The lineup for this year’s Carnival of Madness tour has been announced, and Evanescence and Chevelle will headline the traveling festival. Rounding out the lineup will be Halestorm, Cavo and New Medicine. This year’s version of the tour will kick off July 31 at the Prairie Capital Convention Center in Springfield, Ill., and is scheduled [...]

The lineup for this year’s iTunes Festival in London has been announced, and Usher, Norah Jones, Jack White and One Direction will be among the featured artists at the star studded festival. Unique among many of the festivals taking place this summer, the iTunes Festival is a series of free concerts that will run throughout [...]

Though at one point this year it seemed like Van Halen was never going to stop adding shows to their current tour, now they have started taking dates away. Though the tour was scheduled to run through September 25, all dates after a New Orleans’ gig on July 26 have now been canceled – and [...]

Donna Summer, the legendary singer known as the “Queen of Disco,” died yesterday of cancer at the age of 63. In addition to her anthems that helped define the disco era, Summer also embodied the style from her long, flowing gowns to her platform shoes. But it was her hits like “Love to Love You, [...]

New Orleans’ Voodoo Experience Festival will return once again this year, and Green Day and Neil Young & Crazy Horse will perform as headliners at the event. As per usual, the festival will be held during Halloween weekend, from October 26-28. This year will be the 14th annual incarnation of the festival. Along with the [...]

Billed as “the only touring hip-hop festival,” Rock the Bells has announced an extensive lineup including Wiz Khalifa, Nas and Kid Cudi. This year’s festival will hit three cities, and be a two-day event at each location. The first stop will be San Bernardino, Calif. on August 18–19, and performances at the other two cities [...]

Although rumors of a Rolling Stones 50th anniversary celebration were all but killed earlier this year by Mick Jagger and Keith Richard’s insinuation that the band would wait until 2013 for any new shows, Ron Wood has now indicated that the group could play some shows this year after all. “I am keeping October/November free, [...]

It’s hard to know exactly what Conor Oberst is up to at any given moment. First, just when it seemed like his old moniker Bright Eyes was retired and gone, he reformed the group for a new tour and album last year, after a couple years spent playing shows under his own name for the [...]

Earlier this year, Lady Antebellum announced that they would be hosting a contest called “Lady A at Your Prom,” and the lucky winning school would receive a special performance by Lady A at their prom. And that event will take place tonight at the KFC Yum Center in Louisville, Ky. In the form of a [...]

It’s hard to believe that pop punkers MxPx have been making music together for 20 years, but that landmark has been reached. And of course, the band plans to celebrate in a variety of ways. First of all, the band has turned their previously announced West Coast 20th Anniversary concerts into a full-fledged tour. The [...]