Until last night, drummer Matt Cameron had not ever missed a Pearl Jam concert since joining the band 24 years ago. But Cameron had to skip Thursday’s PJ show in Oakland after testing positive for COVID-19 and was replaced by a rotating cast of substitutes. As Blabbermouth points out, the show at Oakland Arena began with touring PJ mem...

It’s a huge week for Arcade Fire. Not only are they releasing their much-anticipated sixth studio album WE, it’s about to be the band’s fifth time as musical guest on Saturday Night Live this weekend. I guess if you join SNL‘s five-timers’ club as a musical act, that means you get lots of lines i...

Hey, a new Pink Floyd song! As explained in a Guardian story Thursday, guitarist David Gilmour and drummer Nick Mason — the core remaining Floyd members since Roger Waters’ departure in 1985 — have come together to record their first new song since the sessions for 1994’s The Division Bell. Although outtak...

Arcade Fire are back in a big way. Monday night the band played a surprise comeback show in Win Butler and Régine Chassagne’s adopted hometown of New Orleans. Thursday afternoon they announced their new album WE — their first in five years — with the release of lead single “The Lightning I, II.”...