Ryan Book

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  • Kurt Vile Announces New Album Title, World Tour Dates for Late 2015

    Kurt Vile has been speaking about new music for some time and now the guitarist has confirmed a new album from himself and the Violators titled b'lieve i'm goin down to be released during the Fall. A specific drop date hasn't been announced but perhaps it will come in September, before his world tour—which was also newly announced—will kick off on October 1.

  • MC Supreme, West Coast Rap All-Stars Member, Killed in Car Crash

    MC Supreme, a Los Angeles hip-hop performer best known for his 1990 single "Black In America," was killed in a car crash over the weekend. The emcee had pulled his car over to the side of the Pacific Coast Highway, where it was struck by a man driving a pickup truck. Supreme was pronounced dead at the scene and his female passenger was transported to a local hospital. The other driver was arrested on suspicion of a DUI.

  • Janet Jackson Announces 'Unbreakable Tour' in Support of 2015 New Album

    Janet Jackson has announced her first tour in more than four years as she prepares for the release of new album later during 2015. Although the album has yet to be formally named (the title JANET was a rumor), perhaps the name of the tour—"Unbreakable"—might also provide a hint as to what the album will be called.

  • Lil Wayne's 'Deal' with Jay Z Just TIDAL Promotion; No Roc-A-Fella

    Lil Wayne announced over the weekend that he had "signed a deal" with Jay Z, which had many predicting that Weezy's next chapter would be with Roc-A-Fella Records, once the current Cash Money lawsuit fiasco blows over. Alas, the rapper's manager clarified the comments on Sunday, noting that Wayne had signed a deal with Jay's TIDAL streaming service...in other words, something the world already knew.

  • Ranking Alanis Morissette's 'Jagged Little Pill' 20 Years Later

    Alanis Morissette didn't release her debut album in 1995 but she may as well have: 'Jagged Little Pill' took the teen pop star who had released two questionable previous records and tore them into jagged little pieces. When the vocalist reared up and roared into the first hook of first single "You Oughta Know," the world took heed. Hang with Music Times as we count down the tracks on 'Jagged Little Pill' from least favorite to vice versa.

  • Sprite Including Drake, Notorious B.I.G., Nas and Rakim Lyrics on Cans

    Sprite has launched a new campaign that will feature hip-hop lyrics from performers such as Drake, the Notorious B.I.G. and Nas on its cans. The campaign—which is somewhat a play off of parent company Coca-Cola's inclusion of names on the sides of its Coke and Diet Coke products—will feature a total of 16 possible quotations.

  • Kenny Chesney Named Taste of Country 2016 Headliner...before 2015 Event Ends

    Music festivals are releasing their lineups earlier and earlier and Taste of Country has set a high bar by naming Kenny Chesney as the 2016 headliner before the 2015 event is even over. It's a bold move, as apparently the promoters of the event—which is currently in its third year—have already booked the venue for next year as well. Confidence is good, right?

  • Foo Fighters Cancel Just 2 Tour Dates After Dave Grohl Breaks Leg

    The Foo Fighters have cancelled two dates in light of Dave Grohl's recent fracturing of his leg at a show in Gothenburg, Sweden...a bummer but a seemingly minor roadblock considering the damage that was done. The band will be pulling out of its appearance at the Pinkpop Music Festival in the Netherlands and another show at St. Gallen in Switzerland.

  • 5 Seconds of Summer Guitarist Michael Clifford Suffers Burns in Accident

    5 Seconds of Summer guitarist Michael Clifford took "face melting" to a whole new level on Saturday night when his hair caught fire in a pyrotechnics accident at Wembley Arena. Despite the horrible guitar-based joke we just made, Clifford is doing well according to social media reports.
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