On Thursday (January 23), the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that the 2025 Oscars won’t feature the standard live performances of the Best Original Songs nominees. A statement from Academy CEO Bill Kramer and President Janet Yang said the ceremony will instead “honor Los Angeles as a city of dreams, showcasing its…… MORE
On Tuesday (January 21), Record Store Day event organizers announced that Post Malone is the official 2025 Record Store Day Ambassador. Posty’s Billboard No. 1 album, F-1 Trillion, was a big seller in record stores since it was released back in August, with the breakout country star also making a guest appearance on “Fortnight,” the…… MORE
On Monday (January 21), Jet took to Instagram to announce the dates and details of their 2025 North American tour. The Australian rock veterans will embark on a 14-date run of shows throughout May and June, where they will be supported by the English garage rockers, Band of Skulls. Jet’s 2025 North American tour gets…… MORE
On Wednesday (January 22), Christie’s held a live auction for items from Jeff Beck: The Guitar Collection. The objects up for auction included over 130 guitars, amps, pedals, and various “tools of the trade” from the personal collection of rock and roll legend, Jeff Beck. One specific prized guitar from the collection – Beck’s celebrated…… MORE
On Wednesday (January 22), the Songwriters Hall of Fame revealed their inductee class of 2025. This year’s distinguished inductees feature the leader of Parliament/Funkadelic, George Clinton; award-winning country music songwriter, Ashley Gorley; Destiny’s Child, Beyoncé, and Lady Gaga collaborator, Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins; Beach Boys vocalist and songwriter, Mike Love; nine time Ivor Novello Award-winning British…… MORE
On Tuesday, Sting announced on social media that he has been forced to postpone a series of upcoming concerts due to illness, as well as having to cancel a planned appearance at an awards show. Sting wrote that the show postponements and event cancellation were made “on advisement from his doctor, due to illness,” while…… MORE
On Wednesday (January 22), Nine Inch Nails finally confirmed their rumored world tour dates for 2025. The industrial rock titans revealed the dates and details of their upcoming jaunt, which they have dubbed, Peel It Back Tour 2025. The 37-date world tour – NIN’s first major run of shows since 2022 – gets underway on…… MORE
Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson is a longtime fencer, even training in his younger years with the British Olympic team back in the 1980s. So it is no surprise that the heavy metal legend performed well in a fencing tournament in France over the weekend. The 66-year-old Dickinson placed 13th among 30 other participants in…… MORE
Garth Hudson, the celebrated keyboardist and last living original member of the beloved Canadian-American rock group The Band, died on Tuesday (January 21) at the age of 87. According to Hudson’s estate executor, he “passed away peacefully in his sleep” on Tuesday morning at his nursing home in the Band’s longtime home base of Woodstock,…… MORE
On Tuesday (January 21), Billy Idol shared a hilarious tour announcement video on Instagram featuring the rock legend appearing alongside comedian Matt Rife, his longtime guitarist Steve Stevens, and his future tourmate Joan Jett. Idol’s 2025 North American run is dubbed, It’s A Nice Day To…Tour Again!, and will feature opening act Joan Jett &…… MORE
