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Which song dominated the summer of 1962?
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3 Songs From the 70s That Made Everyone Fall in Love With Glam Rock
This American Songwriter article looks back at glam rock’s rise in the 1970s, arguing that a handful of standout songs and striking televised performances propelled the genre into the mainstream, particularly in the UK. It highlights how visual flamboyance and androgynous style, alongside the music itself, were central to glam rock capturing public attention and…
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Rolling Stones Will Rock Through Six Decades of Their History In Immersive Roblox Game
The Rolling Stones have partnered with Roblox to launch an immersive, career-spanning video game as promotion for their new album, Foreign Tongues. Announced on Wednesday 8 July, the game went live on Friday 10 July — the same day the band released their 25th studio album — and invites players to journey through six decades…
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The B-52’s Announce Ancient Culture: Mesopotamia Reissue With Previously Unreleased Songs
The B-52’s have announced Ancient Culture: Mesopotamia Revisited, a deluxe reissue of their 1982 Mesopotamia EP that includes previously unreleased outtakes, alternate mixes and live recordings. The original release grew out of a collaboration with Talking Heads’ David Byrne that was intended to be a full album but was pared back to an EP; Kate…
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Theo Bleak – “We Will Not Be Lovers” (The Waterboys Cover)
Scottish musician Theo Bleak has released a new cover of The Waterboys’ “We Will Not Be Lovers”, a track originally featured on the band’s 1988 album Fisherman’s Blues. The release follows her December project Bargaining, which Stereogum named an Album Of The Week, and pays tribute to fellow Scot Mike Scott, the Waterboys’ Edinburgh-born frontman.…
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Recording Academy Invites More Than 4,000 to Join its Ranks, its Largest Class of Invitees to Date
The Recording Academy, the body behind the Grammy Awards, is inviting more than 4,000 music creators and industry professionals to join its membership, with invitations going out on Thursday 9 July. This marks the largest class of invitees in the Academy’s history and the third consecutive year it has invited 3,500 or more new members,…
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‘Sterling Point’: Megan Park’s Prime Video Drama Centred on Reunited Sisters Premiering August 5
Creator Megan Park explores sisterhood and hidden family secrets in ‘Sterling Point,’ a coming-of-age drama arriving on Prime Video. The series follows two long-lost sisters as they navigate their unexpected reunion, anc
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IRON MAIDEN Wouldn’t Attend ROCK HALL Induction Even If The Band Wasn’t On Tour: ‘I Don’t Do Those Sort Of Things’, Says STEVE HARRIS
Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris and singer Bruce Dickinson have made clear that the band will not attend their induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame’s Class of 2026, and that they would stay away even if they were not on tour at the time. Speaking to Metal Hammer, both men expressed indifference…
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Iconic Texas Concert Venue Vows to Preserve Its Legacy After Chapter 11 Filing
The Whitewater Amphitheater, a long-standing country music venue in New Braunfels, Central Texas, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, taking many fans and artists by surprise. The filing, made as the venue faced a scheduled foreclosure sale, matters because Whitewater has been a leading regional live-music destination since the early 2000s and is preparing…
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Believe restructures global organization to ‘accelerate artist development strategy’
Believe, the Paris-based digital music company, has announced a restructure that merges its Global Commercial organisation with its Product, Tech & Operations organisation, as part of a push to become what it calls “One Global Artist Development Company”. Elsa Bahamonde Bourgain will lead the unified commercial side as President of Artist Services and Label &…