To help celebrate today’s release of the new documentary and concert movie “History of the Eagles,” Don Henley and the boys have announced a few more dates for their upcoming North American tour. The previously announced leg of the tour kicks off July 6 in Louisville, Kentucky, and the new dates will begin September 6 [...]

The fourth incarnation of the annual LouFest has gathered an impressive lineup including Wilco, Alabama Shakes and the Killers. This year’s version of the event will be held September 7-8 at Forest Park, which is in the heart of St. Louis. Other notable acts include The National, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Jim James, [...]

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 [...]

“Get ready to party with ‘Good Morning America’ every Friday this summer!” That’s what ABC is saying about it’s upcoming annual summer concert series, and this year the lineup includes Alicia Keys, Mariah Carey and Kenny Chesney, among many others. Mariah Carey will start things off as the first performer on May 24. The series [...]

Ani DiFranco will head out on two short tours later this year to continue to support her most recent album, Which Side Are You On? The first handful of dates will take place in late September, starting at the Lifestyle Communities Pavilion in Columbus, Ohio on September 21 and running through a September 28 show [...]

To generate buzz for an upcoming release, accomplished artists have a variety of methods for digital exposure. The most traditional and straightforward is good old-fashioned pitching, which is essentially reaching out to blogs and publications that hone in on the artist’s stylistic niche. This is often the go-to strategy for independent artists, as pitching can [...]

In our weekly infographic series, we take a look at plotting life’s course to become a rock star. It seems pretty glamorous from the outside, right? You get as much tail as you can handle. The drugs flow from the water fountains and you get to eventually earn your badge in rehab. With all the [...]

In the relatively new world of digital music promotion, musicians would be wise to acquaint themselves with every form of popular social media. Sure, it’s a given to set up a Facebook page and Twitter account for your music project, but creatively infusing Pinterest into a music PR campaign has proved surprisingly successful for many [...]

Black Sabbath’s career is spread out over several decades, multiple lineup changes, and varying degrees of success. Like many classic rock groups that persistently carry on, Black Sabbath’s early years were marked by gems that established the group as titans of a newly conceptualized movement, in their case the fusion of heavy metal and rock [...]

Some may be a genuine case of accidental exposure, some may be a more contrived approach to gain publicity. But whatever the reasons behind it, the female celebrity nipple slip is a guaranteed way to create a headline. Here’s a look at six of the most famous to have occurred over the years. Warning: All [...]