John Mayer performed his new song “Last Train Home” live for the first time on Jimmy Kimmel Monday night. With a full backing band lined up behind him, Mayer played through the Toto-esque track on a pink guitar, adding riffs in between the band’s synths and bongo drums. “I’m not a …

Fifteen months after they last performed a live concert, Lynyrd Skynyrd returned to the stage on Friday to shake off the rust. The titans of Southern rock closed out Night One of the Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam, a country-leaning multi-day festival in Panama City Beach, Florida, that featured headlining sets …

Wiz Khalifa, who is one of the world’s top recording artists, is an avid fighting enthusiast. So much so that he’s placed his financial backing into the Professional Fight League (PFL) as part of its ownership group. After starting as a boxing fan and subsequently gaining attraction to MMA, Khalifa …

Kesha has announced a U.S. tour that will take place in August. The 11-date trek will kick off August 13th with a previously-announced show the First Interstate Arena at Metro Park in Billings, Montana. It will wrap August 29th at the Promowest Pavilion at Ovation in Cincinnati, Ohio. The tour …

Willie Jones appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to offer a rousing performance of his track “Down by the Riverside.” Performing with his live band, Jones delivered the song from an outdoor stage in Shreveport, Louisiana. The song appears on the Louisiana native’s recent album Right Now. In March, Jones gave …

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis approved Florida’s $101.5 billion budget, which includes a large chunk of Covid-19 federal relief funds from the American Relief Plan, which DeSantis once described as “Washington at its worst.” Most of the approximately $9 billion federal relief funds will go to police, teachers and first responders, …

Taylor Swift has been cast in director David O. Russell‘s upcoming film at New Regency. As Variety reports, the singer joins an ensemble cast that includes Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Rami Malek, and Zoe Saldana. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker (American Hustle, Silver Linings Playbook, The Fighter) will helm …

Nick Cave has shared his poetic spoken-word track “Letter to Cynthia” online. The track, from Cave and Bad Seeds member Warren Ellis‘ recent vinyl 7-inch Grief, out via Cave Things, is based on a letter sent to Cave’s Red Hand Files website. ‘In Fall 2018 Cynthia sent this question to …

Elia Einhorn was about to turn 21 years sober when he set out to fill a vacuum he’d noticed in the music world: There were few places sober musicians could turn to for day-to-day advice and help navigating a world where alcohol and drugs often flow freely. Addiction and recovery …

Yola has released “Stand for Myself,” the title track from her upcoming sophomore album that’s due out July 30th. The single arrived with a vibrant music video directed by Allister Ann, showing the singer trapped inside a dark, enclosed space and gradually freeing herself with her self-empowerment. “I’m alive, alive, …