In what would have been unthinkable a year ago to what seems like a fairly obvious choice now, Merriam-Webster announced on Monday that its Word of the Year is “pandemic.”
“Sometimes a single word defines an era, and it’s fitting that in this exceptional — and exceptionally difficult — year, a single word came immediately to the fore as we examined the data that determines what our Word of the Year will be,” Merriam-Webster said in its announcement.
Chris Stapleton took to Instagram on Thursday (January 9) to announce 2025 tour dates on his All-American Road Show. This new iteration of the reigning CMA Male Vocalist of the Year’s ongoing live revue will stretch out over 14 dates throughout the summer, and will feature special guest performances from Allen Stone, Brittney Spencer, Grace…
Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album, comes in as Billboard’s No. 1 album of the first 25 years of the 21st century, as the country star’s 2021 sophomore record rules the Top Billboard 200 Albums of the 21st Century chart. The list takes into account all performances on the weekly Billboard 200 albums chart from…
While he was in Liverpool, England earlier this week, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong checked out the legendary Cavern Club where the Beatles famously performed 292 times in their early days. While he was there, Armstrong encountered the club’s young resident musician, Callum Mcmorran, covering Green Day’s 1997 quintuple-platinum hit, "Good Riddance (Time of…
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the White Stripes’ Grammy-winning 2005 album, Get Behind Me Satan, Jack White’s Third Man Records announced that they are putting out an exclusive companion release to the album. Get Behind Me Satan XX will feature a variety of demos, alternate studio takes, and live versions of songs from the…
During an appearance on Premier Guitar’s 100 Guitarists podcast focused on Jimmy Page, Heart’s Nancy Wilson recalled the time that she and her sister Ann walked out of a Led Zeppelin show due to frontman Robert Plant's sexually suggestive look and lyrics. The early Zeppelin show in question took place at the Green Lake Aqua…
During a recent appearance on the Lipps Service With Scott Lipps podcast, Slayer guitarist Kerry King opened up about his long standing love/hate relationship with Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine. King’s friendship with Mustaine dates back to his brief time playing shows with Megadeth back in 1985 when Slayer’s future was briefly in doubt. “Mustaine’s cool,…