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Enter Shikari frontman honors David Bowie with sentimental tribute

Enter Shikari frontman Rou Reynolds honored David Bowie at the band’s Sheffield stop on Thursday, Jan. 10. While kicking off their Stop The Clocks tour with Palaye Royale, Reynolds celebrated Bowie’s life on the third anniversary of his death. According to RockSound, Reynolds played “Heroes” to begin the band’s encore performance. Read more: Lil Uzi Vert […]

The 1975, Arctic Monkeys among the top-selling vinyls of 2018

2018 was a good year for music, and it appears that extended into the vinyl-buying market as well. A new report from the Official Charts Company has revealed the best selling vinyl records of 2018, and it’s chopped full new and old releases…plus some epic movie soundtracks. Read more: 97-year-old Holocaust survivor turns poems into metal […]

Lady Gaga covers David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails at Las Vegas residency

Last night, Lady Gaga performed an unexpected cover of David Bowie and Nine Inch Nails’ hit “I’m Afraid of Americans” during the first date of her Las Vegas residency. The singer performed at the MGM Park Theater, kicking off her two-year stay and introducing fans to her new pop odyssey show, Enigma. Read more: There’s […]

Watch Dave Grohl rock with the son of Foo Fighters' drummer

Taylor Hawkins‘ 11-year-old son Oliver spread some holiday cheer over the weekend when he sat in with his father and Dave Grohl for a song during the Foo Fighters drummer’s classic-rock set with his merry cover act, Chevy Metal. And Oliver Shane Hawkins seems a spitting image of his dad in the fan-captured clips from the gig, […]

15 Spotify genres you probably didn’t know existed

Did you know that Spotify has more than 2,000 genres in its backend? Did you even know that many existed? Spotify data alchemist Glenn McDonald creates the genres by using an intricate science system we can’t even begin to understand. All of these genres—and the ones that have been created since then—are charted on Every […]

Immersive app allows David Bowie fans to get detailed look at artifacts

Following the wrap-up of David Bowie Is, an interactive and immersive museum, collaborators are working hard to bring the experience to everyone with an iPhone or Android. Fans will soon be able to look through their favorite David Bowie artifacts and learn more about them with the touch of their fingertips. Read more: Gerard Way shares […]

David Bowie statue keeps getting vandalized for some reason

A controversial statue of late entertainer David Bowie was defaced for the second time in six months this week after a 29-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of dousing the sculpture in blue paint, as reported by The Guardian. Read more: Here’s twenty one pilots’ Bandito Tour setlist A vandal previously spray-painted the Bowie bust […]

David Bowie's first demo, thought lost, recovered in bread basket

David Bowie‘s long-lost first demo was recently found in an “old bread bin” by a former bandmate, as reported by Pitchfork. The recording’s of a song by one of the late artist’s earlier groups, the Konrads — listen to a short clip below. Read more: Check out these Bowie-themed transit cards Konrads drummer David Hadfield […]

These David Bowie-themed subway cards are awesome

The New York City subway and Spotify teamed up to create David Bowie-themed MetroCards. Can we get one of each, please? Read more: You can now download Kurt Cobain, David Bowie and John Lennon’s handwriting as fonts Spotify and the New York MTA created 250,000 cards featuring five images from the “David Bowie Is” exhibit that's […]

You can now download Kurt Cobain, David Bowie and John Lennon’s handwriting as fonts

[Photo by: Kurt Cobain/Facebook, David Bowie/Facebook, John Lennon/Facebook] We’ve all spent a few minutes trying to decide what font will look the best in our Word document, and now it looks like we can use the handwriting of some of our rock heros to spice up our papers. Read more: Courtney Love, Frances Bean honor Kurt […]

David Bowie’s 'Aladdin Sane' and 'Changestwobowie' to get vinyl reissues

David Bowie's Aladdin Sane is getting a silver vinyl reissue in celebration of its 45th anniversary April 20. In addition, two digital versions of CHANGESONEBOWIE will be released on streaming and for download, and CHANGESTWOBOWIE is getting remasters on vinyl, CD, digital download and streaming. Read more: How David Bowie influenced our scene Two limited edition Bowie vinyl releases are […]

Corey Taylor to perform David Bowie's "Fashion" for SiriusXM tribute special

[Photos by: Travis Shinn, EMI] Slipknot and Stone Sour vocalist Corey Taylor will deliver a special performance of David Bowie's 1980 single “Fashion” on a new tribute program from radio personality Howard Stern airing later this week on SiriusXM. Read more: How David Bowie influenced our scene The Howard Stern Tribute To David Bowie, hosted […]

Goth inventors Bauhaus recall the night they met David Bowie

[Photo: The Hunger] After an attempt at self-publishing stalled the project for a year, the much-anticipated book celebrating gothic-rock icons Bauhaus, is slated for release in March. Put together by Bauhaus drummer Kevin Haskins, the book Bauhaus Undead: The Visual History And Legacy Of Bauhaus, chronicles the band’s career through photos, fliers, setlists, lyric sheets […]

Watch the first trailer for ‘David Bowie: The Last Five Years’ documentary

“In his last five years, Bowie's most revealing work was still to come.” HBO shared the first trailer and premiere date for David Bowie: The Last Five Years. The documentary, which accompanies Bowie from 2012 to his death in 2016, will be available on Jan. 18, 2018—the date the singer would be turning 71 years […]

How David Bowie inspired Enter Shikari's upcoming new album

[Photo by: Jennifer McCord] “When it rains, it pours” is the age-old saying. During the tail-end of 2015 and much of 2016, Enter Shikari visionary Rou Reynolds experienced a series of unfortunate events that would forever change him. He lost his last two remaining grandparents, whom he was very close to. Then his long-term relationship […]

Jared Leto honors Chester Bennington, Chris Cornell, Bowie, Prince with stirring medley—watch

Actor and Thirty Seconds To Mars frontman Jared Leto offers a stunning tribute to late musical icons in this emotional medley honoring Linkin Park's Chester Bennington, Soundgarden's Chris Cornell, David Bowie and Prince. Read more: Thirty Seconds To Mars get patriotic for new film project As reported by Consquence Of Sound, Leto, backed by acoustic […]

22 musicians we bet you didn't know were left-handed

[photo: Left Handers Day] August 13 is the official date for Left Handers Day, a day where we celebrate 13% of the world's population and commend them for putting up with smudged paper and being elbow to elbow with their classmates their entire lives. There are even fewer lefties in the music world, so we […]

13 statues, murals dedicated to musicians and where you can find them

Some of the greatest musicians and rock stars that have ever lived are sadly no longer with us. Although their music will live on forever, they themselves have since become muses for artists – painters, sculptors and photographers alike – who have immortalized these stars in their own personalized and innovative creations. If you’re planning […]

10 classic designed band tees you can buy at Urban Outfitters right now

Sure, our first choice for picking up a rad tee would be at a show after waiting in the merch line for what seems like forever. But Urban Outfitters is bringing us some classic designed rock, metal and alternative tees, and we can’t get enough of them. Check out 10 of our favorites below! Read […]

David Bowie wins Best Rock Performance, Best Alternative Album, more at Grammys

David Bowie has taken home four Grammys at this year's Grammy Awards: Best Alternative Album, Best Rock Performance, Best Engineered Album and Best Recording Package. He is still nominated for Best Rock Song, alongside Radiohead, Metallica, Twenty One Pilots and Highly Suspect. Read more: Here's the full list of Grammy nominees David Bowie's Blackstar was released Jan. 8, 2016 via […]
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