It has been months in the making, with teasers coming as deep as a tour, but finally country duo Sugarland have announced their next album. The Incredible Machine will be released on Oct. 19 with Mercury Nashville, following the finale of their exhaustive Incredible Machine Tour. According to SheKnows.com, the singles are finished, recoded and […]
Lady Gaga never tires of confusing people. The songstress recently impressed and shocked fans when she donned a dress made entirely of Hello Kitty dolls in honor of the Japanese toy’s 35th birthday, reports New York Magazine. The “Poker Face” singer isn’t one to shy away from eccentric designs or cartoon characters, previously bringing Kermit […]
Jimmy Buffett has penned many a song about the Gulf Coast and surrounding seas, and it’s no wonder he’s taking to heart the devastating effects of the ongoing BP oil spill. Buffett has issued unrelenting support for the Gulf region recently during its struggles dealing with the effects of the oil spill, and in early […]
1958 was a pivotal year for Elvis Presley. In August, Gladys Presley fell ill with acute hepatitis. Earlier that year, the rock ‘n’ roll star had entered the U.S. Army. He was granted emergency leave to visit his beloved mother in Memphis, arriving two days before she passed away. Presley reported back to Fort Hood, […]
This article describes you the essential requirement to market yourself to become a booming musician. After you have worked out how you are going to publicize the music industry, it is right time to consider on how you will take your content before your main audience: your devotee base, locale renting managing director, producers, brokers, […]
Toby Keith continues to support last year’s American Ride with more tour dates through the summer. The country superstar kicked off 2010 with the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo, returning to the road by the middle of March for an appearance at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. The 39 date jaunt mixes a […]
George Strait first brought Pure Country to light in 1992 when he starred in the country western box office hit, and contemporary country music star Joe Nichols was tapped earlier this year to take over the starring role of Rusty Chandler for a forthcoming musical adaptation. Instead of a Broadway debut in 2010, however, Nichols […]
Hank Williams Jr. once declared that all his rowdy friends had settled down, but Bocephus rallied the troops for select winter and spring dates on his Rowdy Friends Tour 2010. Hank Jr. handpicked some of the liveliest traditional-tinged country music acts in the industry for sporadic dates on an anything-goes nationwide tour, and Hank’s ‘rowdy […]
April 17 was Record Store Day, and the Hold Steady celebrated in a big way. Billboard.com reports that the band played two full sets in honor of the music holiday, one in Manhattan at the Bowery Ballroom and another in Brooklyn. The Hold Steady’s Bowery Ballroom set list sampled songs spanning the band’s entire career, […]
The National may be the poster band for Brooklyn-bred indie rock bands, but Billboard.com sat down with the quartet to talk about their forthcoming new album (High Violet, due out May 11) and massive summer tour and found out about their struggle to stay focused on the music amidst growing fame and mixed feelings about […]
