Maroon 5
Tinashe & D.R.A.M. touring separately, playing NYC together
Tinashe also keeps delaying the release of ‘Joyride’ but does keep dropping great singles, like last month’s “Company.”
Metallica playing pre-Super Bowl show in San Francisco (where Decemberists play NYE)
The Super Bowl celebrates its 50th edition this year on February 7 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. The halftime entertainment for the “Golden Super Bowl” hasn’t been announced yet (Maroon 5 are the oddsmakers’ favorites) but they have announced this year’s now-annual “The Night Before” concert which happens February 6 at San Francisco’s AT&T Park…
Izod Center, RIP
Despite protests from local officials, union members, and members of the state Legislature, NJ did in fact vote to close the Izod Center…..
NJ might shut down the Izod Center aka the Meadowlands arena (fka Continental Airlines & Brendan Byrne Arena)
NJ officials want to close down the Izod Center because no sports happen there, it’s losing money, and it can’t seem to compete with all the other arenas and stadiums in the area (like Prudential Center in Newark and Barclays Center in Brooklyn)…
Michael Che is new 'Weekend Update' co-anchor for SNL's upcoming 40th season ++ hosts, musical guests & other news
NBC’s Saturday Night Live is hitting a milestone this fall, as the upcoming season will be its 40th. The show returns on September 27 with Parks & Rec‘s Chris Pratt as host and Ariana Grande as musical guest…
Marketa Irglova working on solo LP, announces show; 'Once' director's new music-themed film out Friday (watch the trailer)
Marketa Irglova at MNFW 2011 (more by Autumn Andel)
The Swell Season’s Marketa Irglova is working on her second solo album, entitled Muna, and she’s just announced a one-off NYC show at Le Poisson Rouge on October 10…
A bunch of artists wrote an open letter to Pandora who support the Internet Radio Fairness Act
This letter, signed by a ton of artists and pictured above, is set to appear in an ad in Billboard:We are big fans of Pandora. That’s why we helped give the company a discount on rates for the past decade…
Beach Boys played the Grammys, playing Bonnaroo? (we'll know for sure soon)
Though the Bonnaroo lineup won’t be announced until later today (via Spotify), Knoxville.com has supposedly leaked some of it via a photo gallery which includes Beach Boys, Radiohead, Bon Iver, Phish, Foster the People, Alice Cooper, Ludacris, Black Star, Skrillex, Punch Brothers, The Avett Brothers, The Shins, Flogging Molly, Feist and Aziz Ansari…
Gavin DeGraw assaulted in East Village
“Pop singer Gavin DeGraw was viciously beaten by a pack of thugs on the Lower East Side early yesterday — and then hit by a taxi as he stumbled off, police sources said…
Owl City guy likes Botch, Neurosis & Mogwai, hates self
Owl City fans (by Chris Lynch)Absolute Punk: I also read online that when you are a fan of Botch, that seems a little different especially for the music that you make…
