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Prince, Frankie Valli, & More to Be Honored By the GRAMMYs
by Josh Sharpe - December 20, 2024 Frankie Beverly, The Clash, Dr. Bobby Jones, Taj Mahal, Prince, Roxanne Shante, and Frankie Valli are the 2025 Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award honorees. Erroll Garner, Glyn Johns and Tania León are the Trustees Award recipients....
Songwriters Hall Of Fame Announces 2025 Nominees For Induction
by A.A. Cristi - November 12, 2024 The Songwriters Hall of Fame has announced its 2025 nominees for induction, celebrating composers and lyricists with significant impact. ...
Theatre of Hate to Embark on 45th Anniversary Tour
by Josh Sharpe - November 05, 2024 In 2025, Theatre of Hate will celebrate their 45th Anniversary. Honouring the occasion, the post-punk luminaries will be embarking on a very special UK tour in which they will perform their seminal debut album ‘Westworld.' ...
Foreigner Extends Farewell Tour; Celebrates Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction
by Josh Sharpe - October 22, 2024 FOREIGNER has decided to extend its Farewell Tour and include a celebration of the band’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction. Original band members will join them at select shows starting with Foreigner’s sold-out three-week fall residency at the Venetian, Las Vegas....
Foreigner to Release Career-Spanning Set; Shares New Song 'Turning Back The Time'
by Josh Sharpe - August 20, 2024 Foreigner, one of the most successful bands in music history, will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on October 19. In celebration of this much-deserved honor, the band will release a career-spanning collection that includes “Turning Back The Time,” a previously unreleased track original...
STYX and FOREIGNER Unveil Their Tour Companion Album 'Renegades & Juke Box Heroes'
by Josh Sharpe - June 11, 2024 FOREIGNER hits the road in June co-headlining the “Renegades & Juke Box Heroes” trek with STYX and special guest John Waite. Adding to the excitement, STYX and FOREIGNER have announced RENEGADES & JUKE BOX HEROES, a very special limited-edition companion album, available exclusively at tour stops st...
Legendary Songwriter Cindy Walker Posthumously Inducted Into The Songwriters Hall Of Fame
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 09, 2024 Legendary country songwriter Cindy Walker has been posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, recognizing her enduring legacy in music. ...
FOREIGNER Farewell Tour Continues This Fall With Loverboy & Lita Ford
by Stephi Wild - April 02, 2024 FOREIGNER has announced the next leg of their farewell tour this fall, with special guests Loverboy and Lita Ford on select dates. ...
Diane Warren to Receive Johnny Mercer Award at the 2024 Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Gala
by Michael Major - February 22, 2024 Diane Warren will be honored with the prestigious Johnny Mercer Award at the 2024 Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Gala in New York City on June 13, 2024. Other notable inductees include Hillary Lindsey, Timbaland, and R.E.M. The award reflects whose body of work upholds the gold standa...
STYX And FOREIGNER, With Very Special Guest John Waite, Announce 'Renegades & Juke Box Heroes' Tour
by Michael Major - December 01, 2023 FOREIGNER and STYX are ready to rocket across North America starting June 11, 2024 in Grand Rapids, MI at the Van Andel Arena. Nothing sounds more like summer than collective feel-good anthems such as “Come Sail Away,” “Feels Like The First Time,” “Renegade,” “Juke Box Hero,” “Mr. Roboto,” and “I Wa...
Foreigner To Bring Historic Farewell Tour To Canada With Headpins
by Michael Major - November 16, 2023 FOREIGNER announces historic Farewell Tour in Canada with special guest Headpins, starting on May 3, 2024 in Abbotsford, BC. Tickets go on sale November 17th. The tour will support music education in Canadian schools....
Foreigner Wraps Up First Leg Of Two-Year Farewell Tour Grossing Over $18M
by Michael Major - September 14, 2023 Fans at the 32 tour stops were treated to some of rock and roll’s most enduring anthems including, “Juke Box Hero,” “Cold As Ice,” “Hot Blooded,” “Waiting For A Girl Like You,” “Feels Like The First Time,” “Urgent,” “Head Games,” “Say You Will,” “Dirty White Boy,” “Long, Long Way From Home” and the ...
General PUBLIC Re-issue 'All the Rage' & 'Hand to Mouth' LPs
by Michael Major - June 22, 2023 After the break-up of The bEAT in 1983 Dave Wakeling and Ranking Roger decided to continue working together in a new venture. They joined up with keyboardist Mickey Billingham (Dexys Midnight Runners), bassist Horace Panther (The Specials) and drummer Stoker (Dexys Midnight Runners) to form General...
FOREIGNER Announces Historic Farewell Tour with Special Guest Loverboy
by Michael Major - November 14, 2022 The tour is set to launch on July 6, 2023, at Atlanta’s Ameris Bank Amphitheatre, the area’s largest outdoor venue. For the first leg of the US Live Nation tour, FOREIGNER will be joined by LOVERBOY, one of the 80’s biggest hit-makers. The spectacular show will thrill audiences with stellar performa...
Dropkick Murphys Release New Single 'We Shall Overcome'
by Michael Major - March 15, 2022 The song is woven vividly into American history – not only as the celebrated anthem of the American Civil Rights Movement of the late 1950s and 1960s, but also as a protest song in the earlier labor movement. Both the history and message of the song resonated with Dropkick Murphys, longtime champion...
Dropkick Murphys to Release Digital-Only Expanded Edition Of 'Turn Up That Dial'
by Michael Major - March 10, 2022 The release will feature three bonus tracks including the band’s poignant rendition of “We Shall Overcome.” Previously released B-sides, the cover songs “James Connolly” (by Larry Kirwan) and “The Bonny” (by Gerry Cinnamon), are also included in the expanded edition, which will be available in both ...
Trojan Jamaica/Bmg Share New U-Roy Groove Armada Remix
by Michael Major - March 03, 2022 Trojan Jamaica/BMG continues to honor and extend the groundbreaking work of the late great U-Roy with today’s premiere of a new Groove Armada remix of U-Roy and Shaggy’s spectacular version of “Rule The Nation.” A new video produced by Jamaica Soundsystem in collaboration with whynow and Rockers the...
Whitesnake & Foreigner Announce U.K. & Ireland 2022 Tour
by Sarah Jae Leiber - July 27, 2021 The legendary artists will tour the U.K. & Ireland starting in Dublin on 10 May 2022 before hitting Glasgow, Newcastle, London, Manchester, Nottingham, Birmingham before closing in Cardiff....
U-Roy Releases New Video 'Stop That Train'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - June 29, 2021 “Stop That Train” was a hit by the Jamaican band The Spanishtonians (also known as the Spanish Town Skabeats) released in 1965 at the height of the original ska movement....
Dropkick Murphys Release Animated Music Video For 'L-EE-B-O-Y'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - May 27, 2021 Turn Up That Dial, released April 30 via the band’s own Born & Bred Records, is Dropkick Murphys’ tenth studio album, and fourth consecutive Billboard top 10 album debut, joining 11 Short Stories Of Pain & Glory (2017), Signed and Sealed in Blood (2013), and Going Out In Style (2011). ...
Cola Boyy Releases New Song Featuring The Avalanches
by Sarah Jae Leiber - May 26, 2021 Cola Boyy - aka Matthew Urango - is a master of crafting soulful, funktastic, disco gems. His sound sits comfortably in your record collection next to artists like early Cornelius, Gil Scott Heron, Dimitri from Paris, Chic, Jamiroquai, and Les Rythmes Digitales, among others. ...
Dropkick Murphys' New Album TURN UP THAT DIAL Out Now
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 30, 2021 Dropkick Murphys’ new album, Turn Up That Dial, is available today, via band-owned Born & Bred Records. Produced by Ted Hutt, Turn Up That Dial is the band’s 10th full-length studio album. Dropkick Murphys celebrate the simple pleasure of music, the relief and release from worry that comes when you ...
Cola Boyy Releases 'Kid Born In Space'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - April 28, 2021 The song, which features Andrew VanWyngarden of MGMT, in addition to production flourishes by Patrick Wimberly (Chairlift), is a psychedelic folk cut that seeks to resolve the struggle and feelings of alienation he faced as a child with a disability....
GRAMMY Museum Releases Two Songwriters Hall Of Fame Programs From Archive
by Kaitlin Milligan - June 10, 2020 The GRAMMY Museum® announced today it will release two Songwriters Hall of Fame programs from its archive while the Museum in Los Angeles is closed until further notice in light of COVID-19...
Foreigner, Special Guest Kansas, And Featuring Europe Set To Launch Juke Box Heroes 2020 Tour
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 13, 2020 “I Want To Know What Love Is.” “Cold As Ice.” “Hot Blooded.” “Juke Box Hero.” “Urgent.” “Dust In The Wind.” “Carry on Wayward Son.” “Point of Know Return.” “The Final Countdown.” “Carrie.”... |