YouTube Originals has announced Hello 2021, a virtual New Year’s Eve event that will stream in five parts on Thursday, December 31st. The show will feature speeches, live performances, DJ sets, and more. “With the world ready to move past an extremely challenging year, YouTube will use its global reach …
Read More »White Stripes Reveal Two Classic 'Get Behind Me Satan'-Era Live Performances
The White Stripes just released a greatest hits album, delighting fans with a tracklist crossword puzzleand videos for classics including “Let’s Shake Hands” and “Apple Blossom.”The band, which broke up in 2011, also unveiled a series of never-seen live performances from their archives, including a powerful “Ball and Biscuit” from …
Read More »Justin Bieber Plots New Year's Eve Livestream Concert
Justin Bieber will return to the stage for his first live show since 2017 with a special New Year’s Eve livestream concert. The livestream will launch December 31st at 10:15 p.m. ET/7:15 p.m. PT, while Bieber’s performance will begin at 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT. Access to watch the concert …
Read More »Billie Eilish Performs Beatles' 'Something' on SiriusXM's Alt Nation
Billie Eilish performed a cover of the Beatles‘ “Something” in an exclusive live session on SiriusXM’s Alt Nation on Thursday. The stripped-down rendition featured Eilish singing alongside her brother Finneas on piano. The session also included performances of Eilish’s tracks “Therefore I Am,” “Everything I Wanted,” and “Ocean Eyes.” The …
Read More »Flashback: Elton John Plays 'I Feel Like a Bullet (in the Gun of Robert Ford)' in 1977
Elton John‘s eight-disc Jewel Box landed in stores last month and it’s packed with lesser-known tunes from his long career, including 60 that have never been heard anywhere. There’s a special focus on the pre-fame songs he wrote with Bernie Taupin in the late Sixties, but the set also spotlights …
Read More »Shawn Mendes Announces 'Wonder: The Experience' Livestream Benefit
Shawn Mendes has announcedWonder: The Experience, a livestream benefit concert to celebrate his new albumWonder. Following the album’s release date on December 4th, Mendes will perform the livestream on December 6th, featuring the album’s title track as well as yet-to-be-released songs. Wonder: The Experience is the 2020 finale of the …
Read More »Van Morrison, Eric Clapton Announce Anti-Lockdown Song 'Stand and Deliver'
Van Morrison has announced the release of another anti-lockdown song. A collaboration with Eric Clapton, “Stand and Deliver” arrives on December 4th and will support Morrison’s Save Live Music campaign. The track was penned by Morrison and performed by Clapton. Morrison’s “Stand and Deliver” follows three previously released songs he’s …
Read More »Dolly Parton's Imagination Library to Be Focus of New Documentary
UPDATE (11/23/20):After having its theatrical release delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, The Library That Dolly Built will now become available as a worldwide streaming event. The documentary will stream for free exclusively on Facebook Wednesday, December 9th at 7 p.m. ET. The screening will be followed by a performance …
Read More »Musicians on Musicians: Phoebe Bridgers & Lars Ulrich
P hoebe Bridgers was in grade school in Pasadena, California, when she heard Metallica’s music in the PlayStation 2 game Test Drive: Off-Road Wide Open. “I was a kid in the early 2000s, so it was kind of a gift when a band that you just got into has an …
Read More »Neil Young's 'Archives: Volume II' Is a Stunning Look Back at His Prolific Peak
On August 26th, 1973, Joni Mitchell arrived at Studio Instrument Rentals in Los Angeles, where Neil Young and his band the Santa Monica Flyers were recording the boozy Tonight’s the Night. Joined by guitarists Ben Keith and Nils Lofgren, drummer Ralph Molina, and bassist Billy Talbot, Mitchell and Young tore …
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