• The Jesus and Mary Chain Announce North American Tour For 'Psychocandy' 30th Anniversary [FULL SCHEDULE]

    Scottish noise pop pioneers The Jesus and Mary Chain have announced a string of North American tour dates in support of the 30th anniversary of their classic debut album Psychocandy. According to Pitchfork, the North American leg of the tour kicks off on May 1 in Toronto, and finishes up on May 16 in San Francisco, with a stop at the Austin Psych Fest in Austin, Texas on May 9. Fans living on the East Coast are out of luck though, unless they want to drive all the way to Toronto or Detroit.

  • John Oliver Auditions for 'Fifty Shades of Grey' in 'Last Week Tonight' Web Exclusive [WATCH]

    John Oliver is angry. The "Last Week Tonight" host started a hashtag after Jamie Dornan was announced as the male lead in the hotly anticipated film adaptation of "Fifty Shades of Grey," saying the actor "has all of the charisma of a sandwich bag filled with iceberg lettuce." The hashtag #NotMyChristian took off and now Oliver is back in a Web exclusive to hilariously audition for the part, despite the movie being completed.

  • Watch Skrillex's 90-Minute Set For X Games In Aspen [WATCH]

    The Winter X Games have been ramping their effort to court 18-25 year olds and in the past few years the winter sporting event has tapped into the growing popularity of electronic music to try and reach the youth of America. In 2014 ESPN, the host of the X Games, tabbed international star DJs, Tiësto and Axwell to perform alongside traditional draws Phoenix and Matt & Kim. In 2015, the X Games kept with the EDM theme, switching out the rockers for rappers with Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa taking the stage with Chromeo and Skrillex filling out the lineup.

  • Pete Wentz Says Fall Out Boy Wrote Songs for One Direction That Were 'Too Odd'

    Pete Wentz recently revealed that Fall Out Boy teamed up with One Direction for a writing session prior to the completion of the boy band's last album Four, which came out in November. According to FOB's bassist/lyricist, the songs were not used on 1D's album most likely because they were "too odd" for the pop stars. Wentz also went on to talk about how Fall Out Boy, which released "American Beauty/American Psycho" earlier this month, has been able to maintain a successful career.

  • Big Sean Announces New Album 'Dark Sky Paradise': Drake, Travi$ Scott, Jhené Aiko and Others Post Clues

    There has been a lot of attention given to Kendrick Lamar's upcoming sophomore effort and the battle that Lil Wayne faces trying to free his album Tha Carter V from the clutches of Cash Money Records. Lost in the hip-hop album shuffle has been Big Sean and an impending album that may be getting a release a lot sooner then anyone imagined. In a series of cryptic Instagram posts and tweets yesterday (Jan 25) Big Sean, Roc Nation, Drake, Jhené Aiko and others revealed that a project "Dark Sky Paradise" is in the works and could potentially be the title of his album.

  • The Wanted's Nathan Sykes Announces Solo Career One Year After "Glad You Came" Band's Split

    When "Glad You Came" band The Wanted announced its extended hiatus last year, it wasn't a question of if any of the members would go solo - it's a matter of when. And exactly one year after the split, the first member of the band has announced his intentions for a solo career. Yes, Nathan Sykes is going it alone. Today (Jan. 26), the baby-faced former boyfriend of Ariana Grande announced that he will be releasing his own album.

  • 5 Great Rock Docs Focusing on UK Acts and The '70s: David Bowie's 'Cracked Actor,' 'The Kids Are Alright' and More

    David Bowie has had several documentaries made about his legendary and varied career but none have come close to the original: Cracked Era, which debuted on the BBC during 1975 and caught the vocalist following the release of Diamond Dogs and his preparation for the tour in support of the album. More relevantly, it caught Bowie at the peak of his addiction to cocaine and gave viewers a look at the paranoia and mental exhaustion it caused him. Bowie was far from the only British musician from that era to be captured on film. Here are five other documentaries (some mad during the decade and some made later looking back) that give viewers a new understanding of that period in UK music history.
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