Posts by Daniel Pearson

The Who appeared Friday night on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in a taped performance from their 2022 gig from the Teenage Cancer Trust concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London, U.K. The band, who famously penned the lyric “I hope I die before I get old,” and now includes only singer Roger Daltry (78) and guitarist […]

Wilco performed last night (April 15) at NYC’s United Palace Theatre, the first of six shows celebrating the 20th anniversary of the release of their seminal album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, but the short show resulted in many fans sharing on social media their disappointment with the set. The band, accompanied by the all-female Aizuri (string) Quartet, […]

IDLES appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Thursday night (Spoon originally was on the schedule) and turned in a TV-ready, blistering performance of “Crawl!” IDLES, who are appearing today at Coachella — explaining why their guest spot on Colbert was so primed for the cameras — rammed Crawl! down viewers’ throats in a performance reminiscent […]

Just in case you haven’t already thoroughly explored 1970s Grateful Dead shows, Real Gone Music announced the continuation of its reissue series with a new three-CD set of Dead shows previously released as part of the Road Trips and Dick’s Picks vault series. This set contains Road Trips Vol. 1 No. 3 — Summer ‘71 and represses of Dick’s Picks Vol. 3 and Dick’s […]

Jack White showed everyone on Friday how to make the most out of a single day: it must be the blue hair. Yesterday (April 8), White started the day performing a fantastic, yet remarkably unique, version of “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the Detroit Tigers’ home opener for the 2022 Major League Baseball season.  White, accompanied […]

There’s no “misunderstanding” — Genesis keyboardist Tony Banks, guitarist Mike Rutherford, and singer/drummer Phil Collins took their final bow as a band last Saturday (March 26), performing a 20-song set in London’s O2 Arena. Collins, who suffers from numerous health conditions — admittedly, much of which was caused by years of heavy drinking — performed while […]

Neil Young announced the May 6 release on vinyl and CD (U.S. and Canada vinyl release dates are June 3) of three albums from his Official Bootleg Series. Royce Hall, 1971, comes from his January 30 solo acoustic performance on the UCLA campus, and Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 1971, also captures a solo acoustic show — the final […]

Yard Act made their U.S. television debut last night on The Tonight Show, performing the title track off of their debut album The Overload.  Yard Act’s post-punk sound is refreshing, combining at times purposely-somewhat-out-of-tune guitar playing with spoken-word-delivered lyrics, and “backing vocals” that accentuate certain phrases, delivered much like a hip-hop hype man. The band’s look […]

Billy Strings just posted to his website European fall tour dates. Strings and his band kick off the 10-show run in Oslo, Norway at the Rockefeller Music Hall on November 29 before landing in Glasgow, Scotland, U.K. for the final date on December 11. Strings started gaining notoriety in 2016, and by 2017 Rolling Stone […]

Guitarist Stone Gossard says Pearl Jam is recording new music and working on a new album — interesting considering the music from 2020’s Gigaton, arguably the band’s best effort since 1994’s Vitaology, has yet to be toured. “We’ve recorded some songs,” he said. “We’re on our way.” He also mentioned that starting next week he will begin […]

Swedish heavy metal band Ghost is pulling off the biggest surprise so far of 2022 with their latest album, Impera, hitting No. 1 this week on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart and becoming the fastest-selling album in the U.S. of any musical genre. Ghost fans have purchased more than 62,500 physical copies of Impera as of today (March […]

There’s a great reason to come and join the party in Chicago this summer. Sacred Rose, a new festival taking place August 26-28 at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, IL, announced its lineup, and Phil Lesh and Friends tops a bill filled with notable indie artists and jam bands alike. The festival includes indie powerhouses Black […]

Th-th-th-th that’s all, folks! Singer-songwriter Aimee Mann says Steely Dan dropped her as the opening act on their upcoming 42-date 2022 summer tour, and that she’s baffled as to why. Steely Dan’s website shows Snarky Puppy will be the band’s opener for the initial 13 dates of their tour and the site’s news page bears no mention […]

Remember that time a now 78-year-old Mick Jagger recorded the lyric, “What a drag it is getting old?” Phil Lesh, who turned 82 yesterday (3/15) continues to prove age doesn’t matter and that octagenarians can rock on with the announcement of another run of Halloween shows, billed as Phil-O-Ween, at The Capitol Theater in Port […]

Billy Strings delighted his fans last night (March 14), returning to the late-night circuit on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert with a straightforward version of his Grammy Award-nominated song, “Know It All.” As always, Strings was backed by bassist Royal Masat, mandolin player Jarrod Walker, banjo player Billy Failing, and for the TV performance, […]

Bobbie Nelson, older sister of Willie Nelson and the Texas musician’s piano player for more than 50 years, passed away at the age of 91 “peacefully and surrounded by family,” the family said in a release to news media. The Austin American-Statesman newspaper reported the news and quoted the Nelson family statement. “There’s just no way to […]

Those of you out there with a fondness for the number 11 and also are fans of The Black Keys are going to love this.  The Black Keys will release on May 13 their 11th studio album, Dropout Boogie, their first album of originals since 2019’s Let’s Rock, following on the heels of 2021’s album of 11 […]

Performing “Wet Dream” from their upcoming self-titled debut album, please welcome Wet Leg,” Jimmy Fallon pronounced last night (March 9) on The Tonight Show as the up-and-coming duo with a three-piece band made their first television appearance. They did not disappoint, rocking through a 2:33-version of their debut single like they’d done it a thousand […]

Bobby Weir and Wolf Bros. rolled through Nashville last night (March 9) for their tour opener, filling the hallowed Ryman Auditorium with Grateful Dead songs and a string of notable special guests. The Kid opened up with Shakedown Street -> Greatest Story Ever Told and quickly shifted into Country Bobby mode — fittingly, living there […]

Ryan Adams has booked a show at the 2,804-seat capacity Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage in Carnegie Hall The New York City performance is slated for May 14, 2022, at 8:00 p.m.  Adams made the announcement via Instagram, and it’s remarkable because the North Carolina native has not performed in public since a bombshell February 2019 New York […]