Michael Buble will undertake an extensive U.S. tour to support his most recent album, To Be Loved. The 40-city trek will kick off at the United Center in Chicago on September 7, and will continue through a November 30 date at the Oracle Center in Oakland. The arena tour also will take the singer to [...]

What a difference a year makes. This weekend last year, I was sweating my balls off in Memphis, taking in the bevy of acts at Beale Street Music Festival. Last night, I was freezing my nips off at Charlotte Motor Speedway. I wasn’t watching the stock cars endlessly circle the Nascar track. I was here [...]

Even more so than vision, a musician’s hearing is considered essential to his songwriting for obvious reasons. Constructing even a basic melody can be an obstacle with hearing loss, even if only affects one ear – as is the case with most of the musicians below. While it is incredibly rare for a successful musician [...]

It’s taken quite some time for the Black Sabbath reunion with Ozzy Osbourne to find its rails. The group has performed a few dates, but extensive touring as well as a new album release date have been continuously pushed back due first to guitarist Tony Iommi’s battle with cancer and later from contract disputes with [...]

This year’s second incarnation of the Under the Influence tour will feature Wiz Khalifa, A$AP Rocky and B.o.B, along with a slew of special guests. The expanded version of the tour this year will hit 20 cities in North America, starting at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California on July 17. The trek will [...]

Bob Dylan still tours pretty extensively, particularly as a man of a certain age. And when new dates for his so-called “Never Ending Tour” are announced once or twice a year, they typically include a relatively strong support act or two, but it’s rare that a truly impressive lineup for a string of Dylan shows [...]

Almost Famous is one of the finest music-oriented dramas ever. In addition to its brilliant casting and superb original soundtrack, its success hinged largely on director and writer Cameron Crowe, who used a hefty amount of anecdotal inspiration to create characters like William, the bright-eyed protagonist, and Penny Lane, the mysteriously beautiful groupie of the [...]

As the 12th season of American Idol comes down the final stretch, viewers are reminded how truly intense the show becomes when the number of contestants is dwindled down to five. Merely making the show is a great achievement, but the final five always tends to feature powerhouses that go on to relative success regardless [...]

Selena Gomez has announced a massive world tour to support her upcoming debut solo album. The news comes just after she debuted the song “Come & Get It” at this year’s MTV Movie Awards, and the tour will include over 50 stops in North America and Europe. First up for the singer is a stint [...]

There have been times in the career of Steely Dan when the group rarely, if ever, toured. However, those times apparently are gone. [Choose your own Reelin’ in the Years joke here]. The group has just announced an extensive summer tour that will keep Donald Fagen and Walter Becker (along with a stellar backing band) [...]