• AC/DC 'Excited' About Playing Coachella, Paul McCartney Offers Advice

    AC/DC will be on hand this weekend to give festival-goers at Coachella a classic rock fix. The band will perform during the Friday night headline slot, following acts like Alabama Shakes, DJ Snake and Lil B -- Steely Dan will also be there to represent. In a recent interview with 'The Los Angeles Times,' frontman Brian Johnson talked about begin "excited" to perform for a younger audience and what advice Paul McCartney had to offer them.

  • Tyler, The Creator Shares "F--king Young" Video Following New Album 'Cherry Bomb' Announcement [WATCH]

    Tyler, the Creator announced his new album Cherry Bomb this morning and shared two new songs. Now he's dropped a video for "F**king Young," which features most of the Odd Future crew. The six-and-a-half-minute clip, which Tyler directed himself under his Wolf Haley moniker, opens with him standing on a roof and acting like a righteous dude as his crew tries to convince him that jumping off the roof into the pool isn't safe. When he emerges from the pool after jumping in, he looks up and falls in love with the girl standing there.

  • Duke's Mike Krzyzewski Likes Meek Mill: Coach Says He Listens 'All the Time'

    Duke University head basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski has a knack for winning. He also has a pretty decent taste in music as well. The coach, who just won his fifth NCAA Championship with the Blue Devils, recently revealed that he is a fan of Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill, 'XXL' noted. "I really like Meek Mill. I play it all the time," a tweet attributed to Coach K from Duke basketball's official Twitter account reads.

  • 'The Voice' Season 8 Recap & Review: Top 12 Revealed in Slaughterhouse Live Playoffs Elimination

    On Wednesday night (April 8), it was finally time for The Voice season eight to trim the fat. After four hours of live performances earlier in the week, it was time to cut 40 percent of the remaining contestants, leaving America with its final top 12. It was a slaughterhouse, but for the most part, the right decisions were made by Pharrell, Christina Aguilera, Blake Shelton, Adam Levine and American voters.

  • Wale, Ludacris and Kendrick Lamar Keep Hip-Hop in Top Three Spots of Billboard Albums Chart

    Wale, Ludacris and Kendrick Lamar helped ensure that hip-hop took the top three spots on the Album Sales Chart for the second week in a row. Wale, who was also no. 1 on the Billboard 200, sold 90,500 copies of his new record The Album About Nothing. Ludacris got a boost from the strict album sales format of this chart (he placed no. 3 due to stream numbers helping the Furious 7 soundtrack on the 200) and placed no. 2 with Ludaversal, selling 59,000 copies of his new album. Kendrick Lamar was at no. 1 for two weeks with To Pimp A Butterfly but he'll settle for no. 3 this week after selling another 52,500 copies.

  • Frank Ocean Joins James Blake On UK Tour As BOYSDONTCRY Ahead Of New Album

    Earlier this, Frank Ocean confirmed that his new album, the follow-up to his debut Channel Orange, would be coming this summer Now he is set to tour the UK with James Blake for the 1-800-Dinosaur road trip. Ocean joins the previously announced Airhead, Dan Foat, Klaus, Trim and Mr. Assister for the jaunt, which hits Bristol, Manchester and London on April 9, 10, and 12, NME reports.

  • Florence + The Machine Shares "Ship to Wreck" From 'How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful'

    Florence + The Machine continues to share music from their upcoming studio album 'How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful.' The fourth single, "Ship to Wreck," is a surprising tune -- its light, pop melody tries to disguise darker lyrics dealing with an internal battle. Singer Florence Welch sounds angelic on the track, which follows "St. Jude," "What Kind of a Man" and the titular effort.

  • How Will Rihanna's 'Bitch Better Have My Money' Be Affected by Exclusive Tidal Streaming Rights?

    The biggest announcement in the music industry last week was the details of Tidal, a new streaming service kickstarted by Jay Z and held by a number of big-name performers such as Beyoncé, Kanye West, Jason Aldean and Jack White. The future looks promising for the service as part owner Rihanna has released two tracks—"Bitch Better Have My Money" and "American Oxygen"—for exclusive streaming on the service. Billboard brings up a good question however: How will serving Tidal exclusively affect the way a song or album charts?
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