yet unreleased selection from her upcoming Broadway musical.” Throughout the night, Parton’s life story will be told through an “innovative multimedia experience,...
As of now, only the first night of “Threads: My Songs in Symphony” has been announced, which’ll see Parton’s music illuminate Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center on March 20th, 2025, with the Nashville Symphony and a handful of “guest vocalists and musicians hand-picked by Dolly herself,” according to the event’s description.
As for the show’s actual content, fans can expect to hear hit songs like “Jolene,” “Coat Of Many Colors,” and “I Will Always Love You,” as well as “an as-yet unreleased selection from her upcoming Broadway musical.” Throughout the night, Parton’s life story will be told through an “innovative multimedia experience,...
- 5/28/2024
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
“The ‘Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony’ is truly music’s highest honor because we’re honoring artists that are generational,” says Joel Peresman, CEO of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation. He also served as an executive producers for the live broadcast that aired on November 3, 2023 on Disney+. Watch our video interview above.
“They’re not one hit wonders,” he continues. “They’re not people that come and go. They’re artists that have had lasting impact on other artists, on society, on culture, their impact is immeasurable.” The 2023 honorees included Kate Bush, Sheryl Crow, Missy Elliott, George Michael, Willie Nelson, Rage Against the Machine and The Spinners.
Elliott made history as the first female hip-hop artist inducted, and Peresman addresses critics who complain that certain artists inducted don’t fit the “rock & roll” mold. “Well, rock and roll is a broad tent,” he asserts.
“They’re not one hit wonders,” he continues. “They’re not people that come and go. They’re artists that have had lasting impact on other artists, on society, on culture, their impact is immeasurable.” The 2023 honorees included Kate Bush, Sheryl Crow, Missy Elliott, George Michael, Willie Nelson, Rage Against the Machine and The Spinners.
Elliott made history as the first female hip-hop artist inducted, and Peresman addresses critics who complain that certain artists inducted don’t fit the “rock & roll” mold. “Well, rock and roll is a broad tent,” he asserts.
- 5/25/2024
- by Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
One of the downsides of streaming’s cord-cutting era has been how hard it is to stumble on a great movie midway through. You know the joy of which we speak. After a long day at work or school, a moment to unwind turns into discovering one of your favorite flicks, that one you’ve probably seen a hundred times, is playing right now on cable. And wouldn’t you know it, you’ve come across it right at your favorite bit.
Before you know it, you spend the next 90 minutes catching up on a film you already have half committed to memory. It’s a perhaps uniquely dated phenomenon, but a great one for those of us who have entire personal libraries of movies that we may never have seen from beginning to end. I spent years, for example, convinced Con Air started with Nic Cage enunciating, “I said...
Before you know it, you spend the next 90 minutes catching up on a film you already have half committed to memory. It’s a perhaps uniquely dated phenomenon, but a great one for those of us who have entire personal libraries of movies that we may never have seen from beginning to end. I spent years, for example, convinced Con Air started with Nic Cage enunciating, “I said...
- 5/7/2024
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Welcome to Tony Talk, a weekly column in which Gold Derby contributing theater editors Sam Eckmann and David Buchanan discuss the Tony Awards race. With less than a week to go before nominations for the 77th Tonys are announced, we discuss the recently-opened and raved-about new play “Stereophonic” and consider how many of its performers might earn nominations in those challenging Featured Actor and Actress races.
David Buchanan: Hey Sam! We are officially less than a week away from the Tony nominations, and now that we have a tiny bit more clarity on the Best Musical race as shows like “Suffs” and “Hell’s Kitchen” have opened, I’m starting to really fret those pesky featured performer categories. A lot of shows this season are large ensemble pieces; last week, for example, saw the opening of the terrific play “Stereophonic,” which has an impeccable seven member ensemble. But I don...
David Buchanan: Hey Sam! We are officially less than a week away from the Tony nominations, and now that we have a tiny bit more clarity on the Best Musical race as shows like “Suffs” and “Hell’s Kitchen” have opened, I’m starting to really fret those pesky featured performer categories. A lot of shows this season are large ensemble pieces; last week, for example, saw the opening of the terrific play “Stereophonic,” which has an impeccable seven member ensemble. But I don...
- 4/25/2024
- by David Buchanan and Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
At the very moment Taylormania was hitting preposterous heights, threatening to turn the artist at its center into an untouchable icon, it turns out that the real Taylor Swift was spending her time between glittery three-hour concerts making some of her most fearless art. The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology is stuffed with the rawest, angriest, and most unguarded songs of Swift’s career – quite the opposite of the ingratiating, focus-grouped inoffensiveness that a skeptic might expect from an artist at her current level of visibility.
On the new episode...
On the new episode...
- 4/25/2024
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
Following the release of The Tortured Poets Department, Taylor Swift revealed the inspiration behind songs “Fortnight,” “Clara,” “Florida!!!,” “Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?,” and “My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys.”
On Monday, Amazon Music offered a playlist experience including track-by-track commentary from Swift on her latest album. Following the release of her surprise double album, Swift called the 31-track LP “an anthology of new works that reflect events, opinions and sentiments from a fleeting and fatalistic moment in time — one that was both sensational and sorrowful in equal measure.
On Monday, Amazon Music offered a playlist experience including track-by-track commentary from Swift on her latest album. Following the release of her surprise double album, Swift called the 31-track LP “an anthology of new works that reflect events, opinions and sentiments from a fleeting and fatalistic moment in time — one that was both sensational and sorrowful in equal measure.
- 4/22/2024
- by Kalia Richardson
- Rollingstone.com
Taylor Swift is opening up about the inspiration behind several of her tracks on her 11th studio album Tortured Poets Department.
In an Amazon Music commentary, Swift said the album’s opening song “Fortnight”, a team-up with Post Malone, “exhibits a lot of the common themes that run throughout this album, one of which being fatalism, longing, pining away, lost dreams.”
“I think it’s a very fatalistic album in that there are lots of very dramatic lines about life or death and I love you, it’s ruining my life. These are very hyperbolic, dramatic things to say,” she noted. “But it’s that kind of album – it’s about a dramatic, artistic, tragic kind of take on love and loss.”
She said she “always imagined” that “Fortnight” occurred in an “American town where the American Dream you thought would happen to you didn’t.”
“You ended up not...
In an Amazon Music commentary, Swift said the album’s opening song “Fortnight”, a team-up with Post Malone, “exhibits a lot of the common themes that run throughout this album, one of which being fatalism, longing, pining away, lost dreams.”
“I think it’s a very fatalistic album in that there are lots of very dramatic lines about life or death and I love you, it’s ruining my life. These are very hyperbolic, dramatic things to say,” she noted. “But it’s that kind of album – it’s about a dramatic, artistic, tragic kind of take on love and loss.”
She said she “always imagined” that “Fortnight” occurred in an “American town where the American Dream you thought would happen to you didn’t.”
“You ended up not...
- 4/22/2024
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
When Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joined Fleetwood Mac, they became one of two couples in the band. By the time they were working on their second album with the band, both couples had broken up. Their emotional turmoil provided rich fodder for the band’s magnum opus, Rumours. It also stretched them all to their limits. Despite this, Buckingham said things would have been worse if the couple stayed together.
Lindsey Buckingham said it was for the best that he and Stevie Nicks broke up
In the lead up to the release of Rumours, John and Christine McVie divorced and Nicks and Buckingham broke up after years together. The breakup rattled the band, but Buckingham thought it would have been worse if both couples stayed together.
“If Stevie and I, and John and Chris had remained as couples, the stability of the band would not have been very good,...
Lindsey Buckingham said it was for the best that he and Stevie Nicks broke up
In the lead up to the release of Rumours, John and Christine McVie divorced and Nicks and Buckingham broke up after years together. The breakup rattled the band, but Buckingham thought it would have been worse if both couples stayed together.
“If Stevie and I, and John and Chris had remained as couples, the stability of the band would not have been very good,...
- 4/22/2024
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Patti Smith responded Saturday to Taylor Swift’s recent mention of her in the title track of her album, The Tortured Poets Department.
Swift name-drops Smith, a rock poet and artist, alongside poet Dylan Thomas in the chorus of her song “The Tortured Poets Department,” released along with its namesake album Friday. She sings, “I laughed in your face and said / ‘You’re not Dylan Thomas, I’m not Patti Smith / This ain’t the Chelsea Hotel / We’re modern idiots.’”
On Instagram, Smith posted a photo of herself reading a Dylan Thomas collection on Instagram, writing: “This is / saying I was / moved to be / mentioned in / the company / of the great / Welsh poet / Dylan Thomas. / Thank you, Taylor.”
View this post on Instagram
A post shared by This is Patti Smith (@thisispattismith)
Thomas, a 20th century writer, was famous for his poem “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night,...
Swift name-drops Smith, a rock poet and artist, alongside poet Dylan Thomas in the chorus of her song “The Tortured Poets Department,” released along with its namesake album Friday. She sings, “I laughed in your face and said / ‘You’re not Dylan Thomas, I’m not Patti Smith / This ain’t the Chelsea Hotel / We’re modern idiots.’”
On Instagram, Smith posted a photo of herself reading a Dylan Thomas collection on Instagram, writing: “This is / saying I was / moved to be / mentioned in / the company / of the great / Welsh poet / Dylan Thomas. / Thank you, Taylor.”
View this post on Instagram
A post shared by This is Patti Smith (@thisispattismith)
Thomas, a 20th century writer, was famous for his poem “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night,...
- 4/21/2024
- by Zoe G Phillips
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Arguably the best new American drama since Annie Baker’s The Flick, David Adjmi’s Stereophonic shares both a hyper-naturalistic style and a sprawling three-hour running time with that 2013 masterwork. But the similarities end there. Chronicling a turbulent year in California recording studios during which a fictional 1970s rock band labors over the follow-up to their breakthrough album, this is an immersive plunge into the fraught process of artistic collaboration as pressures mount and interpersonal harmony dissolves into acrimony.
Funny, raw and poignant in equal measure, this expertly sculpted play has the feel of both a behind-the-music docudrama and a lost Robert Altman film, with its astute microcosmic focus, its frequent wash of overlapping dialogue and its sly nudges toward satire. In fact, while the music — fabulous original songs written by Will Butler, formerly of Arcade Fire — is pop-rock rather than country, Stereophonic could almost be an expanded vignette lifted right out of Nashville.
Funny, raw and poignant in equal measure, this expertly sculpted play has the feel of both a behind-the-music docudrama and a lost Robert Altman film, with its astute microcosmic focus, its frequent wash of overlapping dialogue and its sly nudges toward satire. In fact, while the music — fabulous original songs written by Will Butler, formerly of Arcade Fire — is pop-rock rather than country, Stereophonic could almost be an expanded vignette lifted right out of Nashville.
- 4/20/2024
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
With a few lines in a guest verse on Future and Metro Boomin’s chart-topping hit “Like That,” Kendrick Lamar ignited his long-simmering cold war with Drake into what’s become the widest-reaching rap beef in years. Since then, it’s all gotten incredibly messy, starting with J. Cole recording an entire diss track about his erstwhile friend Lamar and then deciding to retract it and apologize — a fairly unprecedented move in hip-hop. We trace the whole saga on the latest episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast — go...
- 4/19/2024
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
The great-grandchildren of Clara Bow are feeling the love after Taylor Swift named a song after the iconic 1920s actress on The Tortured Poets Department.
In a new interview with People, Nicole Sisneros and Brittany Grace Bell — the granddaughters of Bow’s son Rex Bell Jr. — shared that they felt “chills” after listening to Swift’s song dedicated to the iconic actress, calling both Swift and Bow “it girls.” Track 16, “Clara Bow,” serves as the closing track of the standard edition of Tortured Poets.
“[They’re] both raw and amazingly talented artists,...
In a new interview with People, Nicole Sisneros and Brittany Grace Bell — the granddaughters of Bow’s son Rex Bell Jr. — shared that they felt “chills” after listening to Swift’s song dedicated to the iconic actress, calling both Swift and Bow “it girls.” Track 16, “Clara Bow,” serves as the closing track of the standard edition of Tortured Poets.
“[They’re] both raw and amazingly talented artists,...
- 4/19/2024
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Two prominent faculty members of the Tortured Poets Department are toasting their chair.
On Friday, Taylor Swift’s close collaborators Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner shared their excitement about the release of Swift’s new album, saying they were “forever grateful” and “overwhelmed” to work with Swift.
“Love this album more than I can say …. love you all very much,” Antonoff wrote in a short post on X (formerly Twitter). “More later very overwhelmed … love you taylor.”
Dessner, for his part, shared a photo of Swift in the recording studio while making the double album.
On Friday, Taylor Swift’s close collaborators Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner shared their excitement about the release of Swift’s new album, saying they were “forever grateful” and “overwhelmed” to work with Swift.
“Love this album more than I can say …. love you all very much,” Antonoff wrote in a short post on X (formerly Twitter). “More later very overwhelmed … love you taylor.”
Dessner, for his part, shared a photo of Swift in the recording studio while making the double album.
- 4/19/2024
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
We were already prepared for the devastation Taylor Swift’s eleventh album The Tortured Poets Department might yield but no one could have imagined that she had two albums’ worth of material for everyone to sift through. Her latest is mix of Midnights synths and Folklore/Evermore indie-folk, giving insight into the romantic chaos behind one of her biggest career years yet. Here’s what we learned from all 31 new songs.
The Tortured Poet In Question Is Matty Healy
For the past couple months, fans had been anticipating a tell-all...
The Tortured Poet In Question Is Matty Healy
For the past couple months, fans had been anticipating a tell-all...
- 4/19/2024
- by Brittany Spanos, Angie Martoccio and Maya Georgi
- Rollingstone.com
Stevie Nicks is making a surprise appearance on Taylor Swift‘s new album!
At midnight on Friday (April 19), the 34-year-old “Cruel Summer” singer released her 11th studio album titled The Tortured Poets Department, which opens with a written poem by the 75-year-old Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter.
Keep reading to find out more…Stevie wrote the poem titled “For T and me…” on August 13, 2023 in Austin, Texas that’s featured as the written prologue for the new album.
“He was in love with her / Or at least she thought so / She was broken hearted / Maybe he was too / Neither of them knew,” Stevie wrote. “She was way too hot to handle / He was way too high to try…”
“He really can’t answer her / He’s afraid of her / He’s hiding from her / And he knows that he’s hurting her,” Stevie continued. “She tells the truth / She writes about it...
At midnight on Friday (April 19), the 34-year-old “Cruel Summer” singer released her 11th studio album titled The Tortured Poets Department, which opens with a written poem by the 75-year-old Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter.
Keep reading to find out more…Stevie wrote the poem titled “For T and me…” on August 13, 2023 in Austin, Texas that’s featured as the written prologue for the new album.
“He was in love with her / Or at least she thought so / She was broken hearted / Maybe he was too / Neither of them knew,” Stevie wrote. “She was way too hot to handle / He was way too high to try…”
“He really can’t answer her / He’s afraid of her / He’s hiding from her / And he knows that he’s hurting her,” Stevie continued. “She tells the truth / She writes about it...
- 4/19/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Taylor Swift surprised fans with a secret “double album” expansion of The Tortured Poets Department early Friday morning. The expansion, released two hours after the initial album, features 15 more songs titled The Anthology.
“It’s a 2am surprise: The Tortured Poets Department is a secret Double album,” Swift wrote on Instagram. “I’d written so much tortured poetry in the past 2 years and wanted to share it all with you, so here’s the second installment of Ttpd: The Anthology. 15 extra songs. And now the story isn’t mine anymore… it’s all yours.”
View this post on Instagram
A post shared by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift)
The singer-songwriter unveiled her initial 16-song album at midnight Et on Friday. Two tracks are collaborations with Post Malone and Florence + The Machine. There are also four bonus tracks — “The Manuscript,” “The Bolter,” “The Albatross” and “The Black Dog” — that are featured on different vinyl versions of the album.
“It’s a 2am surprise: The Tortured Poets Department is a secret Double album,” Swift wrote on Instagram. “I’d written so much tortured poetry in the past 2 years and wanted to share it all with you, so here’s the second installment of Ttpd: The Anthology. 15 extra songs. And now the story isn’t mine anymore… it’s all yours.”
View this post on Instagram
A post shared by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift)
The singer-songwriter unveiled her initial 16-song album at midnight Et on Friday. Two tracks are collaborations with Post Malone and Florence + The Machine. There are also four bonus tracks — “The Manuscript,” “The Bolter,” “The Albatross” and “The Black Dog” — that are featured on different vinyl versions of the album.
- 4/19/2024
- by Zoe G Phillips
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Taylor Swift is taking fans on a journey of the stages of grief and heartbreak in her new album The Tortured Poets Department, released Friday.
The singer-songwriter unveiled the album which featured 16 songs. Two tracks are collaborations with Post Malone and Florence + The Machine. There are also four bonus tracks, “The Manuscript,” “The Bolter,” “The Albatross” and “The Black Dog” that are featured on different vinyl versions of the album.
On Instagram, Swift called the album “an anthology of new works that reflect events, opinions and sentiments from a fleeting and fatalistic moment in time — one that was both sensational and sorrowful in equal measure.”
View this post on Instagram
A post shared by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift)
“This period of the author’s life is now over, the chapter closed and boarded up,” she continued. “There is nothing to avenge, no scores to settle once wounds have healed. And upon further reflection,...
The singer-songwriter unveiled the album which featured 16 songs. Two tracks are collaborations with Post Malone and Florence + The Machine. There are also four bonus tracks, “The Manuscript,” “The Bolter,” “The Albatross” and “The Black Dog” that are featured on different vinyl versions of the album.
On Instagram, Swift called the album “an anthology of new works that reflect events, opinions and sentiments from a fleeting and fatalistic moment in time — one that was both sensational and sorrowful in equal measure.”
View this post on Instagram
A post shared by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift)
“This period of the author’s life is now over, the chapter closed and boarded up,” she continued. “There is nothing to avenge, no scores to settle once wounds have healed. And upon further reflection,...
- 4/19/2024
- by Lexy Perez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
If you’re lucky enough to have a physical copy of Taylor Swift’s new album on release day, you can hear it kick off with a Stevie Nicks poem.
Dated August 13, 2023 in Austin, Texas, and featuring the charming note “For T — and me,” the poem reads like a stunning precursor to The Tortured Poets Department, with lines like “She looked back from her future/And shed a few tears/He looked into his past/And actually felt fear.”
The poem ends on a dreamy yet sad note, concluding with...
Dated August 13, 2023 in Austin, Texas, and featuring the charming note “For T — and me,” the poem reads like a stunning precursor to The Tortured Poets Department, with lines like “She looked back from her future/And shed a few tears/He looked into his past/And actually felt fear.”
The poem ends on a dreamy yet sad note, concluding with...
- 4/19/2024
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Poets only want love if it’s torture. And when the poet is Taylor Swift, you always have to figure love and torture are never more than a few verses apart. Taylor became a legend as the poet laureate of teen romance. But that was kid stuff compared to the adult heartbreak of her stunning new album, The Tortured Poets Department. A year after getting out of a six-year relationship, Taylor’s got bad men on the brain. But they’ve always been her specialty. As she notes here, in...
- 4/19/2024
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
Taylor Swift’s new album, The Tortured Poets Department, has arrived. Update: Swift has released a surprise double album version of The Tortured Poets Department, featuring 15 new songs.
First announced onstage at the 2024 Grammy Awards in February, The Tortured Poets Department is Swift’s 11th studio album, and the first original release to arrive since the launch of her historic “Eras Tour” last year. Spanning 16 songs, it was written by Swift along with frequent collaborators Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner, and features appearances by Post Malone and Florence + the Machine.
Get Taylor Swift Tickets Here
Speaking about it onstage during a recent stop of the “Eras Tour,” Swift, our 2023 Artist of the Year, explained that the album reminded her “why songwriting is something that actually gets me through my life.” Emphasizing the imperative feelings of creativity she had, she said “I’ve never had an album where I needed songwriting...
First announced onstage at the 2024 Grammy Awards in February, The Tortured Poets Department is Swift’s 11th studio album, and the first original release to arrive since the launch of her historic “Eras Tour” last year. Spanning 16 songs, it was written by Swift along with frequent collaborators Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner, and features appearances by Post Malone and Florence + the Machine.
Get Taylor Swift Tickets Here
Speaking about it onstage during a recent stop of the “Eras Tour,” Swift, our 2023 Artist of the Year, explained that the album reminded her “why songwriting is something that actually gets me through my life.” Emphasizing the imperative feelings of creativity she had, she said “I’ve never had an album where I needed songwriting...
- 4/19/2024
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
“You look like Clara Bow in this light,” Taylor Swift sings on the final track of “The Tortured Poets Department,” titled after the 1920s sex symbol. She goes on to name-check two more immediately recognizable women — Stevie Nicks and one Taylor Swift — but what attracted Swift to reference a silent movie star on an album that also includes a throwaway Charlie Puth reference?
A movie star by the age of 20, Bow’s career was over at 28. Now Swift might have positioned her to win over a new generation of fans.
Known as the “It Girl” for both her starring role in the silent comedy “It” and her place as one of the pre-eminent sex symbols of ’20s Hollywood, Bow wasn’t washed up because her box office slipped. She was washed up because her scandal-plagued life made her a liability, both for the studios and for her own mental health.
A movie star by the age of 20, Bow’s career was over at 28. Now Swift might have positioned her to win over a new generation of fans.
Known as the “It Girl” for both her starring role in the silent comedy “It” and her place as one of the pre-eminent sex symbols of ’20s Hollywood, Bow wasn’t washed up because her box office slipped. She was washed up because her scandal-plagued life made her a liability, both for the studios and for her own mental health.
- 4/19/2024
- by Mark Peikert
- Indiewire
In 1979, Fleetwood Mac released Tusk, an experimental album that was a stark departure from Rumours. The album was not as commercially successful as its predecessor and, while critics liked it, they didn’t think it stacked up to the band’s 1977 magnum opus. Still, it drew some comparisons to The Beatles. Some critics didn’t use the comparison as a compliment, though.
Critics compared a ‘Fleetwood Mac’ album to The Beatles
The stormy dynamic that hung heavy over the Rumours recording sessions followed Fleetwood Mac into the studio as they worked on Tusk. Lindsey Buckingham seized creative control and his bandmate’s songs didn’t fit all that snugly into his vision. As a result, the album sounded like a mismatched collection of songs instead of a cohesive whole. This quality, some critics said, evoked The Beatles’ White Album.
“[F]leetwood Mac‘s Tusk represents both the last word in lavish...
Critics compared a ‘Fleetwood Mac’ album to The Beatles
The stormy dynamic that hung heavy over the Rumours recording sessions followed Fleetwood Mac into the studio as they worked on Tusk. Lindsey Buckingham seized creative control and his bandmate’s songs didn’t fit all that snugly into his vision. As a result, the album sounded like a mismatched collection of songs instead of a cohesive whole. This quality, some critics said, evoked The Beatles’ White Album.
“[F]leetwood Mac‘s Tusk represents both the last word in lavish...
- 4/17/2024
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Billy Joel fans who tuned into his Madison Square Garden concert special on CBS Sunday night (March 14th) were left disappointed when the broadcast was cut off in the middle of “Piano Man” for regularly scheduled local news programming.
Update: CBS announced on Monday that it will rebroadcast Billy Joel: The 100th – Live at Madison Square Garden in its entirety on Friday, April 19th at 9:00 p.m. Et/Pt, citing “overwhelming demand from his legion of fans.”
Thanks to the network’s 2024 Masters tournament coverage running long, the recording of his landmark 100th consecutive performance at Msg started 30 minutes late. CBS had heavily advertised the special as Joel’s “first-ever show to be broadcast on television,” and viewers were understandably pissed off.
Get Billy Joel Tickets Here
“CBS has been promoting the Billy Joel concert special every two minutes for Weeks,” wrote one viewer on Twitter. “So what better...
Update: CBS announced on Monday that it will rebroadcast Billy Joel: The 100th – Live at Madison Square Garden in its entirety on Friday, April 19th at 9:00 p.m. Et/Pt, citing “overwhelming demand from his legion of fans.”
Thanks to the network’s 2024 Masters tournament coverage running long, the recording of his landmark 100th consecutive performance at Msg started 30 minutes late. CBS had heavily advertised the special as Joel’s “first-ever show to be broadcast on television,” and viewers were understandably pissed off.
Get Billy Joel Tickets Here
“CBS has been promoting the Billy Joel concert special every two minutes for Weeks,” wrote one viewer on Twitter. “So what better...
- 4/15/2024
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
The five artists chosen for the 2024 Kennedy Center Honors are likely being informed now in the month of April about their selections. That’s according to recent honoree Billy Crystal, who said he was told last April and had to keep quiet until mid-summer when the 2023 Kch choices were officially announced.
Crystal was honored a few months ago in Washington, D.C. for the annual CBS event, along with Renee Fleming, Barry Gibb, Queen Latifah and Dionne Warwick. Who do we think will be among the honorees announced this summer? Tour our photo gallery above to see who are our choices for the top 50 entertainers who need to be selected soon. You can also visit our forums thread where we have a much lengthier list of hundreds of eligible artists.
SEEKennedy Center Honors: 20 Greatest Performances of All Time
Our gallery features deserving artists from the fields of acting (both film and TV), popular music,...
Crystal was honored a few months ago in Washington, D.C. for the annual CBS event, along with Renee Fleming, Barry Gibb, Queen Latifah and Dionne Warwick. Who do we think will be among the honorees announced this summer? Tour our photo gallery above to see who are our choices for the top 50 entertainers who need to be selected soon. You can also visit our forums thread where we have a much lengthier list of hundreds of eligible artists.
SEEKennedy Center Honors: 20 Greatest Performances of All Time
Our gallery features deserving artists from the fields of acting (both film and TV), popular music,...
- 4/11/2024
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
BBC Radio 6 Music and BBC Sounds have announced a new eight-part series called Courtney Love’s Women. The audio program will find the Hole singer discussing the women who’ve influenced her while also reflecting on several aspects of her life and career.
Love will be joined by writer Rob Harvilla throughout the series. Per a press release, the Hole frontwoman will take “listeners on an intimate and unfiltered, era by era journey through her life and the music that made her.”
Among the various events in her life that Love will touch upon are the time she recited Sylvia Plath poetry for a Mickey Mouse Club audition; her drug abuse struggles; her role in The People vs. Larry Flynt; an attempt to play matchmaker with Stevie Nicks and Billy Corgan; hanging out at the Playboy Mansion with Debbie Harry during a Limp Bizkit album launch party; her relationship with Kurt Cobain; and more.
Love will be joined by writer Rob Harvilla throughout the series. Per a press release, the Hole frontwoman will take “listeners on an intimate and unfiltered, era by era journey through her life and the music that made her.”
Among the various events in her life that Love will touch upon are the time she recited Sylvia Plath poetry for a Mickey Mouse Club audition; her drug abuse struggles; her role in The People vs. Larry Flynt; an attempt to play matchmaker with Stevie Nicks and Billy Corgan; hanging out at the Playboy Mansion with Debbie Harry during a Limp Bizkit album launch party; her relationship with Kurt Cobain; and more.
- 3/25/2024
- by Spencer Kaufman
- Consequence - Music
Just last summer, experts on the intersection of AI and music told Rolling Stone that it would be years before a tool emerged that could conjure up fully produced songs from a simple text description, given the endless complexities of the finished product. But Suno, a two-year-old start-up based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has already pulled it off, vocals included — and their latest model, v3, which is available to the general public as of today, is capable of some truly startling results.
In Rolling Stone‘s feature on Suno, part of...
In Rolling Stone‘s feature on Suno, part of...
- 3/22/2024
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
Sara Kiener’s Sundance 2020 short film “The Shawl” is finding a new spotlight thanks to the Vimeo Staff Picks selection.
The coveted title has helped launch the careers of filmmakers Josh and Benny Safdie, Charlotte Wells, Kogonada, Eliza Hittman, David Lowery, and Ari Aster, and now Kiener is among those awarded with the Staff Pick badge honor for “The Shawl.”
The short film stars performers Dusty Childers and Shane O’Neill, who lend their respective voices to their animated counterparts, while they recall attending a Stevie Nicks concert. Illustrator Brianne Farley and director Kiener co-created the project, with Maya Edelman overseeing the animation.
Fleetwood Mac founder Nicks called the film “awesome,” and former Sundance Film Festival Director John Cooper called “The Shawl” a quintessential short film that emphasizes a mastery of the format. “The Shawl” went on to win a special jury award at SXSW 2020 and later screened at Rooftop Films and Outfest.
The coveted title has helped launch the careers of filmmakers Josh and Benny Safdie, Charlotte Wells, Kogonada, Eliza Hittman, David Lowery, and Ari Aster, and now Kiener is among those awarded with the Staff Pick badge honor for “The Shawl.”
The short film stars performers Dusty Childers and Shane O’Neill, who lend their respective voices to their animated counterparts, while they recall attending a Stevie Nicks concert. Illustrator Brianne Farley and director Kiener co-created the project, with Maya Edelman overseeing the animation.
Fleetwood Mac founder Nicks called the film “awesome,” and former Sundance Film Festival Director John Cooper called “The Shawl” a quintessential short film that emphasizes a mastery of the format. “The Shawl” went on to win a special jury award at SXSW 2020 and later screened at Rooftop Films and Outfest.
- 3/19/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
In 2004, Rolling Stone launched its 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. Tabulated from a massive vote that had artists, industry figures, and critics weighing in, the list has been a source of conversation, inspiration, and controversy for two decades — one of the biggest, and most argued-over, features the magazine has ever done.
In 2021, we completely overhauled the list, with a new batch of voters to better reflect modern-day consensus. Now, our new podcast based off the list, Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs, will take a closer look at the entries...
In 2021, we completely overhauled the list, with a new batch of voters to better reflect modern-day consensus. Now, our new podcast based off the list, Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs, will take a closer look at the entries...
- 3/13/2024
- by Brittany Spanos
- Rollingstone.com
One of the biggest influences on Ariana Grande’s new album, Eternal Sunshine, turns out be the Beatles’ Rubber Soul. That inspiration isn’t exactly instantly evident within the album’s sleek production and Max Martin-assisted songwriting, but Grande said in an advance listening session for journalists that she had John, Paul, George, and Ringo in mind as she stuffed it full of unexpected melodic twists and half-buried ear candy.
In the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, we discuss Grande’s newfound Beatlemania and much more, going...
In the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, we discuss Grande’s newfound Beatlemania and much more, going...
- 3/13/2024
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
Olivia Rodrigo brought out surprise guest Sheryl Crow during her Guts world tour stop on Saturday in Nashville at Bridgestone Arena to perform “If It Makes You Happy,” and it looks like it did just that for those in the audience.
“I’m very excited because tonight we have a very special guest,” Rodrigo said before bringing Crow to the stage. “I think she’s one of the most talented, most wonderful, kindest human beings I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting. I’ve been lucky enough to sing with her a few times.
“I’m very excited because tonight we have a very special guest,” Rodrigo said before bringing Crow to the stage. “I think she’s one of the most talented, most wonderful, kindest human beings I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting. I’ve been lucky enough to sing with her a few times.
- 3/10/2024
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Debra Byrd, a vocal coach for such shows as American Idol, Canadian Idol, Military Idol, The Voice, Majors and Minors, and others, died in Los Angeles on Tuesday, March 5. She was 72 and no cause or location was given.
Byrd’s students included Grammy winners, recording artists, actors, musicians, and Broadway stars. She worked closely with Kelly Clarkson, Fantasia, Jennifer Hudson, Bob Dylan, Barry Manilow and many others.
Hailing from Cleveland, Ohio, Byrd attended Kent State University and studied at the Karamu and Dobama Theaters. She went on to perform with Barry Manilow for many years, touring around the world as part of Ladyflash, the featured backup group for Manilow.
They released one hit of their own in 1976, Street Singin.’ The tune, which was written and arranged by Manilow, reached #27 on the Billboard Hot 100 record chart.
“This is one of the saddest days of my life. I just can’t wrap...
Byrd’s students included Grammy winners, recording artists, actors, musicians, and Broadway stars. She worked closely with Kelly Clarkson, Fantasia, Jennifer Hudson, Bob Dylan, Barry Manilow and many others.
Hailing from Cleveland, Ohio, Byrd attended Kent State University and studied at the Karamu and Dobama Theaters. She went on to perform with Barry Manilow for many years, touring around the world as part of Ladyflash, the featured backup group for Manilow.
They released one hit of their own in 1976, Street Singin.’ The tune, which was written and arranged by Manilow, reached #27 on the Billboard Hot 100 record chart.
“This is one of the saddest days of my life. I just can’t wrap...
- 3/7/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Rapper Pitbull calls it an “honour” to collaborate with singer Dolly Parton, whom he tagged as “the real deal”.
The new track pays a tribute to working women and features a sample of Parton’s ‘9 to 5’ song, reported by deadline.com.
During ‘The Trilogy Tour’, which features Pitbull, Ricky Martin and Enrique Iglesias, the ‘Fireball’ hitmaker visited the ‘Jolene’ singer for a photo shoot.
Pitbull posted a picture featuring him and Parton together.
For the captioned, he wrote: “It’s an honour to be collaborating with one of music’s most powerful women, gracias Dolly Parton! Dale!”
The ‘Hotel Room Service’ singer had previously shared a clip of himself, during a concert in North Carolina, where he talked about his meeting Parton.
“This morning I had the pleasure, the honour, to be able to meet the one, the only and the living legend, Dolly Parton,” Pitbull said.
He quipped: “Clearly,...
The new track pays a tribute to working women and features a sample of Parton’s ‘9 to 5’ song, reported by deadline.com.
During ‘The Trilogy Tour’, which features Pitbull, Ricky Martin and Enrique Iglesias, the ‘Fireball’ hitmaker visited the ‘Jolene’ singer for a photo shoot.
Pitbull posted a picture featuring him and Parton together.
For the captioned, he wrote: “It’s an honour to be collaborating with one of music’s most powerful women, gracias Dolly Parton! Dale!”
The ‘Hotel Room Service’ singer had previously shared a clip of himself, during a concert in North Carolina, where he talked about his meeting Parton.
“This morning I had the pleasure, the honour, to be able to meet the one, the only and the living legend, Dolly Parton,” Pitbull said.
He quipped: “Clearly,...
- 3/4/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Pitbull is celebrating Dolly Parton after collaborating with the country star on “Powerful Women,” which Mr. Worldwide dropped in February.
The new song pays homage to working women and features a sample of Parton’s “9 to 5.” During a stop at The Trilogy Tour in Nashville, which features Pitbull, Ricky Martin and Enrique Iglesias, the rapper visited Parton for a photo shoot.
Pitbull shared the photo of himself and Parton together and captioned the post, “It’s an honor to be collaborating with one of music’s most powerful women, gracias Dolly Parton! Dale!”
It's an honor to be collaborating with one of music’s most powerful women, gracias @dollyparton! Dale! pic.twitter.com/caoBNOXCJl
— Pitbull (@pitbull) March 2, 2024
Mr. 305 had previously shared a clip of himself during a Raleigh, North Carolina concert, where he talked about his meeting with Parton.
“This morning I had the pleasure, the honor, to...
The new song pays homage to working women and features a sample of Parton’s “9 to 5.” During a stop at The Trilogy Tour in Nashville, which features Pitbull, Ricky Martin and Enrique Iglesias, the rapper visited Parton for a photo shoot.
Pitbull shared the photo of himself and Parton together and captioned the post, “It’s an honor to be collaborating with one of music’s most powerful women, gracias Dolly Parton! Dale!”
It's an honor to be collaborating with one of music’s most powerful women, gracias @dollyparton! Dale! pic.twitter.com/caoBNOXCJl
— Pitbull (@pitbull) March 2, 2024
Mr. 305 had previously shared a clip of himself during a Raleigh, North Carolina concert, where he talked about his meeting with Parton.
“This morning I had the pleasure, the honor, to...
- 3/4/2024
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Billy Joel and Sting celebrated the first of their co-headlining tour dates in Tampa Bay by covering each other’s songs: Joel joined Sting to perform The Police’s “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” and Sting accompanied Joel for a rendition of “Big Man on Mulberry Street.”
Sting took the stage first at Raymond James Stadium on Saturday night, and Billy Joel introduced his longtime pal by proclaiming, “I saw this guy when he came with his band to the States, and I was blown away. This was the late ’70s. I thought he was great then, and I think he’s great now. He’s one of my favorite musicians of all time.”
Joel stayed on stage to perform The Police classic, and Sting returned halfway through Joel’s set to duet “Big Man on Mulberry Street” with him. Watch clips of both performances below.
Billy Joel...
Sting took the stage first at Raymond James Stadium on Saturday night, and Billy Joel introduced his longtime pal by proclaiming, “I saw this guy when he came with his band to the States, and I was blown away. This was the late ’70s. I thought he was great then, and I think he’s great now. He’s one of my favorite musicians of all time.”
Joel stayed on stage to perform The Police classic, and Sting returned halfway through Joel’s set to duet “Big Man on Mulberry Street” with him. Watch clips of both performances below.
Billy Joel...
- 2/26/2024
- by Paolo Ragusa
- Consequence - Music
Billy Joel and Sting kicked off their One Night Only slate of co-headlining summer shows Saturday with a gig in Tampa Bay, with both artists popping up during the other’s set to help sing one of their classic songs.
Joel introduced Sting’s set at Raymond James Stadium, telling the audience, “I saw this guy when he came with his band to the States, and I was blown away. This was the late-Seventies. I thought he was great then, and I think he’s great now. He’s one...
Joel introduced Sting’s set at Raymond James Stadium, telling the audience, “I saw this guy when he came with his band to the States, and I was blown away. This was the late-Seventies. I thought he was great then, and I think he’s great now. He’s one...
- 2/25/2024
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Drumeo’s “For the First Time” video series puts professional drummers on the spot, forcing them to improvise over notable songs they’ve never heard before. The latest “First Time” clip from the instructional platform sees longtime Billy Joel drummer Liberty DeVitto in front of the cameras.
As we saw in a previous clips featuring Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith challenged to play a Thirty Seconds to Mars song and Dream Theater’s Mike Portnoy getting pitted against a Nickelback tune, the Drumeo engineers revel in finding a song that’s both new and challenging to the drummer. In the case of the 73-year-old DeVitto, he was presented with Deftones‘ “My Own Summer (Shove It).”
Initially, DeVitto begins taking notes as he hears a drumless version of the iconic Around the Fur opener. But when the chorus hits and Chino Moreno’s screams come in, DeVitto drops his pen...
As we saw in a previous clips featuring Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith challenged to play a Thirty Seconds to Mars song and Dream Theater’s Mike Portnoy getting pitted against a Nickelback tune, the Drumeo engineers revel in finding a song that’s both new and challenging to the drummer. In the case of the 73-year-old DeVitto, he was presented with Deftones‘ “My Own Summer (Shove It).”
Initially, DeVitto begins taking notes as he hears a drumless version of the iconic Around the Fur opener. But when the chorus hits and Chino Moreno’s screams come in, DeVitto drops his pen...
- 2/22/2024
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
Billy Joel has shared the video for his comeback single, “Turn the Lights Back On,” his first music video in 17 years.
The video arrives after Joel debuted “Turn the Lights Back On” at the 2024 Grammys. Directed by Warren Fu and the song’s co-writer and producer, Freddy Wexler, the video uses deepfake technology from Deep Voodoo to show Joel singing the song in three different eras: His early career in the 1970s, his mid-career, and now. At the end, a brief montage of Joel’s career, life, and family plays as he sings to a fully empty-but-fully-lit theater. Watch the video below.
In celebration of “Turn the Lights Back On,” Joel’s first solo single since 2007’s “All My Life,” he also stopped by The Late Show with Steven Colbert on Thursday to discuss how the song came together, the Grammys performance, and why his seminal track “Piano Man” is actually a limerick.
The video arrives after Joel debuted “Turn the Lights Back On” at the 2024 Grammys. Directed by Warren Fu and the song’s co-writer and producer, Freddy Wexler, the video uses deepfake technology from Deep Voodoo to show Joel singing the song in three different eras: His early career in the 1970s, his mid-career, and now. At the end, a brief montage of Joel’s career, life, and family plays as he sings to a fully empty-but-fully-lit theater. Watch the video below.
In celebration of “Turn the Lights Back On,” Joel’s first solo single since 2007’s “All My Life,” he also stopped by The Late Show with Steven Colbert on Thursday to discuss how the song came together, the Grammys performance, and why his seminal track “Piano Man” is actually a limerick.
- 2/16/2024
- by Paolo Ragusa
- Consequence - Music
While chatting with Howard Stern this week, Billy Joel revealed one major bucket list item he has yet to achieve: forming a supergroup with some of his favorite fellow musicians.
Currently in the midst of an ongoing tour, Joel explained, “I thought about putting together a band: Me, Don Henley, and Sting, and maybe John Mayer on guitar.” When asked by Stern if he’d consider inviting his good friend Paul McCartney into the mix, Joel shut down the suggestion. “He was in the super-est group of all-time. I don’t have the nerve to do that.”
However, Ringo Starr is still fair game to him. “He’s a great drummer,” noted Joel. “He doesn’t get the credit he deserves.” Watch the full segment below.
Joel has at least one member of the envisioned supergroup on lock, as Sting recently joined him for his tour stop in Tampa and...
Currently in the midst of an ongoing tour, Joel explained, “I thought about putting together a band: Me, Don Henley, and Sting, and maybe John Mayer on guitar.” When asked by Stern if he’d consider inviting his good friend Paul McCartney into the mix, Joel shut down the suggestion. “He was in the super-est group of all-time. I don’t have the nerve to do that.”
However, Ringo Starr is still fair game to him. “He’s a great drummer,” noted Joel. “He doesn’t get the credit he deserves.” Watch the full segment below.
Joel has at least one member of the envisioned supergroup on lock, as Sting recently joined him for his tour stop in Tampa and...
- 2/15/2024
- by Mary Siroky
- Consequence - Music
Anyone complaining about the state of hip-hop needs only to look beyond the top of the charts, as the latest episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast makes clear. In the episode, Andre Gee breaks down some of his under-the-radar 2023 hip-hop picks, from Zelooperz’ experimental Microphone Fiend to B. Cool Aid’s ultra-vibey Leather Blvd to Nappy Nina’s introspective Mourning Due. To hear the full episode, go here for the podcast provider of your choice, listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, or just press play below.
Also in the episode,...
Also in the episode,...
- 2/13/2024
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
Billy Joel is set to play his record-breaking 100th consecutive performance at Madison Square Garden on March 18th, as part of his multi-year residency. A month later, on Sunday, April 14th, a recording of the concert will air on CBS and be available to stream on Paramount+.
The forthcoming special, titled The 100th: Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden – The Greatest Run of All Time, will make the Piano Man’s first concert ever aired on broadcast television.
The two-hour concert will air on CBS beginning at 9:00 p.m. Et/Pt on Sunday, April 14th, and will be available to stream live and on-demand on Paramount+.
Joel will conclude his historic monthly residency at Madison Square Garden on July 25th, 2024. He also has upcoming co-headlining tour dates scheduled with Stevie Nicks, Sting, and Rod Stewart. Check out Joel’s upcoming schedule below, and get tickets here.
Get Billy Joel...
The forthcoming special, titled The 100th: Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden – The Greatest Run of All Time, will make the Piano Man’s first concert ever aired on broadcast television.
The two-hour concert will air on CBS beginning at 9:00 p.m. Et/Pt on Sunday, April 14th, and will be available to stream live and on-demand on Paramount+.
Joel will conclude his historic monthly residency at Madison Square Garden on July 25th, 2024. He also has upcoming co-headlining tour dates scheduled with Stevie Nicks, Sting, and Rod Stewart. Check out Joel’s upcoming schedule below, and get tickets here.
Get Billy Joel...
- 2/11/2024
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Music
CBS is embracing the Piano Man.
Ahead the Super Bowl, the network announced it would stream Billy Joel’s 100th concert at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, April 14 at 9 pm Et/Pt. The two hour special, titled The 100th: Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden — The Greatest Run Of All Time, marks the first time a Billy Joel concert will air on a broadcast network. It will be filmed at his March 28 show, and will also be available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+.
The news comes as Joel is set to end his Msg residency this July with his 150th career performance at the New York arena. His first came in late 1978, when Joel, who was touring on behalf of his 52nd Street album, headlined the venue for his first time. In early 2014, he began a monthly residency as Msg’s first “music franchise,” and has sold out every show since.
Ahead the Super Bowl, the network announced it would stream Billy Joel’s 100th concert at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, April 14 at 9 pm Et/Pt. The two hour special, titled The 100th: Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden — The Greatest Run Of All Time, marks the first time a Billy Joel concert will air on a broadcast network. It will be filmed at his March 28 show, and will also be available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+.
The news comes as Joel is set to end his Msg residency this July with his 150th career performance at the New York arena. His first came in late 1978, when Joel, who was touring on behalf of his 52nd Street album, headlined the venue for his first time. In early 2014, he began a monthly residency as Msg’s first “music franchise,” and has sold out every show since.
- 2/11/2024
- by Lacey Rose
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Stevie Nick’s headlining North American tour kicks off next week in Atlantic City, but the singer and songwriter is already eager to play even more shows. On Monday, Nicks announced the addition of 12 new dates to the already expansive run, now scheduled to conclude in June rather than March as originally planned.
The new dates run from May 7 through June 18 and include stops in St. Louis, Nashville, Salt Lake City, Denver, Albany, Hershey, Grand Rapids, and more.
Tickets for the new dates will be made available beginning Thursday, Feb.
The new dates run from May 7 through June 18 and include stops in St. Louis, Nashville, Salt Lake City, Denver, Albany, Hershey, Grand Rapids, and more.
Tickets for the new dates will be made available beginning Thursday, Feb.
- 2/5/2024
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.