Month: February 2024

Neil Young & Crazy Horse have announced the Love Earth Tour, as well as a new album, Fu##in’ Up. The nine-song LP will drop a limited vinyl edition on Record Store Day (Saturday, April 20); a wider release will follow on Friday, April 26. To pre-order, head here.

Neil Young & Crazy Horse last released World Record in November 2022. The band’s members—Young, Ralph Molina, Nils Lofgren, and Billy Talbot—shared All Roads Lead Home the following year. Along with the core Crazy Horse members, Fu##in’ Up features Neil Young’s son Micah on guitar, vocals, and piano.

Posting about the new album on his website, Young said, “In the spirit it’s offered, we made this for the Horse lovers. I can’t stop it. The Horse is runnin’. What a ride we have. I don’t want to mess with the vibe, and I am so happy to have this to share.”

The Love Earth Tour will take place across North America in April-May. For information, head to Young’s website or Ticketmaster.

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Legendary rocker Rod Stewart has sold his song catalog to Irving Azoff’s Iconic Artists for nearly $100 million. According to the Wall Street Journal, the deal includes Stewart’s publishing catalog and recorded music, as well as some name and likeness rights. Stewart’s deal with Iconic follows the company’s acquisitions of the catalogs of the Beach Boys, Cher, Dean Martin, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Nat King Cole, Linda Ronstadt, and Joe Cocker.

Stewart, 79, said in a statement: “This year marks my 60th year in the music industry. The time is right, and I feel fortunate to have found partners in Irving and his team at Iconic that I can entrust with my life’s work and future musical legacy.”

Irving Azoff, Chairman and CEO of Iconic, said: “We are thrilled to welcome one of the most celebrated singer-songwriters of our time, Rod Stewart, to the Iconic family. Our new partnership with HPS provides us with the resources and flexibility to make blockbuster signings like this one and to continue the success of our legendary artists and their legacies.”

Scot French, Governing Partner at HPS, added: “Iconic has built an impressive platform and artist portfolio, and we are pleased to provide financing that will enable the company to further scale its business and advance its mission of championing the rights of musical talent.”

Stewart’s six-decade catalog includes 10 No. 1 albums and and his work with the Jeff Beck Group and the Faces — and his songwriting catalog includes such hits and classics as “Maggie May,” “Stay With Me,” “You Wear It Well,” “You’re in My Heart,” “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?” and more.  Later this month he will release his 32nd studio album and big-band salute, “Swing Fever.”

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Robert Plant and Alison Krauss will embark on a two-month run of North American shows in June. Plant and Krauss will be joined on the road by guiatrist JD McPherson, drummer Jay Bellerose, bassist Dennis Crouch, string player Stuart Duncan and Viktor Krauss (Alison’s brother) on keys and guitar.

The Can’t Let Go Tour will kick-off on June 2 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, followed by stops in various U.S cities as well as three dates in Canada. According to a press release, additional dates are expected to be announced.

A press release states that in addition to performing material from their two collaborative releases (2007’s ‘Raising Sand’ and 2021’s ‘Raise the Roof’), Plant and Krauss will perform other covers as well as reimagined Led Zeppelin classics like “The Battle of Evermore,” “When the Levee Breaks” and “Rock and Roll.”

Tickets are on sale now; for information, head to https://www.plantkrauss.com.

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Incubus will embark on a U.S. arena tour in 2024, celebrating the band’s iconic album Morning View and featuring special guests Coheed and Cambria. During each night of the 10-dates of the tour, Incubus will perform 2001’s Morning View in full, as well as additional tracks. The double album has been RIAA certified double Platinum and spent 60 weeks on the Billboard 200, peaking at No. 2.

The tour is set to kick off on August 23rd at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit and make stops at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Arena, New York’s Madison Square Garden, and Boston’s TD Garden, as well as arenas in Tampa, Austin, and Denver before ultimately wrapping up in San Francisco at Chase Center on September 12th.

Incubus singer Brandon Boyd shared: “Roughly 23 years ago we rented a house at the sea to do an art experiment. The novel and expansive environment combined with a healthy dose of momentum helped us find that ever sought-after FLOW state and the songs that became known as ‘Morning View’ have since become indelible and deeply important parts of our lives .. This album helped propel our little art experiment called ‘Incubus’ into a way of life and here we are today, some 23 years later, about to introduce a new/next phase of its existence. ‘Morning View XXIII’ is a re-recording/re-think of the 2001 album and is the result of our desire to honor this burgeoning legacy but also reimagine it as musicians who have been lovingly performing these songs night after night for the last 23 years. See you on the road soon!”

The band announced last year that it would re-record and re-release the album, and the new version, titled Morning View XXIII, will drop on May 10th. You can pre-save the album – here.

Tickets are available now via Ticketmaster. Incubus also has upcoming international tour dates and will headline BeachLife Festival in May. For more information, visit Incubus’ website.

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Additional artists were revealed to be featured on the Talking Heads ‘Stop Making Sense’ tribute album, including Lorde, Miley Cyrus, The National, Girl In Red and more. The project was first announced last month, with A24 confirming 16 featured would share their own covers of Talking Heads classics on the compilation titled Everyone’s Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense.

The tribute LP will mirror the original tracklist of Talking Heads’ 1984 concert film (and the corresponding live album), and feature recordings by the National, Lorde, Toro y Moi, Kevin Abstract, the Linda Lindas, Miley Cyrus, BadBadNotGood, Teezo Touchdown, Blondshell, and more. A24 also recently re-released Stop Making Sense, Jonathan Demme’s groundbreaking concert film that was shot over three nights at Hollywood’s Pantages Theater in December 1983. The independent film company recently kicked off a new slate of theatrical screenings that will play in cities such as Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco.

Paramore have already shared their rendition of “Burning Down the House,” and A24 released a clip in which Paramore vocalist Hayley Williams finds a large package on her doorstep containing jumbo grey suit—just like the one David Byrne sports onstage in ‘Stop Making Sense.’ The video ends with a snippet of Paramore playing “Burning Down the House.”

You can take a listen to Paramore’s cover of ‘Burning Down The House’ – here.

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