Courtesy of Live Nation EntertainmentHeart will be keeping its Love Alive Tour going even longer than originally announced. The lengthy North American trek, which features such support acts as Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Sheryl Crow, Elle King and Brandi Carlile joining the Wilson sisters and their band at select stops, has been extended into the fall. The tour already included 39 dates, kicking off July 9 in Maryland Heights, Missouri, and running through a September 9 show in Los Angeles. Now 11 more performances have been added, spanning from…
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Madonna finally explains her famous "rule the world" comment: "Being super-famous was never my goal"
Steven Klein @stevenkleinstudioLongtime Madonna fans remember her famous appearance on American Bandstand back in 1984. When host Dick Clark asked her what her dreams were, the up-and-coming singer said boldly, “To rule the world.” But now, Madonna denies that she ever dreamed of being a rich and famous superstar. Speaking to the British paper The Guardian, Madonna reveals that, back then, her super-confident act was just that: an act. She was actually pretty insecure. “I may have felt like a nobody, but I knew I had to do something,” she…
Santana's Africa Speaks album debuts at #3 on "Billboard" 200; band playing "Kimmel" on Tuesday
Concord RecordsSantana‘s new studio album, Africa Speaks, has debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 after seling 57,000 units, almost all of them from album sales. This marks the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame act’s highest-charting album on the Billboard 200 since 2005’s All That I Am, which peaked at #2 on the tally. Africa Speaks becomes Santana’s 15th album overall to reach the top 10 of the chart. Four of the group’s albums have reached number one, including the 15-times-platinum Supernatural, which recently celebrated its 20th anniversary. A…
Paul Simon playing his first-ever concerts in Maui, Hawaii, this August to benefit environmental charities
Credit: Jake EdwardsWhen Paul Simon announced that he was retiring from touring last year, he also revealed that he intended to continue to play charity concerts. Now, the folk-rock legend has lined up a pair of new benefit shows on the Hawaiian island of Maui on August 13 and 14 that will follow his previously scheduled August 11 headlining appearance at the 2019 Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco. The performances will mark the first concerts Simon has ever played on Maui, and will be his first anywhere in Hawaii…
Boy George wants Sophie Turner to play him in new biopic...and she's "SO down"
Keith Mayhew/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesNow that Game of Thrones is over and Dark Phoenix is out, has Sophie Turner found her next gig? According to British Vogue, Culture Club singer Boy George wants Turner to play his younger self in an upcoming film about his life. “There’s been some really interesting suggestions,” he tells the mag of potential casting. “One of the most interesting suggestions was Sophie Turner. [People will say], ‘She can’t play you, she’s a woman,’ you know. But when I was 17, I would have loved…
The Who returning to NYC's Madison Square Garden to kick off second leg of Moving On! Tour
Credit: Samir HusseinThe Who just played a show last month at Madison Square Garden during the first leg of the band’s Moving On! Tour. Now, the British rock legends have announced that they’ll return to the famed New York City venue for another concert on September 1. The newly announced performance will now serve as the kickoff date of the second leg of The Who’s 2019 North American trek, which is mapped out through an October 24 concert at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. Tickets for the Madison Square…