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Katy Perry is just the latest in a long line of artists who have seen their music used by the American government as background music for military propaganda videos. It had happened to Ariana Grande, whose Bye had become the soundtrack of social clips in favor of ICE together with Juno by Sabrina Carpenter, but also to Olivia Rodrigo (“don't use my songs to promote your racist and hate propaganda”, her words), Kesha, Zara Larsson, MGMT, Blue Öyster Cult and the White Stripes, despite Jack White being one of the musicians most opposed to Trump's policies.Like all the artists mentioned…
Orville Peck has opened up about how a suicide attempt in 2023 inspired some of his most personal music to date on new album ‘Mule’. READ MORE: Orville Peck – ‘Bronco’ review: masked man bares his soul with retro-country razzle-dazzle The country singer revealed in a new interview that he had been struggling with his mental and physical health before he was forced to cancel his ‘Bronco’ tour in June 2023. Two days before announcing the cancellation, Peck said he intentionally overdosed. “I was a bad addict, a coping alcoholic,” he told Rolling Stone recently. “And I had this spiral moment,…
August 22nd and 23rd 2026 Montesilvanoon the Adriatic coast of Abruzzo, hosts the first edition of Montesilvano Next Gen Summer Festivala free contest dedicated to emerging artists and bands. I'm directing it Tom Beaver And Graziano Fabrizisupported by a jury of music industry professionals. For the winner of the main category there is an instrumentation prize worth 500 euros. How we read the notices. When All Music Italia deals with a music contest, it reads the official regulations and summarizes the operational points: costs, requirements, required material, prizes and conditions. We do this so that those who participate can decide…
I have a theory that some of the best albums of a pop singer’s career often follow an ugly split. Consider Mariah Carey’s club-ready Emancipation of Mimi, Björk’s cinematic magnum opus Vulnicura, and the sleazy electro pulse of Britney Spears’ Blackout (to the astonishment of her producers, Spears started recording “Radar” the day after filing for divorce from Kevin Federline). Pop is best served raw, when the artist becomes a vessel for emotions listeners don’t always have the language for. Also, what better way to heal than to materialize a hit album?Jackson was also at a critical point in her…
Photo by Giulia Troncon They returned to Italy IN FLAMESa beloved Swedish group among the greatest exponents of the Swedish death metal genre. The formation led by the voice of Anders Fridén was in concert at BOnsai Bologna at the Parco delle Caserme Rosse yesterday 23 July 2026.At the opening they will take the stage Bleed From Withina Scottish band among the main representatives of the contemporary metalcore scene. Click here to see the photos of IN FLAMES in Bologna or browse the gallery below IN FLAMES: the lineup of the Bologna concert Colony Deliver Us In the Dark Voices…
When Pink Floyd inaugurated “The Wall” tour on February 7, 1980 at the Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, it was already clear that this would not be an ordinary concert. After all, “The Wall”, released a few months earlier, was not a simple album, but a monumental work in which Roger Waters had transformed his obsessions – alienation, the weight of fame, the increasingly conflicted relationship with the public and the trauma of Syd Barrett's absence – into one of the most ambitious narratives in the history of rock.The tour, therefore, also had to sweep away all conventions. More…
Photo by Alessia Belotti 25 July 2026, Coez took to the stage of the Vittoriale amphitheater for the first time for the first of four dates on the lake-view stage of Gardone Riviera for a tribute to the Italian songwriting of his generation. Coez in concert at the Vittoriale Amphitheater in Gardone Riviera photo by Alessia Belotti for www.rockon.it From the Rooftop a project was born in 2015 to bring songs to life in a more intimate way of the artist and cover related to his personal and professional path. It then becomes a record, which will be followed by…
On the occasion of the release of “Reality Awaits”, which arrived after several postponements, the Strokes released “In Transit Part II”, a mini-documentary of about ten minutes that takes you behind the scenes of session of recording the new album. Directed by Johann Rashid, also author ofartwork of the album, the film follows the band to Costa Rica, where they worked on new material together with Rick Rubin.The images were shot in the house on top of a mountain chosen as the headquarters for the recordings. The documentary alternates studio sessions and moments of everyday life, including swimming in the…
Ultimate Classic Rock magazine attempted one of the most classic “impossible missions” of music criticism: selecting the 100 best rock songs of all time. However, a ranking that interprets the concept of rock in a very broad sense, going well beyond the traditional boundaries of the genre.“The list of the 100 best rock songs is not limited to classic rock'n'roll records – specifies Michael Gallucci in the introduction – It also includes pop, soul, disco and metal, genres which according to our magazine still fall within the broad area of rock, or perhaps, in an even broader sense, of popular…
Green Day‘s Billie Joe Armstrong has announced a limited-edition Radiant Red Epiphone guitar and his first Artist Signature amplifier with Marshall. The new Epiphone Billie Joe Armstrong Les Paul Junior has been developed with the musician and offers a bright red version of the stripped-back guitar model that has helped define his sound for more than two decades. Available for a limited time, the guitar features a single-cutaway mahogany body, a set mahogany neck with a substantial ’50s Vintage profile and a rosewood fretboard with 22 medium jumbo frets. In keeping with Armstrong’s no-frills approach, it has just one Epiphone P-90 PRO…
