• Sting's 'The Last Ship' Coming to an End on Broadway: Producers Pull the Plug on Shipyard Musical

    Sting's first try at Broadway, "The Last Ship," will come to an end Jan. 24 after a four-month run. The former Police frontman composed the music for the play, eventually joining the cast to help boost ticket sales. But even the singer's involvement onstage was not enough to save the production. Poor sales during the holiday rush contributed to the show's demise, "The New York Times" reports."We have been bewildered and saddened by our inability to sustain an audience for this musical that we deeply love," the producers wrote in a statement. "There are no easy explanations."According to the "Times," the show cost $15 million to bring to Broadway and $625,000 to keep it going each week. Ticket sales were steady when the show opened in October, but they doubled last month when Sting joined the cast as the shipyard foreman. Most musicals were breaking records last week, a peak time for Broadway with tourists flooding the streets of New York for the holidays. "The Last Ship," on the other hand, underperformed.

  • Cameron Diaz & Benji Madden Got Married Last Night

    Following their engagement last month, Benji Madden (Good Charlotte, The Madden Brothers) and actress Cameron Diaz have officially tied the knot. They wed last night (Jan. 5) at Diaz's Beverly Hills home.

  • Man Accused of Murdering Father in Maine Brings Up Slayer at Hearing, Ruled Not Competent to Stand Trial [WATCH]

    A man charged with brutally murdering his father and cutting up his remains was recently ruled incompetent to stand trial in Maine. During a hearing yesterday, Jan. 5, Leroy Smith III told the judge that the band Slayer had once been present in 2011 when he had a gun pointed at his head. His statement had nothing to do with the May 2014 slaying and Smith was subsequently ruled unfit to stand trial, centralmaine.com reports.Smith described a bizarre scenario during his hearing despite the judge telling him that if he spoke he would be removed from the courtroom."With my case, they're telling me that my story is delusional grandiose of proceedings that happened, and they're not investigating it," he said."The fact of the matter [is that] in 2011 I had a gun pointed to my head and was sworn to keep secret of what I am. And they refused investigating any persons that are responsible. The whole entire music group Slayer was there. I was told then that what they did was too overboard. I sent them a message on Facebook and that Jeff Hanneman, the guitarist, takes his own life. He took his own life May 5 of 2013."Founding guitarist Hanneman died May 3, 2013, from liver failure.

  • Stone Temple Pilots Singer Scott Weiland Announces Album Release Date, Solo Tour [FULL SCHEDULE]

    Former Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland has announced the release date of his upcoming album "Blaster" as well as a string of tour dates in support of the album beginning in late February. According to an interview with "Rolling Stone," "Blaster" is set for release March 31 through Softdrive Records and will be Weiland's first album with his new backing band The Wildabouts. The tour in support of "Blaster" kicks off Feb. 22 in Scottsdale, Arizona, and finishes March 14 in Boston, though Weiland will be appearing at several festivals between March and May as well."Blaster" will be Weiland's third solo album overall, his first since 2008's "'Happy' in Galoshes," as well as his first since being fired from the Stone Temple Pilots in 2013 — he was ultimately replaced by Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington."'"Happy" in Galoshes' was an experimental art record, for the most part," Weiland tells "Rolling Stone." "'Blaster' is definitely a band sound: a stripped down, furry sound with a lot of space between the notes. But it's tight and to-the-point while keeping that garage rock vibe to it."

  • Sam Smith Slams Fellow Pop Stars in 'V Magazine' Interview with Chaka Khan [PHOTO]

    Sam Smith may be one of the biggest names in pop coming in to 2015, but don't assume that the "I'm Not The Only One" singer is necessarily a fan of all of his contemporaries. In a new interview with Chaka Khan in "The Music Issue" of V Magazine, Smith calls out his fellow pop stars for not always being wholly graceful in the midst of their success.

  • Sony Unveils New ZX2 Walkman: Portable Music Player Will Sell for $1,120 This Spring

    Sony recently introduced the latest incarnation of its portable music player, the Walkman, and it is a far cry from the 1979 original. The ZX2 Walkman plays tunes at a higher resolution than CDs, MP3s and streaming files. The only downside to casual music lovers is that the device costs $1,120, CNN Tech reports."The new Walkman ZX2 is a great example of the quality of our high-res audio offerings," Sony Electronics executive Mike Fasulo said. "This Walkman is tailored for outstanding sound, and every piece of material and component has been crafted to realize the ultimate high-res audio experience on the move."Features for the device include 128 GB of storage — about 2,000 songs — a micro SD card port, Wi-Fi capabilities and a 60-hour battery life. Oddly enough, it runs the Android platform Jelly Bean, which is a little outdated.The ZX2 will be available in the spring. It comes at an opportune time for the company — Apple discontinued its flagship product, the iPod Classic, last year. Nearly two decades ago, Apple introduced the iPod to the world and it dethroned the Walkman as the most popular portable music device.

  • Eric Church Loves Taylor Swift's '1989' Album: 'I Think the Record Is Brilliant'

    There is no doubt that Taylor Swift's multi-platinum 2014 album "1989" riled up country fans. The all-pop record was Swift's first complete step out of the country world, and few Nashville stars lent their support during her big move.But do not count Eric Church as one of the haters. The 37-year-old "Talladega" singer told nola.com that he loves Swift's new stuff."From Taylor's standpoint, I think the record is brilliant," he said. "I own the record. You know what I love about it? It's creative. It's what she wanted to do."What she'll do next, I have no idea. And that's what I think is cool about it. I have no clue where she's heading. That's the exciting part. When you do something like that, it kind of shakes everything up so much — no pun intended — that you're intrigued. That's exciting to me."

  • Eminem Criticized on Young Zee's 'Dear Shady' [WATCH]

    Eminem recently released his new album "Shady XV" and, as a reaction, Young Zee has responded with a track of his own titled "Dear Shady."In the track, Young Zee questions Eminem and vocalizes that he was distressed he was not included in some of Eminem's recent music ventures.On Eminem's song "Fine Line," he shouts out Young Zee and The Outsidaz, saying, "Zee, you always supported me / You vouched, I will never forget that and / How you guys accepted me for me and Pace / I love you too, you slept on my couch."Zee's music video accompanying his track starts off with dated footage of the Outsidaz and Eminem doing an interview, where Eminem says, "I met Zee in New Jersey. I came out like a month later. Met Zee. Met the rest of the Outsidaz. Got down with the crew. You know what I'm saying? And the rest is history. It's like a whole family thing."After the interview clip, the track starts and Zee gets into airing his grievances with Eminem, stating that he felt left out and that Em did not truly have his back when he was arrested or when his house unfortunately burnt down.The lyrics read: "Let me ask you / Why you ain't come to my avenue / When you grabbed dudes for your rap crew / I paid mad dues ... Anyhow, my house burnt down/ I'm in Jersey now / You ain't care, you ain't even come around / I got locked up for selling quarter pounds down Bordentown / You could have looked out, you could have came and bailed me out."

  • Aesop Rock Releases Two-Track EP Titled 'The Cat Food'

    Aesop Rock is the latest to get a release out on the 2015 board with his new "Cat Food" EP.A quick two tracks, "Cat Food" and "Bug Zapper" further support the notion that quality is always better than quantity, as both tracks are polished and exciting creations from the Rhymesayers artist.The two songs were originally released as a 7-inch vinyl and are now available in a digital format via Rhymesayer's SoundCloud.The "Cat Food" EP is the first new solo material the artist has put out in some time, mainly focusing on making music for other artists. The tracks on "The Cat Food" EP are also available in an instrumental-only version, which most fans can always appreciate.November saw the release of Aesop's Hail Mary Mallon project with the album "Bestiary."Aesop Rock also was featured on Busdriver's "Ego Death" alongside Danny Brown.Aesop Rock produced "Bug Zapper" and called in the likes of Blockhead to produce "Cat Food."

  • Young Buck Releases Yet Another New Music Video This Week [WATCH]

    Young Buck is having quite a busy week releasing his second music video for the track “On Tha Way.”“On Tha Way” was produced by Bandplay and features visuals of Young Buck surrounded by peers doing his thing rapping late into the night. The track is an announcement and confirmation that as he is busy with work and filling his day with “all-day trapping, selling juices, sipping lean and selling loosies” he is surely “on tha way” and anticipating having a big year in 2015.Earlier this week saw a music video for “New Year’s Cake," and one cannot help but wonder if Young Buck will keep up this momentum or not.G-Unit’s release "The Beauty of Independence" EP had fans of Young Buck hungry for more and Young Buck is certainly delivering.The new video for “On Tha Way” saw mixed opinions from commenters on YouTube, with comments reading like “First song in a awhile that I don’t like from him. The hook is quite annoying. You can do better man” to “Young Buck is coming! Streets are in danger!!!” to “sounds like he’s been hanging out with Wacka Flocka too much.”
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