Santana appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to perform several tracks from his new album Africa Speaks, including “Breaking Down the Door.” Spanish singer Buika appeared along with the group on Kimmel’s outdoor stage for a raucous, celebratory performance led by Carlos Santana. The group also performed three tracks off-air: “Yo …
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Manuel Oliver, the father of Parkland high school shooting victim Joaquin Oliver, delivered a powerful speech during ska legends the Specials‘ Friday night concert at New York’s Brooklyn Steel. Oliver was invited onstage by the group – “One of my favorite bands ever,” he told the crowd – and spoke …
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OneRepublic took The Tonight Show on Jimmy Fallon stage Thursday night to perform their latest single, “Rescue Me.” Frontman Ryan Tedder riled the crowd up with his energetic vocal performance and tambourine-playing, and the song’s house-inspired structure lent itself well to a live audience. Later, Tedder sat down with Fallon …
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Elton John takes a surreal trip down memory lane in the video for his new Rocketman song, “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again.” John wrote the song with his longtime lyricist Bernie Taupin, while he performed it alongside the film’s star, Taron Egerton. Directed by Kii Arens, the “(I’m Gonna) Love …
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Not that it’s any big surprise at this point, but Geddy Lee recently re-affirmed the sad fact that Rush are over as a band in a new interview with the Toronto Sun. “Neil [Peart] insisted that [the 2015 R40 tour] was his last gig,” he said. “And you know, Alex …
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Ahead of the Chemical Brothers‘ headlining gig at Glastonbury, the electronic duo have released their new video for “Eve of Destruction,” the opening track off their recent album No Geography. In the spirit of the legendary Japanese sci-fi series Ultraman, the “Eve of Destruction” video, directed by the duo’s longtime …
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Black Sabbath‘s songs have been covered many different ways — by soul singers, jazz combos and even a fast-food-themed parody band. But it still must have been a surprise for Tony Iommi and onetime Sabbath singer Ian Gillan (best known as the frontman for Deep Purple) when the Armenian ensemble …
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Fresh off his headlining set at Governors Ball, Tyler, the Creator has announced a new set of North American tour dates in support of his new albumIgor. The tour will begin Labor Day weekend at Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle, with 34 stops in New York, Chicago, Miami, San Francisco and …
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Each week, Spotify‘s Under Cover podcast features artists who record covers of songs and discuss their decision to do so. The covers artists choose are typically big hits—from Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow Taxi” to Johnny Cash’s famous cover of Nine Inch Nail’s “Hurt.” So it was a surprise when indie …
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Why Don’t We have released the music video for their latest single “Unbelievable.” In the clip, directed by Henry Lipatov and David Loeffler, the five-piece boy band bring their music and dance moves out to the desert, where they encounter sandy tornadoes, floating sci-fi tesseracts and, eventually, a blooming oasis. …
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