Adele, String Cheese Incident lead the best concerts in Denver week of July 11

The best concerts this week (for ticket information, click artist name): Monday, July 11 Road to Red Rocks Chicago winners Bailiff will be playing Film on the Rocks. Movie: “The Sandlot.” Tuesday, July 12 The dynamic duo of Sting and Peter Gabriel will be at The Pepsi Center. Wednesday, July 1...

Chicago shows we love this week: Adele, Windy City Smokeout, and more

At long last, Adele is coming to Chicago as part of her latest tour. If you couldn’t get tickets — or perhaps you’re looking for another show to see — then keep reading. The Chicago area will host a number of must-see events this week, including a country music and barbecue festival. Here’s a list...

Adele returns to top 10 on Billboard 200

As predicted, Adele has now returned to the top 10 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart for the tracking week ending June 30. All charts were refreshed on July 6 due to Independence Day. It was expected that she would have a strong climb back into the top tier after she finally released her album...

Adele's '25' back in Top 10 after streaming release - will others follow suit?

Months after its release, Adele's 25 was finally made available to Spotify and other streaming services this week, and the resulting surge in streams is likely to push the album back into the Top 10 next week. Released in November, the album sold a whopping 3.38 million copies in its first week of...

Watch: Cam covers Adele's smash single 'Hello'

Newcomer Cam is having a remarkable breakthrough moment, as her blistering, smokey ballad "Burning House" is creating a spark at country radio. The track, which is featured on her Welcome to Cam Country EP, also samples her forthcoming debut LP, titled Untamed (expected to drop Dec. 11). During a...

Three new country albums dropping at the end of the year

There usually aren’t a ton of new music releases in December, but country fans can look forward to three diverse offerings. Columbia/Legacy Recordings is putting out the Johnny Cash live-in-concert recording, Man in Black: Live in Denmark 1971 on Dec. 4. The live footage was originally taped as...

Will 'Lemonade' finally win Beyonce an Album of the Year Grammy?

It's the midway point of the year, and music outlets have been busy publishing their “top albums of the year so far” lists. The one release that appears on everybody's list is Beyonce's Lemonade, which has been praised for its spectacle, its emotional punch, and its ambitious and varied musical...

Adele's '25' moves to streaming services after seven months of release

Adele's 25 broke records upon its release back in November 2015. Shattering the previous record held by N'SYNC, 25 opened with 3.38 million albums sold in its first week. It continued on to have two more weeks with over a million sold, the only record in history to have more than one week with a...

Adele, in true Adele fashion, breaks the rules at Glastonbury performance

After several years of procrastination, Adele headlined Glastonbury for the first time on Saturday (June 25) and made sure nothing went according to plan. The English star brought her famous spontaneous performance style to over 150,000 fans as she cursed, burped, and laughed her way through a...

Adele calls David Bowie's producer a 'd***head' in concert, and he apologizes

If it's one thing that's known about Adele, it is that she says what she thinks. As a case in point, Adele called Tony Visconti, David Bowie's former producer, a "d***head" for insinuating that the "Hello" singer's vocals were manipulated on her latest album. He then offered an apology, and rightly...

Adele chokes up as she dedicates her show to Orlando shooting victims

All of us are still processing our pain following the heartbreaking shooting at the Orlando gay club Pulse on Saturday night that left 49 people dead. Members of the music community are obviously among those touched by the tragedy, but many of them have the additional burden of working through their...

Scary Spice Mel B gushes over Adele 'Spice Up Your Life' live cover

Ten-time Grammy Award-winning songstress Adele has been very candid about her mad love for the Spice Girls. She rocked “Wannabe” with James Corden in Carpool Karaoke in January and then she recently covered “Spice Up Your Life” during a live show on her 25 World Tour. The often witty and self...

Ed Sheeran trumps Adele for Most Played Artist in the U.K. 2015

Ed Sheeran fans in the U.K. showed a whole lotta love for their favorite ginger-haired British singe-songwriter last year. According to a recent Billboard report, Sheeran earned the impressive distinction of being named the Most Played Artist in the U.K. in 2015. Sheeran not only beat fellow Brit...

Adele's '25' returns to top 10 on Top 200 Albums chart thanks to new single

Since November, Adele's third record 25 has shattered record after record and spawned a massively successful lead single. 25 spent a total of ten weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart after debuting with 3.38 million copies sold with streaming equivalents not available. Now the album...

Adele's 'Send My Love (To Your New Lover)' re-enters the Hot 100

Pop radio has been quiet with Adele lately while the No. 1 "Hello" fades from mainstream and "When We Were Young" slows down on adult contemporary stations. Her third single "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" is picking up with its catchy hook and playful side of the songwriter. After the release of...

Adele is not alone: Artists agree on ending video siege at shows

Currently on tour songstress and superstar, Adele, made her annoyance with constant video capture blatantly clear at her recent concert, and perhaps the greater irony is that another video taker was right there to seize her moment of displeasure. In these days of the raging selfie, there seems to...

Check it out: Adele flubs lyrics, proves she's the best

Adele may be months deep into her world tour, but that doesn’t mean she’s perfected her routine. On May 22, the diva performed in Lisbon, Portugal and showed the audience that her flawless voice doesn't always sing the right words. Adele closed her eyes and launched into her poignant ballad “A...