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2017 saw the death of many music artists, and they’ll be remembered during a two-night television special on ABC. Country’s own Dolly Parton, Brad Paisley and Darius Rucker will take part in the series to honor the late Glen Campbell. The Year in Memoriam 2017 will air on Dec. 18 and will be followed by […]

Supergroup Sons of Apollo, featuring former Dream Theater members Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherinian, Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal (ex-Guns N’ Roses), Billy Sheehan (The Winery Dogs, Mr. Big, David Lee Roth) and Jeff Scott Soto (ex-Journey, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen’s Rising Force) announced they will be hitting the road in 2018 for their first-ever highly anticipated worldwide tour. […]

German public broadcasters have dropped plans to air concerts next year by British ex-Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters, citing what they call “accusations of anti-Semitism against him.”Waters, part of one of the world’s most critically acclaimed and commercially successful rock bands from 1965-85 before going solo, is a member of the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and […]

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Wednesday that it doesn’t matter whether the anti-Muslim videos retweeted by President Trump are real or not, because “the threat is real.”  Trump shared three videos on Twitter early Wednesday from the deputy leader of an ultranationalist, far-right fringe group in Britain.  The group, Britain First, claims […]

New reports are surfacing accusing Matt Lauer of inappropriate sexual behavior toward multiple women, hours after NBC News announced he had been fired after a detailed complaint from a colleague. Variety reporters tweeted they had been investigating Lauer for months and interviewed dozens of current and former employees, and reported Wednesday that they had spoken […]

The Onslow County Sheriff’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are asking for the public’s help in their search for a missing North Carolina toddler. Mariah Woods was last seen Sunday night on Dawson Cabin Road in Jacksonville, N.C. Her mother says her boyfriend saw the toddler around midnight after he told her to […]

Sammy Hagar knows you only turn 70 once. So it’s only fitting hat the former Montrose and Van Halen frontman threw himself an epic bash to celebrate. Hagar released a star-studded clip of some of his best-known peers reaching out to wish him a happy birthday. The video is being released now to help drum […]

The nominations for the 2018 Grammy awards have been announced, with artists including Chris Cornell, Foo Fighters, Mastodon, Metallica and Roger Waters leading the rock-based categories.  Other notable categories feature Roger Waters, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Brian Eno, Gregg Allman, the Rolling Stones, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds and the Grateful Dead. The ceremony […]

Tim McGraw and Faith Hill celebrate the #1 debut of their first album together, “The Rest of Our Life.”  Amassing 104,000 in first-week consumption, the album tops Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart and enters at #2 on the Billboard 200 all-genre album chart, both reflecting total traditional album sales, track equivalent albums and streaming equivalent […]

Chris Stapleton leads the country music Grammy nominees with a total of three nominations. The nominees were revealed Tuesday morning (Nov. 28). Stapleton’s nominations include nods for best country album, best country solo performance, and best country song.  Others nominated for best country album are Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town and Thomas Rhett. […]