Jay-Z Adds Big Names to Made in America Festival, Becomes Executive Producer of NBA 2K13 Jay-Z’s new Made in America festival already boasted a pretty good line up. Joining Jay-Z, Pearl Jam, Passion Pit and others at the September 1/2...
Radiohead Play First Live Show Since Toronto Accident, Play Treefingers Live Last month, the families of Scott Johnson and Radiohead were hit hard by the death of Radiohead drum tech, Scott Johnson, after an accident in Toronto. After several rescheduled...
Coldplay played a slew of shows at the O2 Arena in London just 6 months ago, but that didn’t stop them from easily fitting 50,000+ fans in the Emirates in North London for three shows this week. For those fans...
Lost in the Diamond Jubilee excitement of this weekend was the fact that Coldplay unveiled a video for their own royalty themed song, Princess of China. The song and video feature Rihanna, and is not your typical Coldplay song, which...
In August 2009, I headed to New York (well, technically New Jersey) to see the 2nd annual All Points West Music festival, with headliners Coldplay, Tool, and the Beastie Boys. Unfortunately, it was around the time that Adam Yauch of...
Disclaimer #1: I have never seen more than 5 minutes of American Idol. Disclaimer #2: I like Coldplay (don’t be hatin’!) These 2 disclaimers met head-on last night, as Coldplay dropped by American Idol to boost their already mega-popularity by...
Coldplay are on a world tour, taking them, well, around the world. One of the stand out songs from Mylo Xyloto is the surprising duet with Rihanna. Since they can’t take her on tour ($$$$), they have her on video...
It was a busy weekend in the world of the Flaming Lips, so we’re going to catch up in one giant post. On Saturday’s Record Store Day, Los Lips dropped the extremely limited and collaborative LP, The Flaming Lips And...
Arctic Monkeys Talk About Returning to the Studio Arctic Monkeys are currently touring North America with The Black Keys, making for one awesome gig that will melt your mind and render you unable to complete sente….. Lead singer Alex Turner,...
95% of this post will be about the Brit Awards Top stories in the UK this morning all centre around last night’s Brit Awards, celebrating the best in British music. Much like the Grammys, North London singer Adele cleaned up,...
Twitter @PeteHatesMusic Valentine’s Day is tomorrow – do you have someone to give a Valentine to? If not, then this playlist is for you! Whether you have had a recent breakup, rejection, or things aren’t going too well in your...
Bon Iver Wins Best New Artist, Snub Grammys, Should Rename Himself Bonnie Bear Last night, the 2012 Grammys took place. Like Bon Iver, I held out watching from watching them. Unlike Bon Iver, I did not win a Grammy. Bon...
With all of this talk about the Grammys and people shunning and ignoring the Grammys, us Canadians can turn our focus to something equally cool (or perhaps cooler) – the 2012 Juno Awards. The Juno Awards will take place on...
Coldplay have returned with their third video from recent album, Mylo Xyloto. The song is Charlie Brown, and it would’ve been wicked if the video featured the Peanuts characters. Instead, the video has clips from the band’s recent tour, where...
Do We Care Anymore: Grammys Announce Host, Coldplay/Rihanna Duet The Grammys take place on Sunday February 12 in Los Angeles, and will have a host for the first time in 8 years. The host will be LL Cool J. Wait,...
