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Congratulations are in order for Billy Corgan and his wife Chloé Mendel Corgan on the birth of their third child, a baby daughter named Juno. The little Pumpkin arrived into this world on Tuesday (March 18th) at the family’s home in Highland Park, Illinois.

The cherubic Juno weighed in at a healthy 9.9 pounds and measured 22 inches, with Corgan telling People, “My wife Chloé is doing well and recovering, and baby Juno is happy, healthy, and nursing with gusto. We are so touched by all the kind wishes of support and love, and thank those who helped Chloé and baby have such a safe, and peaceful, home birth.”

The Smashing Pumpkins’ frontman added, “The kids are absolutely thrilled by their new sister, and being 9 (Augustus) and 6 (Philomena) they can’t wait till she’s old enough to play.”

The couple shared a photo of themselves with Juno in bed (see...

Babymetal have announced a 2025 North American tour with support from Black Veil Brides, Jinjer, and Bloodywood on select dates.

The Japanese pop-metal act will kick off the outing on June 13th in Houston, and wrap things up on July 23rd in Phoenix, highlighted by a show on June 24th at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The route also hits major markets such as Chicago, San Francisco, and Las Vegas, among others.

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A Live Nation ticket pre-sale begins Wednesday (March 19th) at 10 a.m. local time using the code Funky. General ticket sales start Friday (March 21st) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster.

Babymetal are coming off a series of collaborative tracks with artists such as Tom Morello, future tourmates Bloodywood, and Electric Callboy. Per Babymetal’s tour press release, “the new collaborations offer a peak into what should be their...

Reports of the demise of South by Southwest’s music element seem to have been exaggerated, with SXSW organizers clarifying that while next year’s event will be shorter, its music presence will not be diminished.

A spokesperson for SXSW confirmed that the festival is reconfiguring as the Austin Convention Center is set to shut down for renovation. As such, SXSW 2026 will be two days shorter, cutting into what has traditionally been the festival’s music-focused second weekend. (Since 1987, a music conference with four days of programming has taken place on Wednesday through Saturday.) But next year’s event will feature an additional night of music, melding into SXSW’s film and television programming.

“We are really excited about the plans for SXSW 2026” a SXSW spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter. “With the Austin Convention Center closing down for three years, we believe it’s a great opportunity to put new ideas into action.

SXSW 2025 is underway! The music portion of the long-running Austin, Texas festival got started with a scattering of big and small shows around town as evening fell on March 11. If you knew where to look, you might find a classic rock legend, a chart-topping pop star, or any number of exciting rising acts. Here are the best things we saw on Tuesday.

John Fogerty Has Something to Celebrate

“I just got my songs back, and I’m gonna play every one of ‘em!” John Fogerty exclaimed early in his set at Stubb’s.

When H.E.R. won an Oscar for Best Original Song for “Judas and the Black Messiah” in 2021, she used her acceptance to thank some of her biggest influences, including Sly and the Family Stone, Stevie Wonder, and Curtis Mayfield. But when articles about her speech began popping up online, she noticed that Mayfield was the name that websites always cut from the headlines.

That experience convinced H.E.R. that Mayfield, a soul legend whose legacy spanned ’60s hits with The Impressions to a solo career that included the influential “Super Fly” soundtrack, hadn’t received the appropriate recognition from modern audiences. She attempts to rectify the problem with her directorial debut, “The Makings of Curtis Mayfield,” a documentary that sees her join an A-list roster of her musical idols to discuss Mayfield’s ongoing legacy.

As the film tells it, Mayfield was ahead of the curve on just about everything.

Billy Corgan is celebrating the 30th anniversary of The Smashing Pumpkins’ classic 1995 album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, by teaming up with Lyric Opera of Chicago for a run of November 2025 concerts set to take place in the singer-guitarist’s hometown.

“A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness” will be staged across seven nights at Lyric Opera of Chicago. The performances will re-imagine the album “for an immersive original sonic and visual experience that blurs the boundaries of opera, rock, and performance art.”

Tickets, which start at $49, go on sale to the general public on April 11th at 10 a.m. at the Lyric Opera of Chicago website, but are currently available to subscribers of the opera house’s 2025/2026 season package.

Corgan stated, “It is thrilling to collaborate with Lyric head John Mangum, my musical partner James Lowe, and all of the artists at Lyric in reimagining this very special and historic album,...

Billy Corgan thinks The Smashing Pumpkins are “one of the most misunderstood bands in the history of rock ‘n’ roll.” That’s what the alt-rock act’s frontman told Joe Rogan during a near-three-hour conversation on the latter’s über-popular podcast.

As the guest on a new episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, Corgan touched on a myriad of topics. At one point the pair started to discuss the renewed popularity of once-derided bands Nickelback and Creed.

While talking about polarizing music acts, Corgan said, “You’re about to see that Nickelback and Creed are about to go on a huge run of business. … They survived [the hate], and now comes the inevitable moment of, ‘It was really good’ … they wrote a lot of great songs.”

On that note, Corgan said that he believes that the Pumpkins will get more respect as the years go by, remarking, “It’s kind of how...

Music prodigy Nandi Bushell has unveiled a new single titled “The Only One,” an alt-pop tune from her new band Blu Reflection. The trio features Nandi on drums and vocals, Sebby Joel on guitar, and Kea Emina on bass.

The teenage three-piece posted a couple of covers last year, but this is their first original song together. The melodic single has 14-year-old Nandi singing an infectious chorus featuring the lyrics, “Maybe I’m the only one/ That feels like this/ Maybe you’re the only one/ Who hurts like me.”

In the song credits, Nandi is listed as both the composer and the lyricist, adding another impressive entry on her musical résumé. The multi-instrumentalist has jammed with the likes of Foo Fighters, Tom Morello, Brian May, and more, at one point earning Consequence‘s 2021 Rookie of the Year honors.

When we interviewed Nandi in 2021, we asked her where she envisioned...

Nandi Bushell has added a new dimension to her impressive music skills. The 14-year-old prodigy has posted a TikTok video of herself playing drums to the Led Zeppelin classic “Good Times Bad Times” while wearing high heels.

Taking on the late John Bonham’s drum parts is hard enough, but Nandi takes it one step further, handling the bass drum with precision in her stilettos.

The video also promotes Nandi’s next single, “The Only One,” which arrives on March 3rd. The caption reads, “‘The Only One’ my next single – 3rd of March 2025! Until then enjoy me performing one of the greatest rock songs ever ‘Good Time Bad Times’ by @ledzeppelin in gold high heels.”

Consequence has been following Nandi since she was still in single digits, and we named her our 2021 Rookie of the Year after she engaged in a headline-making drum-off with Dave Grohl and co-wrote a song with Tom Morello.

Rocklahoma has unveiled its 2025 lineup headlined by Shinedown, Five Finger Death Punch, Breaking Benjamin, and Three Days Grace.

The three-day fest is set for Labor Day weekend at the Rockin’ Red Dirt Ranch Festival Grounds in Pryor, Oklahoma. Passes go on sale Friday (February 28th) at 10 a.m. Ct via the festival’s website. You can also look for deals via StubHub, where your purchase is 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s Fan Protect program.

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Other notable names on the lineup include Marilyn Manson, 311, Alice Cooper, Knocked Loose, The Darkness, Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson, Marky Ramone, Tom Morello, and Dee Snider, among others.

Snider will be headlining a special Thursday festival kickoff concert on August 28th. The gig is free for all weekend ticket holders and features additional performances by Trixter and more.

“We are so amped to announce that we are headlining this year’s Rocklahoma!

Ozzy Osbourne is tempering expectations ahead of his final live show this summer. The musician is set to perform with a reunited Black Sabbath at Back to the Beginning, an all-star, one-night-only charity gig in Birmingham, England, on July 5.

However, Osbourne confirmed that he is not in the physical shape to do the entire set. Speaking on his SiriusXM show, the singer said, “I’m not planning on doing a set with Black Sabbath, but I am doing little bits and pieces with them. I am doing what I can,...

If the all-star lineup for the final Black Sabbath show wasn’t already enough for you, Guns N’ Roses and Tool have now been added to the historic concert event.

As previously reported, the “Back to the Beginning” concert at Villa Park in Birmingham, England, on July 5th will mark the final shows for both Black Sabbath and their singer, Ozzy Osbourne.

Guns N’ Roses, Tool, and Rival Sons are among the newly added bands for the all-day extravaganza, joining an already jam-packed lineup of Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Gojira, Halestorm, Alice in Chains, Lamb of God, Anthrax, Mastodon, and more.

Other new acts include producer Andrew Watt, David Ellefson (ex-Megadeth), Mike Bordin (Faith No More), Vernon Reid (Living Colour), Whitfield Crane (Ugly Kid Joe), and the host of the event, actor Jason Momoa. They join previously announced individual musicians such as Billy Corgan, Chad Smith, Fred Durst, Jonathan Davis, Ghost...

Ozzy Osbourne and Billy Idol guitarist Billy Morrison have shared a new, revamped version their 2015 song, “Gods of Rock N Roll.”

The original “God of Rock N Roll” was released 10 years ago on Morrison’s 2015 solo album, God Shaped Hole, while this one is set to appear on his forthcoming album, The Morrison Project. The 2025 take features vocals from Osbourne, as well as backing from a 61-piece orchestra, and extra guitars from Steve Stevens (who’s also been playing guitar with Idol alongside Morrison for years).

Speaking with Kerrang! about the track,...

Monica Barbaro’s Academy Award-nominated portrayal of Joan Baez in the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown has introduced an entirely new generation of fans to the folk icon, even though Baez retired from the road following a 2019 farewell tour and rarely performs live these days. She made an exception Saturday night when she took the stage at a tribute concert held in her honor at San Francis’s Masonic, with all proceeds going to Sweet Relief Musicians Fund.

The roster for the show included Jackson Browne, Emmylou Harris, Roseanne Cash,...

Ozzy Osbourne’s Parkinson’s disease has progressed to the point where the musician is no longer able to walk. Speaking on his SiriusXM program Ozzy’s Boneyard this week, Osbourne discussed what fans can expect from his final live performance, which will include a reunion with Black Sabbath.

“I have made it to 2025,” Osbourne said. “I can’t walk, but you know what I was thinking over the holidays? For all my complaining, I’m still alive. I may be moaning that I can’t walk, but I look down the road,...

The list of releases for Record Store Day 2025 (April 12th) were unveiled on Thursday (February 6th), and one of the standout items is a new Rage Against the Machine concert album titled Live On Tour 1993.

The 2-lp vinyl release compiles 10 “completely untouched and unmixed live recordings” from various cities on Ratm’s 1993 tour. In addition to three sides of music, the double vinyl includes one side with an artistic etching.

Among the 10 live tracks are such classics as “Bombtrack”, “Killing in the Name” (Orlando), “Bullet in the Head” (Paris), and “Know Your Enemy” (Toronto).

All told, the collection includes live performances of all 10 songs on Rage Against the Machine’s 1992 self-titled debut album. It’s limited to 15,000 copies and will initially only be available in independent record stores.

Rage Against the Machine embarked on a reunion tour in 2022, playing their first shows in 11 years. However, the outing was cut short...

Howie Mandel is expressing remorse after surprising Bill Burr with an appearance by Billy Corgan during a recent episode of his Howie Mandel Does Stuff podcast.

“I want to apologize,” Mandel said on the latest episode of the podcast, which he co-hosts with his daughter, Jackelyn Schultz. “I feel horrible. I’m sorry Bill, I’m sorry Billy … I legitimately thought I was doing something nice, I swear to you. I thought it was funny.”

To quickly recap, Corgan had been a guest on Mandel’s podcast back in November, when the Smashing Pumpkins frontman suggested that he and Burr could be half-brothers, based on their similar looks and his father’s romantic escapades as a traveling musician.

Mandel then had Burr on as a guest in January, and partway through the interview, he surprised the comedian by welcoming Corgan, who sat down right next to Burr. Upon seeing Corgan,...

Gold Derby’s top news stories for Feb. 5, 2025. Oscar-nominated Elton John and Brandi Carlile announce full album, one-off concert

Elton John, a member of the Egot (Emmy-Grammy-Oscar-Tony) Club, and Brandi Carlile – nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song together for their tune “Never Too Late” from the documentary feature Elton John: Never Too Late – announced Wednesday that they’re releasing an entire 10-song album together entitled Who Believes in Angels? that features “Never Too Late” as part of the mix. The title track was released concurrent with the announcement, with the full album slated to drop on April 4.

The two singers will also be performing what’s being promoted as a one-off concert, “An Evening with Elton John and Brandi Carlile,” at the London Palladium on March 26. It’s billed as a “one-night-only event” featuring “performance and storytelling.” The album is described as a collaboration between John, Carlile, producer...

The metal world woke up Wednesday to the stunning news that the original Black Sabbath lineup was reforming for one final show in Birmingham, England, on July 5, where they’ll be joined by an impressive list of guests including Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Anthrax, Alice in Chains, Slash and Duff McKagan, Kk Downing, Tom Morello, Wolfgang Van Halen, Zakk Wylde, Jake E. Lee, and many others.

“It’s my time to go Back to the Beginning….time for me to give back to the place where I was born,” Ozzy Osbourne said in a statement.

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It’s the end of the tour for Ozzy Osbourne.

After more than 60 years of live performances, the legendary rocker has announced that his next show will be his last.

It’s a bittersweet moment for fans, as the sadness of Osbourne’s retirement is mingled with the excitement of another announcement:

Ozzy Osbourne attends the Ozzy Osbourne Album Special on SiriusXM’s Ozzy’s Boneyard Channel at at SiriusXM Studios on July 29, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for SiriusXM) Ozzy’s Big Send-Off

For his July farewell show, Ozzy will be joined by the original lineup of Black Sabbath, the band he co-founded back in 1968.

The band will perform as part of the one-day Back to the Beginning festival at Villa Park in Birmingham, England.

The lineup will also include Metallica, Slayer, Lamb of God, Alice in Chains, and Anthrax.

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The original Black Sabbath will reunite this July for a British heavy metal festival performance hailed as Ozzy Osbourne’s final concert.

The four original members — Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler, and drummer Bill Ward, who hadn’t taken part in recent reunions, including their The End Tour in 2016 — will perform together live for the first time since 2005 at what’s being called Back to the Beginning, an all-star, one-night-only charity gig in Birmingham, England on July 5.

Also on the lineup for Osbourne’s farewell party at Back to the Beginning: Metallica,...

The original Black Sabbath lineup — Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward — will reunite for a final show on July 5th at Villa Park in the band’s hometown of Birmingham, England. The all-star bill will also feature an Ozzy solo set, Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, and many of the other biggest names in heavy metal and rock music.

The rest of the lineup will include Gojira, Halestorm, Alice in Chains, Lamb of God, Anthrax, and Mastodon, making for one of the biggest metal gatherings of all time. Tickets go on sale Friday, February 14th, at 10am local time.

The concert — dubbed “Back to the Beginning” — will mark Black Sabbath’s first show since they wrapped up their farewell tour in February 2017, although that outing did not include Bill Ward. In fact, the last time the original lineup performed was 20 years ago at Ozzfest 2005.

Meanwhile, Ozzy hasn’t played...

Billy Corgan has announced details of his new podcast, titled The Magnificent Others. Among the Smashing Pumpkins frontman’s initial guests will be Gene Simmons, Corey Feldman, and Tom Morello.

It was reported last year that Corgan and Limp Bizkit singer Fred Durst had each inked deals to launch podcasts on

Bill Maher’s Club Random Studios network. Now, the details on Corgan’s podcast have been revealed.

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan will launch with its first episode on February 5th. Among the other guests slated to appear on the podcast are Ministry’s Al Jourgensen, Zakk Wylde, Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, Richie Sambora, Stone Temple Pilots’ Dean and Robert DeLeo, Sharon Osbourne, Carnie Wilson, and more.

According to a press release, “Through in-depth, candid conversations, all captured on camera in a unique, engaging way, Billy and his guests peel back the layers of success in captivating in-person interviews,...

The Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan is returning to the world of podcasting.

Corgan, best known for records such as Gish, Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, has teamed up with Bill Maher’s Club Random Studios on The Magnificent Others.

The video podcast, which launches on February 5, will feature Corgan having conversations with musicians, artists, entrepreneurs and scientists.

Guests include Kiss’ Gene Simmons, Corey Feldman, Sam & Dave’s Sam Moore, Bon Jovi’s Richie Sambora, Wilson Phillips’ Carnie Wilson, Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello, Pat Benatar and Neil Geraldo.

It comes after The Smashing Pumpkins recently released their 13th album – Aghori Mhori Mei – last year.

Corgan, who also owns and serves as president of The National Wrestling Alliance, is the latest star to sign up to work with Maher’s Club Random Studios, which also features podcasts from Shane Smith and Jillian Michaels.

The legendary Smokey Robinson will be honored at the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music’s third annual American Music Honors in April, the organization announced on Tuesday.

The Motown icon and “You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me” singer will be celebrated alongside John Fogerty, Emmylou Harris, Tom Morello, and Joe Ely.

“This year’s honorees represent a cross-section of American music,” Robert Santelli, founding executive director of the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music, said in a statement. “Rock, Americana, soul, and country are all...

Throughout the 50 seasons of Saturday Night Live, several music acts have been reported to be banned from ever appearing again following controversial performances on the iconic sketch-comedy show. However, SNL creator and producer Lorne Michaels insists that SNL has “never banned anyone” in its half-century history.

Michaels’ revelation comes courtesy of the new documentary Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music, which premiered Monday night (January 27th) on NBC and is now streaming on Peacock.

“I’ll read it sometimes in the Post, ‘So and so’s banned for life,’” says Michaels in the doc. “We’ve never banned anyone. We’re way too crass and opportunistic. If something’s hot, we’re going to go for it and have it on.”

For decades, it’s been assumed that music acts like Sinéad O’Connor, Rage Against the Machine, Fear, Elvis Costello, and even the legendary David Bowie were banned from ever playing Saturday Night Live again.

NBC continues to celebrate the 50th anniversary of “Saturday Night Live” with the new documentary, “Ladies & Gentlemen … 50 Years of SNL Music.” Following the recent four-episode docuseries “SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night,” amid the 50th season, which airs Sundays, and ahead of the star-studded, three-hour primetime event “SNL50: The Anniversary Special,” the feature-length music doc promises a deep dive into the musical performances that have become as much of a cultural hallmark as the comedy show’s sketches.

The doc is directed by Grammy and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Emmy Award winner Oz Rodriguez, and features a roster of more than 50 interviews with musicians and “SNL” staffers, including Elvis Costello, Miley Cyrus, Billie Eilish & Finneas, Dave Grohl, Debbie Harry & Chris Stein, Mick Jagger, Dua Lipa, Lorne Michaels, Fred Armisen, Conan O’Brien, Bill Hader, Eddie Murphy, Maya Rudolph, Bowen Yang and many, many more.

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NBC is celebrating 50 years of Saturday Night Live by honoring all of the musical guests in a new three-hour special.

Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music is airing on NBC on Monday night (January 27) and will feature untold stories behind the culture-defining, groundbreaking and news-making musical performances, sketches and cameos of the past 50 years.

The special will showcase interviews with musical artists, cast, writers, producers and more who have been part of SNL’s legacy.

Oscar-winning filmmaker Questlove, who leads the band on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, directed the special with Emmy Award winner Oz Rodriguez.

“Everyone knows the most famous SNL appearances, whether it’s Elvis Costello, Prince or the Beastie Boys, but they’re the tip of a huge iceberg,” Questlove said. “The process of going back through the incredible archival footage was like being in a time machine, DeLorean or other. I’m so happy...

A new documentary titled Ladies & Gentlemen … 50 Years of SNL Music is set to premiere Monday night (January 27th) on NBC. One of the key revelations from the film is that Rage Against the Machine were locked down by the US Secret Service following their performance of “Bulls on Parade” on the late-night sketch show.

Ratm were the musical guest on Saturday Night Live on April 13th, 1996, an episode hosted by billionaire Steve Forbes, who was then a recent Republican presidential candidate.

As the story’s been told, Rage Against the Machine had their crew hang upside down American flags on their amps, but the flags were removed by the SNL stage crew right before the band launched into the song. Ratm never got to play their second song, “Bullet in the Head,” and have since never been invited back to play on the show.

In the new documentary, Ratm guitarist...

Rage Against the Machine celebrated release from prison of Indigenous rights activist Leonard Peltier, who was granted clemency by Joseph Biden in the final minutes of his presidency.

Peltier, who is 80, spent nearly 50 years in federal prison after being convicted of killing two FBI agents in 1975 on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Peltier, however, has always maintained his innocence, acknowledging he participated in the shootout as self-defense, but insisting he did not kill either agent. Supporters have also claimed that Peltier’s trial was unfair, alleging that...

Rage Against the Machine are praising the commuted life sentence of 80-year-old indigenous rights activist Leonard Peltier, whom the band has long championed in the decades since his imprisonment in the ’70s.

In one of his final acts in office, outgoing US President Joe Biden commuted Peltier’s sentence to indefinite house arrest on Monday (January 20th), freeing Peltier from prison after numerous attempts to do so were denied over the years after he became eligible for parole in 1993.

Ratm posted the following on their Instagram page: “Anger is a gift. Leonard Peltier to be freed.”

Rage dedicated their song “Freedom,” the final single from their 1992 self-titled album, to Peltier, and the band used the song’s music video to shed light on his case.

An indigenous rights activist with the American Indian Movement, Peltier was sentenced to two consecutive life terms for the first degree murder of two FBI...

Rage Against the Machine’s “Killing in the Name,” has hit 1 billion streams on Spotify.

Written in the wake of the 1992 Los Angeles riots about racist cops who “are boot licking lackeys and thugs of the racist capitalist ruling class” (according to Tom Morello), “Killing in the Name” was first released in November of that year, and has since become a beloved anthem to many around the world… including those who don’t quite align with the song’s values, like Trump supporters, Guy Fieri, Nigel Farage, and others.

Writing on Twitter on Saturday, Morello acknowledged the billion-stream milestone and thanked “all those who listened to it,” including “those who love it, those who hate it, and those that have enjoyed it without understanding it.”

“Righteous proof that rebel music and irony are alive and well,” he concluded.

In 2022, Consequence called “Killing in the Name” the best song by Rage Against the Machine,...

Boston Calling Music Festival will return to the Harvard Athletic Complex in Lower Allston from May 23 through May 25. The Memorial Day weekend event will include headlining performances from Luke Combs, Fall Out Boy, and Dave Matthews Band.

Combs will close out the first day of the festival following performances from Megan Moroney, Sheryl Crow, T-Pain, TLC, Infinity Song, Kyle Dion, Bebe Stockwell, Holy Roller, and more. Fall Out Boy will headline on day two, which features appearances from Avril Lavigne, Cage The Elephant, The Black Crowes, All Time Low, James Bay,...

The lineup for Boston Calling 2025 has been announced, with Luke Combs, Fall Out Boy, and Dave Matthews Band topping the billing as this year’s headliners.

The three-day festival will be held just outside Beantown in Allston, Massachusetts on Memorial Day weekend, May 23rd through 25th.

Filling out the lineup will be a variety of acts from multiple genres, including Vampire Weekend, Avril Lavigne, Cage the Elephant, Megan Moroney, Sublime, Sheryl Crow, T-Pain, The Black Crowes, Public Enemy, Remi Wolf, TLC, All Time Low, Goth Babe, mike., James Bay, Tom Morello, Lucius, Spin Doctors, and more. Check out 2025 lineup poster below.

Tickets for Boston Calling 2025, including Ga, Ga+, VIP, and Platinum passes, will first become available via a pre-sale opening on the festival’s website on Wednesday, January 8th at 10:00 a.m. Et.

This year’s rendition of the festival will also see the introduction of a rotating...

Live from New York, it’s the music of Saturday Night Live!

The documentary Ladies & Gentlemen … 50 Years of SNL Music, directed by Academy Award winner Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Emmy Award winner Oz Rodriguez, will premiere Monday, Jan. 27 at 8/7c on NBC (and stream next day on Peacock).

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The program will feature “untold stories behind the culture-defining, groundbreaking and newsmaking musical performances, sketches and cameos of the past 50 years,...

To help launch the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live (officially next October), the feature-length documentary Ladies & Gentlemen…50 Years of SNL Music from Oscar- and Grammy-winning director Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson (Summer of Soul) and produced by Oz Rodriguez will premiere Jan. 27, 2025, on NBC.

Thompson is also among the doc’s bevy of executive producers along with SNL creator Lorne Michaels.

The three-hour special promises to feature the untold stories behind the musical performances, sketches, and cameos of the past half-century. Fifty musical artists, cast members, writers, and producers from throughout SNL’s colorful history dating back to the mid-1970s were interviewed for the film — including Bad Bunny, DJ Breakout, Elvis Costello, Miley Cyrus, Billie Eilish & Finneas, Dave Grohl, Debbie Harry & Chris Stein, Mick Jagger, Dua Lipa, Darryl Dmc McDaniels, Tom Morello, Kacey Musgraves, Olivia Rodrigo, Mc Sha-Rock, Paul Simon, Chris Stapleton, Justin Timberlake, Lee Ving, and Jack White.

Saturday Night Live is pulling out all the stops for its 50th anniversary. In addition to the four-part docuseries SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night, which features behind-the-scenes footage plus celebrity and cast member interviews, NBC is also producing a separate documentary focusing on musical guests that have appeared on the show over the past 50 years – and it has the perfect director.

Deadline reports that Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, drummer for The Roots, record producer, and DJ, is directing the SNL doc.

Questlove is no stranger to the world of music documentaries, having produced and directed the Oscar-winning doc Summer of Soul, which details the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. The new film, titled Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music, will be co-directed by Oz Rodriguez, a former segment director for SNL.

Speaking about the project, Questlove said, "Everyone knows the most famous SNL appearances, whether it's Elvis Costello, Prince or the Beastie Boys, but...

Next October, Saturday Night Live will officially reach the 50th anniversary of its very first episode. But celebrations of the milestone started months ago with the premiere of season 50 and the release of Saturday Night in September. They’ll continue into the new year with the four-part docuseries SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night and the newly-announced feature-length documentary Ladies & Gentlemen … 50 Years of SNL Music.

The musical history of Saturday Night Live is nearly as storied as its sketches. Questlove will direct the three-hour-long feature, scheduled to premiere on Jan. 27. It marks...

A documentary about the music performances on “Saturday Night Live” is coming to NBC, directed by Oscar winner Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Emmy winner Oz Rodriguez.

Titled “Ladies & Gentlemen … 50 Years of SNL Music,” the three-hour special will premiere on the network on Jan. 27 at 8 p.m. and stream the following day on Peacock.

The latest project celebrating five decades of “SNL,” the film will “feature untold stories behind the culture-defining, groundbreaking and newsmaking musical performances, sketches and cameos of the past 50 years,” per the logline.

The doc will also feature more than 50 interviews, including Bad Bunny, DJ Breakout, Elvis Costello, Miley Cyrus, Billie Eilish and Finneas, Dave Grohl, Debbie Harry & Chris Stein, Mick Jagger, Dua Lipa, Darryl Dmc McDaniels, Tom Morello, Kacey Musgraves, Olivia Rodrigo, Mc Sha-Rack, Paul Simon, Chris Stapleton, Justin Timberlake, Lee Ving and Jack White.

Also interviewed are “SNL” creator Lorne Michaels and cast and creatives of present and past,...

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of “Saturday Night Live,” NBC is sharing the untold stories behind the late night staple’s culture-defining, groundbreaking and newsmaking musical performances, sketches and cameos over the years in a new documentary.

“Ladies & Gentlemen … 50 Years of SNL Music,” which is set to premiere Jan. 27 at 8 p.m. Et/Pt on NBC and stream the next day on Peacock, will be directed by Grammy and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Emmy Award winner Oz Rodriguez.

“Everyone knows the most famous ‘SNL’ appearances, whether it’s Elvis Costello, Prince or the Beastie Boys, but they’re the tip of a huge iceberg,” Questlove said in a Thursday statement. “The process of going back through the incredible archival footage was like being in a time machine, DeLorean or other. I’m so happy I went on the trip and now get to share it with everyone.

Saturday Night Live is a legendary gig for musicians and bands.

From Lee Ving’s Fear encouraging kids to slam dance to “Beef Bologna” to Nirvana playing “Rape Me” alongside Charles Barkley and RuPaul and Sinéad O’Connor ripping up a photograph of the Pope during a cover of Bob Marley’s “War,” the show has seen its fair share of incredible performances.

These are to be explored in a documentary for NBC that will premiere on January 27, ahead of its 50th extravaganza.

Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson and Oz Rodriguez, who was a segment director on SNL, will direct Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music.

The special is produced by Questlove’s Two One Five Entertainment, RadicalMedia and Broadway Video.

It will feature untold stories behind the musical performances, sketches and cameos of the past 50 years. The three-hour special will also feature interviews with musical artists, cast, writers, and producers.

These include Bad Bunny,...

Asylum Entertainment Group will kick off 2025 with a new name and leadership structure. Variety has learned that the company, part of Endeavor’s non-scripted content group, is rebranding as Pantheon Media Group.

Concurrent with the news, CEO Steve Michaels has moved into a role as chairman of Pantheon, while naming Jen O’Connell as the company’s new CEO. O’Connell is presently co-founder and co-ceo of Velvet Hammer Media, and will continue in that role as co-ceo along with Rebecca Quinn.

O’Connell is able to do both jobs and expand her oversight as Velvet Hammer is a minority-owned Endeavor company.

“Jen is a longtime friend and a respected executive and entrepreneur,” Michaels said in a statement. “Her pedigree and expertise are exactly what the company needs for this exciting next chapter of growth. I’m confident that under her leadership, our more than 20 unscripted labels will continue to thrive and produce innovative content.

Joan Baez retired from touring in 2019, but you can still catch the folk icon at special occasions — and in February 2025, Sweet Relief Musicians Fund will honor her with a benefit concert.

Taking place on Feb. 8 at San Francisco’s Masonic Auditorium, Baez will perform alongside Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt, Tom Morello, Lucinda Williams, Hozier, Margo Price, Rosanne Cash, Taj Majal, Joe Henry, and Ramblin’ Jack Elliot. Tickets go on sale Friday.

The announcement of the event arrives on the cusp of the release of James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown,...

A third film in the Marvel Comics-inspired Venom franchise made its way through production last year, shutting down for several months along the way due to the Screen Actors Guild strike. The film, titled Venom: The Last Dance, reached theatres back in October and has earned over $472 million at the global box office… making it the least successful entry in the franchise, since Venom made $856 million and Venom: Let There Be Carnage made $501 million. It has been given a digital release as of today, December 10th – but if you’re holding out for the physical media release, you don’t have long to wait. Venom: The Last Dance will be reaching 4K, Blu-ray, and DVD on January 21st, and copies are available for pre-order on Amazon!

Venom, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, and Venom: The Last Dance are also being packaged together in a 4K trilogy box set, and the...

Venom: The Last Dance will be available to watch at home soon, though fans hoping to own the physical copy will have to wait until after the holidays. The third and — seemingly — final chapter in the Venom trilogy, Venom: The Last Dance sees Eddie Brock/Venom (Tom Hardy) on the run from being taken by the forces of Knull (Andy Serkis), the god of the symbiotes. Venom: The Last Dance was directed by Kelly Marcel, who alsowrote the previous two Venom movies.

The film's official X account announced the upcoming digital release with a holiday-themed video celebrating its availability for rent and purchase on digital platforms starting December 10, 2024. On the same day, Sony revealed that Venom: The Last Dance won't be available on physical media — such as SteelBook 4K Uhd, 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD — until January 21, 2025 (which we first saw on Bloody Disgusting).

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Bring home the chaos when Venom: The Last Dance hits Digital tomorrow, December 10, and SteelBook 4K Uhd, 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD on January 21 via Sony.

Venom: 3-Movie Collection also arrives on January 21, collecting The Last Dance and its predecessors, 2018’s Venom and 2021’s Venom: Let There Be Carnage, on 4K Uhd + Blu-ray + Digital along with a limited edition action figure.

The figure, which comes with swappable symbiote arms, will be available separately with a Digital copy of The Last Dance.

The conclusion to the Venom trilogy is written and directed by Kelly Marcel, who penned the previous two installments.

Tom Hardy stars as Eddie Brock and Venom with Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Rhys Ifans, Stephen Graham, Peggy Lu, Clark Backo, Alanna Ubach, and Andy Serkis.

Special Features include:

Deleted & Extended Scenes Venomous Laughs: Outtakes & Bloopers Bonded in Chaos: Tom Hardy Author of Mayhem: From Writer to...

It's a horse! It's a frog! No, it's Eddie Brock and his ever-hungry symbiote tumbling out of the skies after doing battle from atop an airplane. As most normal people look forward to more, ah, traditional comic book movies coming down the pipeline in 2025, the weirdest people you know (complimentary) have yet to move on from the trilogy-capping phenomenon known as "Venom: The Last Dance." The threequel sure lived up to its subtitle, giving fans of the bromance between Tom Hardy's Eddie and his black-goo alter ego Venom a final swan song to wrap up the pair's bizarre, head-chomping, animal-hybrid adventures.

And what a journey it was. Originally conceived as a standalone series, viewers got to experience these movies abruptly dipping into the Marvel Cinematic Universe before getting pulled right back out of the MCU. The films made a killing at the box office, though, seemingly impervious to any...

It’s official: Netflix’s League of Legends adaptation, Arcane, has come to an end. But just as with the intervening years between Seasons One and Two, fans can relive the series’ emotional highs and lows with its new soundtrack, composed entirely of original music inspired by the grounded fantasy world of Arcane.

With 22 new songs from a wide range of internationally renowned artists, the soundtrack for Season Two represents the next chapter in the ambitious musical journey that Riot Games began within the League of Legends universe. Fans of...

In recent years, Post Malone has collaborated with everyone from country music legend Dolly Parton to pop hitmakers Doja Cat and Taylor Swift. The “Congratulations” artist hasn’t stopped genre-jumping and even has an unfinished track with Tom Morello.

The former Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave guitarist revealed the song’s existence in an episode of the Eddie Trunk Podcast last week. Morello said the two spent several hours in a studio session, about “five or six years ago.”

“We wrote a song together that, to my ears, sounds...

Tom Morello is a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominating committee, and he’s hellbent on getting one band in particular inducted: Iron Maiden.

While the Hall continues to have holes in its list of inductees, fellow British metal pioneers Judas Priest were inducted in 2022, and Morello feels Maiden are just as deserving. He made his argument during a recent interview on The Eddie Trunk Podcast (listen below).

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“I will chew my leg off like a coyote in a trap if I can’t get Iron Maiden in,” Morello stated. “While there are many other deserving acts, Iron Maiden for me is the last most egregious oversight in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.”

He continued, “Iron Maiden is like the gold standard of metal bands and they’re not in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. And I know Bruce Dickinson...