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Kurt Cobain's 'MTV Unplugged' cardigan up for auction

By November 04, 2015 | Category_What's New Kurt Cobain MTV Unplugged Nirvana

The single item of Kurt's clothing is expected to fetch upwards of £25,000 The cardigan that Kurt Cobain wore during the band's 'MTV Unplugged' performance is to go up for auction in America on November 7, alongside a host of other big name music memorabilia, including a lock of the...

The Police Announce Themselves in a Big Way With ‘Outlandos d’Amour’

By November 03, 2015 | Category_What's New Music Police

When the Police‘s debut album came out on Nov. 2, 1978, it sounded like little else on the music landscape. The band was lumped in with punk and burgeoning New Wave groups at the time, but it played a mix of reggae and rock-inspired pop with all the time-shifting complexities...

Watch James Hetfield Record New Metallica Music

By November 03, 2015 | Category_What's New James Hetfield Metallica Music Recording

The members of Metallica are celebrating a completely renovated website — and overhauled fan club — with an introductory video that offers a tantalizingly brief glimpse of guitarist James Hetfield working on some new music. The video, which you can watch at the new Metallica site, begins with a few...

Blue Introduces Lola

By October 29, 2015 | Blue Category_What's New Headphones New Launch

Blue has expanded their acclaimed headphone family with Lola, a sealed, over-the-ear headphone with massive custom drivers and detailed, accurate sound quality. Lola introduces a new lighter, slim-fit headband with a four-point, multi-jointed linkage system and pivoting arms that allow the headphones to remain parallel at all times. The headband...

Adele Interview: World Exclusive First Interview In Three Years

By October 29, 2015 | 25 Adele Category_What's New Full Read Interview New Album

Adele Adkins is an anomaly. She has won at the fame game simply by refusing to play it, and her music is all the better for it. She’s perhaps the most important British singer of right here, right now. In her first interview in forever, Adele talks about being a...

Keith Richards says drugs 'never did anything for my creativity'

By October 26, 2015 | Category_What's New

Rolling Stones man dispels link between drugs and art The Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has denied a connection between drug use and creativity. The veteran musician was speaking to Kirsty Young for BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, telling the host: "I have never felt it did anything for...

Adele – The 5 Biggest Talking Points From Her Comeback Interviews This Morning

By October 26, 2015 | 25 Adele Category_What's New New Album

Adele set out on the campaign trail this morning for her new album '25' by launching a typically-charming charm offensive on a collective of major UK radio stations this morning. As well as visits to BBC Radio 1 and 2, the Tottenham-born singer chatted to both Capital FM and Beats'...

MTV EMAs 2015: 5 Big Talking Points - From Bieber Winning The Night To Sheeran Being A Good Sport

By October 26, 2015 | Category_What's New EMA 2015 MTV

This year's MTV European Music Awards (EMAs) were always going to struggle to compete with August's VMAs featuring a crying Justin Bieber, Nicki Minaj's infamous "Miley, what's good?" zinger and Kanye West announcing that he intends to run for President. But that's not to say the annual Euro-bash - held...

Slate Partners with ProMusicals to Distribute Raven in India

By October 26, 2015 | Brand News Category_What's New India Music Raven Music Slate

Revolutionary touchscreen DAW controller comes to India. Slate Media Technology has announced a partnership with ProMusicals, establishing them as India’s official distributor of the Raven line of Multitouch Recording Consoles. After debuting the Raven MTi 27’’ Multitouch Recording Console for Indian audiences at the Palm show in Mumbai on May...

Adele Confirms 25 Album Release Date And New Single Hello

By October 23, 2015 | 25 Adele Category_What's New New Album

It's been nearly five years since the release of her last studio album. And on Thursday, Adele teased more details about the release of her upcoming third album 25 with her new single Hello set to be played for the first time on BBC Radio 1 on Friday. In posts...

Watch Iron Maiden Not Even Pretend to Lip-Sync ‘Wasted Years’

By October 23, 2015 | Category_What's New Iron Maiden News

Being forced to lip-sync a performance on television is a time-honored tradition for rock and pop acts. But not every band is willing to play along, as you can see in the above clip of Iron Maiden having a laugh while pretending to perform “Wasted Years.” It was filmed in...

Billy Gibbons Postpones Start of Solo Tour

By October 23, 2015 | Billy Gibbons Category_What's New Concert Music

Billy Gibbons has postponed the first 12 dates on his tour in support of his upcoming album, Perfectamundo. The news was announced in a press release today, and the new dates can be found below. The tour was originally scheduled to begin in Atlanta on Nov. 10, but will now...