On Friday night (November 21), Billy Corgan premiered an operatic adaptation of the Smashing Pumpkins’ iconic 1995 album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. The production, titled A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness, transformed hits like “Tonight, Tonight,” “1979,” and “Bullet With Butterfly Wings” into a symphonic…… read more »
At their penultimate reunion show in São Paulo, Brazil, on Saturday night (November 22), Oasis honored the late Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist Gary “Mani” Mounfield, who passed away on Thursday (Nov. 20) at the age of 63. “We want to dedicate this to our dear friend, our hero, the one and only Gary…… read more »
A New York State Supreme Court judge dismissed a malicious prosecution lawsuit filed by rare books dealer Glenn Horowitz against Eagles’ Don Henley and manager Irving Azoff. The suit stemmed from a criminal case in which Horowitz was accused of selling stolen handwritten Eagles lyrics, but the case was ultimately dismissed when prosecutors abandoned the…… read more »
Foo Fighters have extended their record on Billboard’s Rock & Alternative Airplay chart with their 13th No. 1 hit, “Asking for a Friend,” marking their second chart-topper in 2025. The song garnered 5.7 million audience impressions in the week ending November 20, following a 6% increase, and succeeded Sublime’s 10-week chart reign with “Ensenada,” which…… read more »
During his concert in Brisbane on Friday night (November 21), Lenny Kravitz revealed on his Instagram story that an enthusiastic fan accidentally pulled out four of his dreadlocks while he was moving through the crowd during a performance of his 1989 hit, “Let Love Rule.” “Brisbane, that was wild,” Kravitz said in the video. “A…… read more »
Jellybean Johnson, the acclaimed drummer for The Time and a renowned producer behind hits like Janet Jackson’s 1990 No. 1 single “Black Cat,” died suddenly on Friday (November 21) at the age of 69. Known for his work with Prince protégés The Time on their first three studio albums – The Time (1980), What Time…… read more »
On Thursday (November 20), The Cure released an official trailer for their live concert film, The Show of a Lost World, which captures their intimate performance in front of 3,000 lucky fans at London’s Troxy on the release night of their 2024 album, Songs of a Lost World. Directed by Grammy-nominated filmmaker Nick Wickham and…… read more »
In a new YouTube interview, Tom Morello revealed that Audioslave, the supergroup formed by members of Rage Against the Machine and late Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, has a batch of unreleased songs from their three studio albums released between 2001 and 2007. “There’s probably like an album’s worth of great Audioslave songs that were not…… read more »
Gary “Mani” Mounfield, the renowned bassist of The Stone Roses and Primal Scream, died at 63 after collapsing from a seizure at his home. Mani’s brother Greg confirmed his passing with a statement on Facebook: “It is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to announce the sad passing of my brother. Gary Mani…… read more »
Dave Grohl and Gibson have launched the DG-335 Limited Edition Alpine White signature guitar, which are capped at just 50 units worldwide and priced at $11,999. Modeled after Grohl’s own Alpine White DG-335 used in Foo Fighters shows since 2021, the guitar combines ES-335 and Trini Lopez design elements, featuring a semi-hollow maple/poplar/maple body, mahogany…… read more »