Taylor Swift at the Super Bowl: Pop megastar dominates lead-up amid relationship with NFL star Travis Kelce

Taylor Swift at the Super Bowl: Pop megastar dominates lead-up amid relationship with NFL star Travis Kelce

Hey everyone, there’s a football game on. Not since Deflategate has off-field drama garnered so much attention in the lead-up to the NFL’s Superbowl. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Taylor Swift’s mad dash to Super Bowl before Aussie tour. The NFL is back on the Screens of 7. Watch games Live and Free every Monday on … Read more

Jimmy Barnes to play Byron Bay Bluesfest before national tour, months after heart operation

Jimmy Barnes to play Byron Bay Bluesfest before national tour, months after heart operation

Jimmy Barnes’ return to the stage has been locked in, months after he underwent open heart surgery. The Australian music legend’s comeback will be at no less than the Byron Bay Bluesfest, on Sunday, March 31. “I can’t wait to get back on stage, in front of the band and playing for you all,” the … Read more

Jimmy Van Eaton, an early rock ‘n’ roll drummer who played at Sun Records, dies at 86

Jimmy Van Eaton, an early rock ‘n’ roll drummer who played at Sun Records, dies at 86

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — J.M. “Jimmy” Van Eaton, a pioneering rock ‘n’ roll drummer who played behind the likes of Jerry Lee Lewis and Billy Lee Riley at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee, died Friday at age 86, a family member said. Van Eaton, a Memphis native who came to the famous record label as a … Read more

Pink shares major win ahead of Australian tour: ‘So deserved’

Pink shares major win ahead of Australian tour: ‘So deserved’

As Pink kicks off the Australian leg of her Summer Carnival tour, the singer has revealed a major win for the show — she has taken home the award for Pollstar’s Pop Tour of the Year. “Congratulations to our Pop Tour of the Year Winner, @Pink’s Summer Carnival tour!” Pollstar, a publication that covers live … Read more

Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Cher, Sade, Oasis and Ozzy Osbourne among Rock Hall nominees for ’24

Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Cher, Sade, Oasis and Ozzy Osbourne among Rock Hall nominees for ’24

NEW YORK — Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Cher, Lenny Kravitz, the late Sinéad O’Connor and heavy metal’s so-called Prince of Darkness are some the 2024 nominees for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, a wide musical net that also includes the pop-soul of Sade and Britpoppers Oasis. Ozzy Osbourne, who led … Read more

Taylor Swift prepares for an epic journey to the Super Bowl. Will she make it?

Taylor Swift prepares for an epic journey to the Super Bowl. Will she make it?

TOKYO — Will she make it? Taylor Swift’s last song will still be ringing in the ears of thousands of fans at the Tokyo Dome on Saturday night when the singer is expected to rush to a private jet at Haneda airport that will take her on a time-zone-spanning journey to see her boyfriend, NFL … Read more

Wayne Kramer, late guitarist of rock band MC5, also leaves legacy of bringing music to prisons

Wayne Kramer, late guitarist of rock band MC5, also leaves legacy of bringing music to prisons

LOS ANGELES — The tributes that poured in following Wayne Kramer’s death last week came from musicians praising the MC5 guitarist’s contributions to rock music, as well as from prison reform advocates who extolled his legacy of bringing music to incarcerated people. Kramer, who died Feb. 2 at age 75 of pancreatic cancer, influenced generations … Read more