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Oasis tips hat to Maradona in Buenos Aires, flashlights do the heavy lifting
Oasis mark their Buenos Aires return by saluting Diego Maradona, projecting his image during “Live Forever” as a reverent nod to Argentina’s tempestuous football deity. Liam Gallagher follows suit by dedicating “Rock ’N’ Roll Star” to him, amid chants and flashlights waving in tribute.
Earlier, Noel poses beside Maradona’s statue at Boca Juniors. The band, on a streak of posthumous dedications, has similarly memorialized Ozzy Osbourne and boxer Ricky Hatton during their reunion tour.
Source: News | NME – Published on November 16, 2025
Alice Cooper reassembles the old horror crew for a nostalgic Phoenix sleigh ride
Alice Cooper steps back into the theatrical shadows of his past, reuniting under the Phoenix night lights with original bandmates Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway, and Neal Smith.
The quartet, surviving fragments of a band synonymous with glam-inflected shock rock, delivers a brief set at the 2025 edition of “Christmas Pudding” at Celebrity Theatre, blending nostalgia with mild irreverence across the decades-spanning stage.
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Fred Durst’s Putin Fanboy Era Nixes Limp Bizkit’s 2026 Estonia Show
Limp Bizkit’s May 2026 Tallinn show at Unibet Arena is scrapped after the spectral shadow of Fred Durst’s 2015 pro-Russian overtures resurfaces online. The promoter, Baltic Live Agency, cites “circumstances beyond the organiser’s control.”
No official reason is disclosed, yet Estonia’s foreign minister publicly condemns Durst’s earlier Crimea-sanctioned admiration of Putin—a move that earned the band a five-year Ukrainian ban.
Source: News | NME – Published on November 15, 2025
Mike Skinner trades nostalgia for new beats as The Streets set Glasgow return
Mike Skinner resurfaces as The Streets with a Glasgow date and first album since 2011, delivering it via 679 Recordings/Warner Music UK Ltd on October 20, 2026. Once an Ivor Novello recipient for Best Song Musically and Lyrically, Skinner signals a calculated return rather than nostalgic regression.
He positions himself not merely as a relic of the Noughties, but as an operator in contemporary British music's shifting boundaries, collaborating with acts such as FLOHIO.
Source: Music Industry News – Published on November 15, 2025
Paola Jara tiptoes across borders and lands a Grammy nod for Musica Mexicana
Paola Jara, the Colombian artist known for threading traditional ranchera with musica popular, now finds herself placed among Grammy nominees in the Best Musica Mexicana Album category.
Her fusion of regional Mexican rhythms with Colombian sensibilities carefully tiptoes across borders and genres, demonstrating how national styles can comfortably inhabit global stages without losing their accent.
Source: Music Industry News – Published on November 15, 2025
Ringo Starr hits the road (again), biopic casting drums up 2028 excitement
Ringo Starr announces a 12-date North American tour with his All Starr Band, set for May and June 2026. Opening in Temecula and ending at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre, the itinerary detours through Denver, Phoenix, and San Jose.
Bandmates include Steve Lukather, Colin Hay, Warren Ham, and others. Tickets go on sale November 21. Meanwhile, Barry Keoghan is set to portray Starr in an upcoming Beatles biopic series directed by Sam Mendes, scheduled for 2028.
Source: News | NME – Published on November 15, 2025
Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon says the songs are gone — and maybe so is the band
Justin Vernon confesses he's no longer writing songs — an unfamiliar void for someone who’s composed since age 12. He hints that Bon Iver’s Grammy-nominated fifth album, ‘SABLE, fABLE,’ quietly released from his Wisconsin studio, may be its swan song.
Pointing to his chest, he admits, “There aren’t any in here,” as if creativity were a finite substance now depleted. His recent remarks suggest acceptance laced with unease, as he resigns to the stillness after decades of melodic output.
Source: News | NME – Published on November 15, 2025
Sabaton kicks off “Legendary Tour” with fire, steel, and songs of old wars
Interpolating pyrotechnics and steel-forged grandeur, SABATON inaugurates “The Legendary Tour” with its first show at Cologne’s Lanxess Arena on November 14. The Swedish heavyweights launch a 20-date European run pitched as both a retrospective of their martial catalog and a salute to the theatre of live performance.
Built on tales of warfare and camaraderie, the show offers no detour from the band’s thematic obsessions, leaning into spectacle as both homage and strategy.
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Samklef names Olamide kingpin, accuses Don Jazzy of musical gatekeeping on X
Interpolating ego clashes with a hint of insider rebellion, producer Samklef stirs the pot on X by declaring Olamide’s influence on the Nigerian music industry greater than Don Jazzy’s. Measured not in accolades but impact, he accuses the Mavin boss of gatekeeping while lauding Olamide’s grassroots disruption.
Pointing fingers at an industry hierarchy he believes stifles new voices, Samklef claims unjust exclusion due to the favoritism of key players, igniting yet another round of digital contention.
Source: Music Industry News – Published on November 15, 2025
Billy Idol swaps snarls for strings on mortality-tinged ballad “Dying to Live”
Accompanied by a somber string quartet, Billy Idol trades his trademark snarl for restraint on “Dying to Live,” a ballad steeped in mortality and reflective disillusionment.
The track shadows the release of Idol’s new documentary, Billy Idol Should Be Dead, which premiered at Tribeca, offering a melancholic counterpoint to his peroxide-fueled legacy.
Source: Music – Rolling Stone – Published on November 14, 2025
MEGADETH shrugs off meaning in “I Don’t Care,” keeps the snarl punk and brisk
MEGADETH releases the video for “I Don’t Care,” a brisk, punk-flavored number where Dave Mustaine’s hallmark snarl brushes up against nihilistic lyrics. He hints that the “I don’t care” refrain may appear again, suggesting a thematic thread worth watching.
Speaking on the track’s style, Mustaine nods to the band’s disruptive legacy, crediting MEGADETH with birthing a movement rather than a moment. The track slides in as another chapter in their ongoing disruption of musical norms.
Source: Music Industry News – Published on November 14, 2025
Ellie Goulding swaps pop gloss for synthy surrender on new single “Destiny”
Ellie Goulding returns after a two-year solo hiatus with “Destiny,” a track that she calls cathartic, suggesting the recording process was curiously therapeutic—less pop production, more personal prize. The song is framed as a surrender rather than a declaration, as Goulding threads vulnerability through shimmering synths.
Visually, the single arrives accompanied by a video that leans into surrealism, matching the emotional undercurrents of release, release from restraint, or possibly reason.
Source: Music – Rolling Stone – Published on November 14, 2025
Olamide shrugs at stan wars, says Burna, Wiz, Davido are too grown for tweets
Olamide, with the cool detachment of a veteran disinterested in online theatrics, addresses the fan-fueled obsession with pitting Burna Boy, Davido, and Wizkid against one another in an endless Afrobeats popularity referendum.
Dismissing tiered classification as a hollow exercise, he muses that labels like A-list or B-list have zero bearing on legacy or contribution, urging listeners to support their favorite without discrediting others.
He adds, with a wink at the chaos, that the trio is far too focused and mature to be rattled by Twitter debates or digital noise.
Source: NotjustOk – Published on November 14, 2025
Eric Church trades formulas for strings and choirs in IMAX concert film shot live
Eric Church premieres a trailer for Eric Church: Evangeline Vs. The Machine Comes Alive, a two-night IMAX concert event slated for February 11 and 14, 2026, in the U.S. and Canada. The film documents performances from Nashville’s The Pinnacle, where Church reworks his latest album with a six-piece band, horns, strings, choir, and longtime collaborator Joanna Cotten.
Including staples like “Springsteen” and “Sinners Like Me,” the project is pitched as a defiance of formula. A live album version drops February 13, with preview tracks already live for early listeners.
Source: Billboard – Published on November 14, 2025
FKA twigs turns NYC sidewalk strut into guerrilla promo for upcoming album
FKA twigs strolls a New York City street, clad in minimal hotpants and a leather jacket, as she listens to music from her earbuds with the kind of casual rebellion that skirts performance art. The artist seizes this impromptu catwalk moment to promote her new album, released 14 November via Young and Atlantic Records.
With earbuds in and gaze fixed ahead, she moves through the city as though its concrete rhythm is part beat, part backdrop. She is reportedly scheduled to perform, threading this choreography of self-promotion through her daily routine.
Source: Music Industry News – Published on November 14, 2025
Eminem to Call Plays at Lions Halftime—But This Time with a Mic, Not a Ball
Eminem and Paul Rosenberg step in as executive producers for the Detroit Lions’ Thanksgiving Halftime Show, curating talent and production from 2025 to 2027. The partnership teams Detroit's native provocateur with longtime collaborator Rosenberg and the Lions, underlining their shared allegiance to football and spectacle.
The event is produced by Jesse Collins Entertainment, following recent years with Shaboozey, Big Sean, and Jack Harlow. Fans speculate Eminem might pick himself for a future slot, though no lineup is set for 2025’s game against the Packers.
Source: Billboard – Published on November 13, 2025
The Weeknd skips the stage, sends $350K Jamaica-bound after Melissa hits
Reaching past his chart-dominating persona, The Weeknd directs $350,000 from his XO Humanitarian Fund toward aid in Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa's disruption. With hunger looming in affected areas, the funds channel through the World Food Programme to support immediate food relief efforts.
No theatrics, no spectacle—just a calculated move that seamlessly aligns philanthropy with a global crisis, delivered with the same precision as his studio cuts.
Source: TMZ.com – Published on November 13, 2025
Whitesnake’s David Coverdale Says Goodbye—No Mic Drops, Just “It’s Time”
Interpolating a quiet farewell rather than a grand exit, David Coverdale, WHITESNAKE's perennial frontman and ex-DEEP PURPLE vocalist, announces his retirement in a YouTube video. At 74, the British singer draws the curtain on a career spanning over five decades without fanfare, yet with a notable clarity.
His message arrives not with rock-hearted abandon but a calm recognition—“It’s time for me to call it a day.” Symmetry meets sentiment as he retreats gradually from the stage that made his name echo through the '70s into the digital void of now.
Source: BLABBERMOUTH.NET RSS Feed – Published on November 13, 2025
Steve Vai chats metal and mayhem with Nicko McBrain at “Metal Sticks” studio
Synced across low-end rumble and the razor's edge of double bass drums, Steve Vai walks through the studio doors of “Metal Sticks” with Nicko McBrain, IRON MAIDEN’s long-time percussive architect, and Modern Drummer CEO David Frangioni. Vai dissects his magnetic pull toward the growl and drama of heavy metal’s sonics.
He touches on how the genre’s raw energy, visceral tension, and rhythmic aggression captivated his musical instincts early on, shaping the angular intensity that permeates his guitar work.
Source: BLABBERMOUTH.NET RSS Feed – Published on November 13, 2025
Joe Walsh skips a 9-to-5, funds vets with guitars, auctions, and a brick suit
Joe Walsh, in his signature deadpan, frames his ninth VetsAid benefit concert as both duty and clever dodging of conventional employment. Set in Wichita and livestreamed, the show features Vince Gill, Nathaniel Rateliff, and more, channeling funds to veteran-run, under-resourced local groups. Since 2017, VetsAid has funneled over $4 million into such efforts.
From auctioning 800 personal items—including cracked-lens nostalgia like a McLaren Spider and the famous brick suit—to mentoring on The Voice and navigating the surreal immersion of the Vegas Sphere stage, Walsh balances reverence with offbeat candor. Music first, politics somewhere else entirely.
Source: Billboard – Published on November 13, 2025
Alice Cooper Sidesteps the Farewell Tour Wave, Credits Middle-Range Mojo
In a recent SiriusXM interview, Alice Cooper fields questions about joining the farewell tour circuit that’s become popular among aging rock acts. With a smirk in his tone, he shrugs off the idea, claiming his approach to singing has been his secret weapon.
He explains he’s never lost his voice because he stays neatly in the middle vocal range—no high screams, no bass rumblings, just durable rock theatrics. Retirement, for now, sits squarely offstage.
Source: BLABBERMOUTH.NET RSS Feed – Published on November 13, 2025
Dodging punk’s onslaught, Brian Eno builds Another Green World with silence
Interlacing American doo-wop with German krautrock and the ambient echoes of his own “Discreet Music,” Brian Eno shapes Another Green World not through melody or lyricism, but by orchestrating textures and space. Released weeks before punk’s arrival, the album sidesteps the expected and leans into sonic minimalism and studio experimentation.
Claiming the role of “non-musician,” Eno’s self-effacing stance becomes its own aesthetic engine, dismantling rock’s performative grit in favor of mood, modularity, and the oddly serene.
Source: Music Industry News – Published on November 13, 2025
Massive Attack Tease 2026 Return—Still No RSVP to Spotify’s Algorithm Party
Massive Attack set their sights on 2026 for new releases, injecting a glimmer of anticipation into their sparse discography. After years of silence, the group signals a comeback without filing into the streaming economy’s easy corridor.
They hint at a “cache of work” crafted in the recent past, though none of it will grace Spotify’s algorithm-driven shelves. True to form, the band sidesteps industry norms, leaving fans to wait in analog suspense.
Source: Pitchfork – Published on November 13, 2025
AC/DC shake Melbourne so hard, seismologists think it’s tectonic romance
AC/DC launch their ‘Power Up’ tour in Melbourne with such sonic force it reverberates beyond the expected decibel levels. The performance at Marvel Stadium sends measurable tremors through the earth, captured by local seismic instruments typically reserved for geological events.
While the band ignites thousands inside the venue, a university research center detects the crowd’s enthusiasm shaking the surrounding city. Rock may not cause tectonic shifts, but in this case, the needle disagrees.
Source: Music – Rolling Stone – Published on November 13, 2025
Roberts Moves from Anchor to Auteur with Roberta Flack Biopic and Doc Plans
Robin Roberts’ production company secures rights to chronicle Roberta Flack’s life, setting the groundwork for a biopic and documentary. The project lands just months after Flack’s death in February, marking a quiet pivot from stage to screen for her legacy.
Known for her nuanced delivery and a catalogue balancing sorrow and serenity, Flack’s story now transfers to film. The dual productions will navigate her artistry without resorting to melodrama or forced nostalgia.
Source: Music – Rolling Stone – Published on November 12, 2025
NewJeans Trades Legal Drama for Studio Time as ADOR Truce Settles In
NewJeans returns to the spotlight following a protracted legal joust with ADOR, the label that once felt more like foe than facilitator. The saga, equal parts courtroom theater and backstage tension, now gives way to a détente shaped by what’s being coyly termed “thoughtful consideration.”
The group resumes professional activities under the same banner, trading legal briefs for studio schedules—though the subtext lingers like a bassline that never quite resolves.
Source: The FADER – Published on November 12, 2025
Poppy swaps comfort for chaos on new album "Empty Hands," out Jan 23
Poppy sets her sights on 2026 with the announcement of "Empty Hands", her forthcoming album slated for release via Sumerian Records on January 23. The project’s curtain rises with the unveiling of a new single, “Bruised Sky”, available everywhere now.
A twice-Grammy-nominated performer, she veers once again into subversive territory. The album positions itself as her next sonic installment, laced with the expected tension between serenity and a deliberate unsettling edge.
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Manic Street Preachers retrace vanished lyrics and lost drummer in new doc clip
In a new clip from Kieran Evans’ documentary Escape From History, Manic Street Preachers revisit the shadow of Richey Edwards’ 1995 disappearance and the recording of their fourth album, Everything Must Go, stitched together from demos played in hotel rooms the night before Edwards vanished.
The film captures their sense of impending termination post-Holy Bible, including musings on label abandonment, trashed instruments at The Astoria, and Edwards' fondness for the demo of “Small Black Flowers That Grow In The Sky.”
Source: News | NME – Published on November 12, 2025
Mariah Carey’s pre-fame cassette from a holiday party lands at auction
A rare 1988 Mariah Carey demo tape surfaces from Arthur Baker’s archive, landing on the Wax Poetics auction block. Originally handed to Baker at a holiday party, the tape contains both covers and original songs recorded with Brenda K. Starr.
Baker recalls inserting the cassette and immediately likening Carey to “Madonna meets Whitney.” The release includes authentication, archival notes, and context, positioning it as a snapshot of Carey’s pre-fame genesis.
Source: Billboard – Published on November 11, 2025
Myke Towers catches triple airplay crown—solo, jealous, and not sharing mics
Interpolating chart patterns more than musical melodies, Myke Towers' “Tengo Celos” slips into triple-chart domination, ascending to No. 1 on Latin Airplay, Latin Pop Airplay, and Latin Rhythm Airplay.
With an 8.1 million radio audience and a conspicuous absence of featured artists, the track becomes his fourth solo chart-topper, following “Lala,” “La Falda,” and “La Capi.”
Released in July as part of his “Island Boyz” album, the single’s rise marks Towers’ second triple win of 2025, echoing his August feat with “Soleao.”
Source: Billboard – Published on November 11, 2025
Sabrina Carpenter swaps charts for Cheshire Cats in Alice in Wonderland remake
Sabrina Carpenter trades chart hits for fantastical rabbit holes as she signs on to star in a fresh screen adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland.” In a move that pairs production clout with vocal folds, she’s not only headlining but also producing the film.
The project marks her first foray into a major feature in both capacities, with music playing a central role. Wonderland, it seems, is getting a soundtrack—Carpenter-style.
Source: TMZ.com – Published on November 11, 2025
Barry Manilow sings goodbye with a Vegas wink in “Once Before I Go” video
Barry Manilow stars in the newly released video for “Once Before I Go,” portraying a performer who forgoes family life to chase the stage spotlight. Directed by Jamie Thraves—whose past credits include Sam Smith’s “Stay With Me” and Coldplay’s “The Scientist”—the video is filmed at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort, a nod to Manilow’s enduring residency.
The track, co-produced by Babyface and Demonte Posey, was first recorded by Peter Allen in 1983. As Manilow prepares for farewell shows in nine cities, this video adds a theatrical coda to a long charted career.
Source: Billboard – Published on November 11, 2025
Johnny Marr’s Gloss-Black Jaguar: Fender Charges $2,999 for The Sound of 1965
Johnny Marr releases a new collaboration with Fender: the Limited-Edition Johnny Marr Signature Special Jaguar. Finished in custom gloss black lacquer, the guitar features Kent Armstrong lipstick pickups, a Mustang-saddle bridge, and Marr’s personal wiring system.
The design recalls his original 1965 Jaguar, with a rosewood fingerboard and vintage-style elements. Marr claims the Jaguar helped shape his sound across projects with The Cribs and Hans Zimmer.
Priced at £2,949/$2,999, the model joins his 2012 signature Jaguar—one of Fender’s best-selling to date. Fender’s Max Gutnik calls the release a “versatile, performance-ready twist.”
Source: News | NME – Published on November 11, 2025
RM Mentions 2026 Return, BTS Quietly Plots Comeback After 4-Year Studio Pause
RM hints at a BTS return slated for 2026, casually revealing that their upcoming music is, in his words, “really coming out great.” This isn’t just table talk—it marks their first studio release since 2020’s Be and cuts through the silence that followed their Permission to Dance On Stage Tour.
Spring hangs heavy with implication, carrying both anticipation and the weight of past rhythm. BTS gears up not to reclaim, but to reappear—with no grand flourish, just a quiet storm brewing in the studio.
Source: Music – Rolling Stone – Published on November 11, 2025
Dee Snider Weighs “Brave or Stupid” Return with Twisted Sister After 9 Years
Dee Snider, ever the pragmatist or perhaps flirting with folly, admits he might be "brave or stupid" for stepping back on stage with Twisted Sister after nine years of self-imposed touring exile.
In a recent episode of "Steve And Rik's POTcast," he confesses he dreads disappointing fans yet seems resigned to the weight of nostalgia, torn between legacy and performance anxiety, all while keeping his trademark sarcasm firmly intact.
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Questlove teases mystery D’Angelo vault drop with a cryptic “You’ll see soon”
Questlove, drummer of The Roots and longtime collaborator of D’Angelo, hints at unreleased material from the late artist, stating, “You’ll see soon.” The announcement lingers with ambiguity, offering no specifics around a timeline or format.
The cryptic tease lands just weeks after D’Angelo’s death on October 14, amplifying curiosity and speculation across the music world. No additional context or confirmations surface following Questlove’s statement.
Source: The FADER – Published on November 11, 2025
Kerry King trades guitar riffs for flipper hits in lifelong pinball obsession
SLAYER’s Kerry King walks through his enduring fascination with pinball, tracing it back to his teenage years spent at miniature golf arcades. Long before tour buses and guitar solos, he was already mastering flipper timing and shot nuance across early machines.
He credits his technical musical ability—specifically rhythm and hand coordination—for translating well to Stern’s rock-themed tables. The music-based ones, by his admission, strike a particular chord, combining two of his longest-running fixations into one steel-and-glass cabinet.
Source: BLABBERMOUTH.NET RSS Feed – Published on November 10, 2025
Charli XCX waxes cryptic in eerie mansion for Fennell’s Wuthering Heights reboot
Charli XCX trades the neon chaos of Brat for spectral minimalism in “House,” her eerie new track for Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights reimagining. Directed by Mitch Ryan, the video stages Charli in a decaying mansion, pouring wax onto herself while Velvet Underground’s John Cale narrates in tones that hover between dream and menace.
The duo mutters “I think I’m gonna die in this house” over shrieking strings, before Charli ends up sprawled in white among rooftree decay. She calls the song “elegant and brutal”—a phrase lifted from Cale himself, who later contributes a spoken-word piece that reportedly leaves her in tears.
Source: Billboard – Published on November 10, 2025
Alice Cooper Skips Pep Talks, Prescribes The Beatles as Creative CPR
Pressed for advice at a Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp Q&A in Scottsdale, Alice Cooper refrains from doling out motivational clichés. Instead, he offers a single directive with dry precision: "Listen to The Beatles."
Stripping away the mythmaking around creative originality, Cooper implies that four lads from Liverpool may still serve as a kind of starter manual on structure, melody, and wit—delivered without fanfare, like a physician prescribing aspirin for soul sickness.
Source: BLABBERMOUTH.NET RSS Feed – Published on November 10, 2025