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Chart Rewind: In 2001, Jamie O’Neal Called on ‘Angels’ for a No. 1
This Billboard “Chart Rewind” feature looks back to August 2001, when Australian-born country singer Jamie O’Neal reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the second time with “When I Think About Angels.” The piece is a nostalgia retrospective marking the song’s chart anniversary, tying it to milestones in O’Neal’s career and…
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Remember When Paul Simon Started His Journey To Becoming the All-Time Best SNL Musical Guest in 1975?
Paul Simon’s long association with Saturday Night Live began in October 1975, when he hosted the second-ever episode of the show, then still called Saturday Night. Simon’s music-heavy appearance came as the fledgling programme was still finding its comedic identity, and it set the pattern for what would become one of television’s most enduring host-artist…
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“Quite awful”: the guitar icon Robert Fripp called “excessively tedious”
Not his cup of tea. The post “Quite awful”: the guitar icon Robert Fripp called “excessively tedious” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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Judas Priest Are On The Cover Of Rock Sound
Judas Priest are set to appear on the cover of Rock Sound magazine ahead of their headline performance at Bloodstock Open Air. The feature ties into the festival’s 25th anniversary celebrations, marking a significant moment for the UK’s longest-running independent all-metal event and highlighting the enduring stature of the veteran metal band as one of…
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Wings Of Desire Traveled Across England With Their Baby To Play A Festival Stage That Didn’t Exist
The British indie duo Wings Of Desire, along with their infant baby, drove for hours to play Valley Fest near Bristol last weekend, only to discover on arrival that the stage they had been booked to play, back in February, did not exist. The band, made up of married musicians Chloe Little and James Taylor,…
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The 1991 REM song that embarrassed Michael Stipe: “I don’t want to sing it”
REM’s 1991 hit “Shiny Happy People” became one of the band’s biggest commercial successes, yet frontman Michael Stipe grew to resent the song, later admitting “I don’t want to sing it”. Appearing on the album Out of Time straight after the introspective “Losing My Religion”, the bubblegum-pop duet with bassist Mike Mills and The B-52’s…
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Ed Sheeran Wrote — But Doesn’t Sing — 2 of This Week’s Top 10 Songs in the World
Ed Sheeran has cowritten two of the ten biggest songs in the world this week, according to Billboard’s Global 200 chart dated 8 August, despite not performing as an artist in the top 10 for over a year. His writing credits bookend the chart: he is one of five cowriters on the chart-topping “Dai Dai…
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Young Fresh Fellows announce 2026 East Coast tour
It’s a rare East Coast trek from Scott McCaughey’s Pacific Northwest indie rock cult heroes.
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Bono pays tribute to Glen Hansard at Dublin funeral
Bono paid tribute to fellow Dublin musician Glen Hansard at his funeral on Tuesday, delivering a reworked spoken-word rendition of U2’s “Beautiful Day” and playing mourners a voicemail from Patti Smith. The tribute underlined the deep affection held for Hansard across the Irish and wider music community, with Bono praising his rare gift for making…
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60 Years Ago, The Beatles Released an Album That Changed Everything
This year marks 60 years since The Beatles released Revolver, the 1966 album widely credited with transforming popular music by treating the recording studio itself as an instrument. Freed from touring commitments after 1965’s Rubber Soul, the band worked with producer George Martin to pioneer techniques such as double-tracking, tape loops, varied recording speeds and…