Shinedown’s Brent Smith is the latest guest on the SPIN Presents Lipps Service podcast, during which he and host Scott Lipps discuss the Grammys and the state of rock’n’roll, getting his first major-label contract, the emergence of acts such as Spiritbox, Benson Boone and Teddy Swims and Shinedown’s enduring success at rock radio. Smith also talks about the…
* After scrapping a tour with Crazy Horse last year, Neil Young is returning to the road this summer with the Chrome Hearts for a two-leg visit to Europe and North America. Dates begin June 18 in Rättvik, Sweden, and will pick up across the Atlantic on Aug. 8 in Charlotte, N.C. Tickets go on…
Rap legends the Wu-Tang Clan will embark on their last tour, dubbed The Final Chamber, beginning June 6 in Baltimore. Original members RZA, GZA, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Method Man, Inspectah Deck, U-God and Masta Killa, plus Cappadonna and the late Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s son Young Dirty Bastard, will all be on hand for the shows….
“You’re going to wear this to the show? You’re going to wear the shirt of the band you’re going to see? Don’t be that guy.” These words have had a longer legacy in the world of music fandom than many bands. They were said by the character Droz played by Jeremy Piven, in the cult…
In person, Ghostface Killah isn’t as intimidating as his name suggests. While he’s tall and somewhat imposing, there’s a gentle soul behind his eyes. As a member of one of hip-hop’s greatest and most successful groups, the almighty Wu-Tang Clan, he’s accustomed to accolades and automatic respect but at the same time he has a…
Name Billy Hamilton Best known for The bassist of Silverstein, collector of vinyl records. More from Spin: Rental Vans, Corn Nuts, and the Open Road: Emo Darlings Macseal Headlining First Tour Lamb of God’s Randy Blythe Ponders Peace and Human Potential in New Book Bartees Strange Makes Listeners Face His Fears (and Hopefully Their Own) Current city Toronto,…
Touring coast to coast? A big step. As headliners? Huge deal. But what really makes this tour unique for the indie rockers in Macseal? “It’s the first one that we didn’t book ourselves,” laughs one of the band’s vocalists and guitarists, Cole Szilagyi. That’s a solid milestone for a band that’s been at it since…
Dolly Parton, Lainey Wilson, Orville Peck, Dasha and Jackson Dean are among the special guests on Australian children’s group the Wiggles’ upcoming country album, Wiggle Up, Giddy Up!, which will be released March 7. The Parton-penned “Friends” and a rework of her classic “9 to 5,” here dubbed “Counting 1 to 5,” are both available…
Randy Blythe is best known as the lead singer for Lamb of God. With the five-time Grammy-nominated metal band from Richmond, Virginia, he has released nine studio albums, beginning with 2009’s Wraith. Every Lamb of God release has charted in ten countries; 2022’s Omens reached #15 on the Billboard 200. Blythe is also a best-selling…
When Bartees Strange took the stage at The Paramount in L.A.’s historic Boyle Heights neighborhood on February 13th, he was quick to let the audience know exactly where he’s at. “I worked on this album for three-and-a-half years and it drove me a little insane,” he opens with, “It feels good to have it coming…
