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Mayhem Fest Done After Poor Attendance, Badmouthing from Slayer
Mayhem Festival has recently wrapped up and cofounder John Reese has declared that the recent run was the last, in light of poor attendance and badmouthing from headliner Slayer. -
Roger Waters Announces Autobiography, World Tour Plans for 2016
Roger Waters (of Pink Floyd fame) has only played one concert since 2013—this year's headlining gig at the Newport Folk Festival—but the drought will be over soon enough: The bassist has announced his intentions to begin a world tour come 2016. -
Breaking Benjamin and Shinedown Announce Joint Headlining Tour; Openers?
Breaking Benjamin and Shinedown have announced a joint headlining tour for the fall, with stops at the Monster Energy Aftershock 2015 festival. Previous rumors have suggested that Chevelle will serve as the opening act but that hasn't been confirmed...yet (no other potential openers have been announced yet). -
Björk and Tyler, The Creator Explain Respective Tour Cancellations
Two performers—Björk and Tyler, The Creator—have cancelled dates/tours in the last week, and both have released statements on their respective touring issues. One is more more obvious and understandable than the other. -
Disney 'Descendants' Tops Billboard 200; Led Zeppelin, Drake Return to Top 10
Another week and another soundtrack on top of the Billboard 200 as Descendants, the newest Disney TV movie, manages to get its musical half to no. 1. The compilation moved a total of 42,000 units, which was the lowest number of albums moved by a no. 1 so far during 2015. It may have been a slow sales week, but Disney's not going to complain about another high entry for one of its soundtracks (Teen Beach 2 cracked the Top 10 earlier this year). This is the fourth soundtrack to top the Billboard 200 so far during 2015-the most since 2009-as Descendants follows Empire, Furious 7 and Pitch Perfect 2. We'll see if another title joins that list by the end of the year. -
Half of UK Nightclubs Closed in Last Decade, According to New Report
Are you a citizen of the UK who enjoys going to nightclubs? Turns out you're part of a minority that continues to get smaller. According to a new study from the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers, nearly half of venues qualifying as nightclubs in the UK have closed in the last decade. The numbers given by the BBC Newsbeat suggest that there were 3,144 such venues open for business during 2005, now down to 1,733 in 2015. -
7 Jerry Garcia Side Projects: New Riders, Rainforest Band, Legion of Mary & More
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the death of Jerry Garcia, and we're not going to pretend you don't know that he was perhaps the most influential member and guitarist of the Grateful Dead. But, what you probably didn't know, was that—like any good jam band member—he was involved with a number of other groups in his day. Here are seven of the other, more prominent groups that Garcia was a member of before, after and during his time with the Dead. -
'Jive Talkin'" and Beyond: The Bee Gees No. 1's of The '70s
It was a dark day for fans of rock music on August 9, 1975, as the Bee Gees' "Jive Talkin'" would be announced as the no. 1 song on the Hot 100. It was the group's second no. 1 hit in its then-14-year career but it was the first that could be classified as "disco." Things would only get better/worse (depending on who you are) from there on out, as the Gibb brothers would become the biggest names in the genre's short history, releasing another seven no. 1 hits before 1980 struck. These are those tracks. -
Dr. Luke to Face Lawsuit for Jessie J 'Price Tag' Breakbeat
Dr. Luke is the latest big name to be taken to court over similarities in music, as his beat for Jessie J's "Price Tag" has been compared to another copyrighted song, much like how Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams ended up on the wrong side of a $7.2 million payout to the Marvin Gaye estate earlier this year. -
Timbaland Posts New Aaliyah Music Announcement on Instagram
Timbaland worked conclusively with Aaliyah prior to her death during 2001, and therefore has often been associated with guarding her discography, but now the producer has declared that he'll be mastering new material from the performer that has yet to reach the public's ears. The Aaliyah-affiliate made a very loud/excited statement on the subject matter via Instagram this weekend. -
SMG Europe, Continent's Biggest Venue Operator, Reports Possible Fraud
SMG Europe, the biggest operator of sports and entertainment venues on the continent and in the UK, has reported to police that the company may be the victim of fraud. Details, such as how much has gone missing or how, have not been disclosed by the company, although it notes that all of the missing assets were solely controlled by SMG. -
Slipknot's Next Album: On 'Sgt. Pepper,' 'Purple Rain,' 'The Wall' Scale(?)
Slipknot took more than six years between releases 'All Hope Is Gone' and '.5: The Gray Chapter' but it's already scheming its next album: An epic double-album on the scale of Pink Floyd's 'The Wall' or The Beatles' 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.' Frontman Corey Taylor also threw out Prince's 'Purple Rain' as a comparison point, as he plans of having a full-length film to accompany the music. Oh? -
Fetty Wap Joins Taylor Swift for 'Trap Queen' on '1989' Tour
Taylor Swift has once again managed to grab one of the stars of the summer for her ongoing "1989" tour, as Fetty Wap joined the biggest-name-in-music (right now) to perform his hit "Trap Queen" in Seattle. The bestselling performer of the year has already nabbed guest spots from The Weeknd, Jason Derulo and Nick Jonas during the tour. -
The Zombies Announce New Album; Original Lineup Touring 'Odyssey & Oracle'
The Zombies—the psychedelic pop act best known for hits such as "She's Not There," "Time of The Season" and "Tell Her No"—has announced it will be working on a new album for 2015, Still Got That Hunger, as well as a tour in support of the release. It will be the third release since the band's resurgence during the new millennium, paired off nicely with the three records the band put out during its '60s heyday. -
7 Bands Keith Richards Hated (at the time): Led Zeppelin and The Beatles(?)
Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones surprised the world this week when he claimed in an interview that The Beatles' 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'—what many consider to be the best album of all time—was a "mishmash of rubbish." Few people could maintain a career after dissing The Beatles, but Richards, regardless of whether we agree with him, has that sort of clout. And he didn't forgive his own band from experimenting with psychedelia, comparing the "rubbish" of 'Sgt. Pepper's' with the Stones' 'Their Satanic Majesties Request.' The guitarist wasn't shy about airing out his complaints regarding other huge acts, even when he was younger. In fact, during a 1969 interview with Rolling Stone, he badmouthed everyone from Led Zeppelin to, yes, The Beatles.
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