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Backstreet Boys will continue to travel “In A World Like This” this summer. After an extensive worldwide tour last year, today (March 14) on Good Morning America, the legendary boy band announced it would be embarking on a summer 2014 tour. -
Lady Gaga gets covered in vomit and barbecue sauce during SXSW performance at Stubbs [WATCH]
Lady Gaga is known for her shock factor, so it will probably come as no surprise that her South by Southwest performance was a little demented. She began her SXSW appearance at Stubbs BBQ on Thursday night by roasting herself on a spit like a pig while her dancers basted her with barbecue sauce. Then the real weirdness began. -
Ray Price's final album 'Beauty Is...' coming in April
When country legend Ray Price died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 87 in December, one of the first questions asked was whether the performer had any unreleased music left. Price had hinted during his last interview, with Rolling Stone, that he had at least 12 new songs waiting for release. No dates or potential title was given, but the question's been cleared up with Wednesday's announcement that Beauty Is..., the collection of Price's final 12 recordings, would be released April 15. -
Music Times celebrates Pi Day with the mathematical music of Tool
Happy Pi Day! March 14 is the one day of the year where people pretend to care about Pi, perhaps the most essential number in geometry, and possibly existence in general (the gravitational constant is a big deal too). Music has a tendency to be mathematic, as much as we'd like to ignore it. One group puts special emphasis on the science behind its music more than most: Tool. In order to honor both the band and Pi (we guess), we've assembled a brief primer on math 'n' the music of Tool. -
German Violinist Linus Roth Champions Mieczysław Weinberg's Forgotten Holocaust Opera, 'The Passenger'
"[The Passenger] is probably the only opera about the Holocaust that's really worth watching." -- Linus Roth -
UPDATE: Harris Theater Reopens After Fire, Chicago Opera's 'Queenie Pie' and Music of the Baroque's 'Italian Style' Rescheduled
UPDATE: The Harris Theater reopened on Friday after an electrical and mechanical fire caused the busy performing arts venue to shut down for more than two weeks. The theater’s director, Michael Tiknis, said that all necessary repairs and inspections have been completed, and the theater is once more fully operational. -
Will Stratton shares old wisdom, new tunes and his many pseudonyms
Will Stratton's album Gray Lodge Wisdom will be released this April. Music Times sat down with Stratton for an exclusive interview. -
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Age 70, to Retire from Opera Stage After Donizetti/Puccini at Covent Garden (Or So She Says)
Kiri Te Kanawa has said in a British television interview that she will retire from the opera stage. She's currently giving a cameo as the Duchess of Crackentorp in Donizetti's La Fille du Regiment at Covent Garden--and the staging has been massaged to give her an aria (from Puccini's Edgar, since... -
Unanswered Question: Will Academy of Arts and Letters Exhibit, Chicago Symphony Efforts Mark New Dawn for Charles Ives?
A year or so ago, American music fans were decrying the fact that Charles Ives, in many ways the godfather of American classical music, was relatively little known among the American public. His house was up for sale by property developers and faced the very real threat of being bulldozed and turned... -
Quickies: Lil Boosie Bieber Musical, New Glenn Beck, Esa-Pekka Salonen Wins Nemmers, Anne of Green Gables Beats Record, Robert Ashley Remembered
As SPIN reports, the newly freed rapper Lil Boosie "wrote over a thousand songs, a book, and a musical while in jail," and he'd like very much to collaborate with Justin Bieber on something. -
Worker sues stage equipment company after being injured by Miley Cyrus's 'tongue'
Our mother used to warn us that bad things would happen if we kept sticking our tongue out at people. We have a feeling that the tongue trouble Miley Cyrus is currently having is not what our mother was talking about. A construction worker is suing stage equipment company ShowFX Inc. because a large model of the pop star's tongue caused him injury during it's completion. -
Austin police confirm SXSW murder suspect "intentionally" ran down concertgoers
Further disturbing details have come forward from the tragic incident that left two dead and 23 injured at the South by Southwest music festival. Police identified Rashad Charjuan Owens, age 21, as the suspect who drove a Honda into a crowd at the festival. Austin police chief Art Acevedo also confirmed that Owens had "intentionally" run down victims.
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