After spending much of the last half-century on the road with Black Sabbath and as a solo artist, Ozzy Osbourne will embark on a final trek around the globe beginning this spring. He’s dubbed the jaunt the “No More Tours 2” tour – a silly callback to his 1992 retirement …
Read More »New Initiative Hopes to Bring #MeToo to the Music Industry
When music industry executives Meg Harkins and Karen Rait discovered there wasn’t a formal nod to the Time’s Up coalition happening at the 2018 Grammy Awards, the women – who work as an SVP of Marketing at Roc Nation and in rhythmic promotion at Interscope/Geffen/A&M Records, respectively – decided to …
Read More »Pop Virtuoso Andy Paley on 'SpongeBob' Showstopper 'The Best Day Ever'
Andy Paley has co-written the most popular song in the history of SpongeBob SquarePants. That distinction might sound dubious, but to the franchise’s legions of fans, “The Best Day Ever” – originally heard during the closing credits of the 2004 SpongeBob movie – is a bona fide anthem. Now, the …
Read More »Don Henley Talks 'Hotel California' Reissue, Eagles' Future
“I was delighted at the energy and grittiness of the live tracks,” Eagles singer-drummer Don Henley says of the previously unissued concert recordings – from October 1976 at the Forum in Los Angeles – added to the new 40th-anniversary reissue of the band’s fifth studio album and biggest seller, Hotel …
Read More »Diplo on Ripoffs, Why Streaming Hurts Taylor Swift and Why He's a 'Poseur'
Everything else keeps changing – EDM sinks, young rappers rise, rock legends die – but there’s one apparent constant in music this decade: Diplo just keeps getting more famous. An unexpectedly moving new documentary, the Apple Music exclusive Give Me Future (out November 17th), showcases a history-making 2016 show that …
Read More »Butthole Surfers Detail First New Album Since 2001
Legendary psych-punk sons of anarchy the Butthole Surfers have begun work on their ninth studio LP, their first in more than 15 years. “It has never been done. No one has put out a decent record 35 [years into their career],” vocalist Gibby Haynes tells Rolling Stone. “Well, except for …
Read More »