Rock legend and sex symbol Mick Jagger’s jaded history with women, requires a 24-hour dedicated news channel, with enough drama to keep it running long into the foreseeable future. Jagger’s love life has seen its fair share of suicide attempts, but until now it they haven’t seem to leave a scar behind.
Some terribly sad news to come out of the music and fashion industry today. The girlfriend of Rolling Stone’s frontman, Mick Jagger, has killed herself. L’Wren Scott hanged herself this morning in her Manhattan apartment.
This 7-year-old girl’s rendition of ‘Gloomy Sunday’ hits you on two levels of feels. One – you were never this talented at seven and probably sang kumbaya. Two – ‘Gloomy Sunday’ is one beautifully depressing song about suicide.
Is the drummer in your band struggling to keep the beat? Well with new developments in prosthetic technology, it might be more efficient to cut of his hand and get one of these bad boys. Check out the three-armed cyborg drummer that may put traditional drummers out of a job.
Have a look at the big earners in the music industry. Rappers may constantly drone on about their cribs, fast cars and big cash money in their lyrics, but country music stars are bringing home the bacon at the top of the list.
Did you know that an infant child can produce a cry of over 80 decibels? That’s louder than a jackhammer. Seriously. And you’re expected to sit next to that in a confined space, while your body is subject to the greatest physical strains known to humankind apart from a handful of free divers and astronauts. […]
Roll up the partition, Beyonce wants to get nasty in the back of the limo with her hubby. Her new track ‘Partition’ has quite an explicit video accompanying it.
Eminem is playing tonight at the Cape Town stadium. Golden circle tickets cost R1,250 EACH. We have a paid of those for you. Click through to find out how to win the tickets.
The 80’s had Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ to bust a move to. The 90’s had the Macarena and the Spice Girls – cringe. Check out these three guys as they bring back Spice Girls’ dance moves from the grave on the streets of Paris.
Well, so says one band calling themselves UB40 (let’s call them Original40). The other band also performing under the name of UB40(henceforth Diet40) will still be touring SA. But what’s the deal with both bands claiming to be UB40?
This year Design Indaba turns up the volume with a host of South African sound masters taking to the stage in the music circuit. From Afropop to Jazz, no genre will be spared with 38 acts, across 10 venues, for two nights in the Mother City. It’s about clashing together with local talent, promoting collaborations, […]
This year Ultra Music Festival made its inaugural debut on the African continent. South Africa hosted the electronic dance music festival for the first time in Cape Town and Johannesburg in the month of Feb. For those that missed out here’s something to make you even more jealous.
What with February being award month; musicians collected more shiny objects at the recent Brit Awards. Here are the winners. The 2014 Brit Awards ceremony held at the O2 Arena featured performances by the likes of Beyonce, Katy Perry and Lorde. The latter took away the award for best international female.
No, this isn’t a scalping scam. Eminem will be playing in Cape Town this Wednesday evening, and Computicket have just released a raft of tickets for R99 each. You’ll be seated, but considering the basically non-existent price tag, that’s just fine. You buy apps that are more expensive than this. Tickets will be available for […]
Eminem’s Rapture tour’s South African leg is almost here. With shows on February 26 in Cape Town and 1st of March in Johannesburg, the 13 times Grammy Award winning artist will be the biggest star to hit the SA music scene in 2014 so far. Check out the acts that will support Eminem on his trip to South Africa.
Taking a page from his daughter’s book, Billy Ray Cyrus has turned his hit ‘Achy Breaky Heart’ into the chorus for a hip-hop song. The video features a cameo from Larry King and stripper aliens wearing duct tape and shiny bits. Obviously.
A week before his death, Jimi Hendrix sat down for an interview Keith Altham in London, in which he discussed a fantasy of having an indoor swimming pool next to his bed and swimming to the breakfast table, among other things.
I think that headline says it all. Just like Jack Parow’s new video has it all. And he made very sure that his position on hipsters is known, insinuating that they are urinating in bottles to make craft beer. It’s off the charts – click through to watch it.
The 2014 Design Indaba Music Circuit is a rollercoaster ride of 38 acts in 10 venues over wo days in one city. It’s about experiences, collaborations, having fun and giving a platform to fresh local talent, and you’d be a damned fool not to get involved. Take a look at who’ll be performing, and where. The […]
If the sound of a pounding bass line gets your heart pumping, or a lush midrange moves your mind and exceptional sound quality is what you’re after, then this high-definition audio system is exactly what you need to add another dimension to your listening experience. Don’t let the size of the Beatbox speaker fool you, this device is perfect for big rooms that need big sound and it delivers an experience that will rival that of any multi-speaker club system.
The Superbowl is known for some brilliant ads, and a mammoth halftime show. Apparently football happens every now and then, as well. This year’s halftime show was dominated by Bruno Mars, but a guest appearance from the Red Hot Chili Peppers was the highlight of his set.
No musical group can get anymore mysterious than the legendary Daft Punk. The duo picked up a grammy this year for best album, but further stirred the mystery pot when they didn’t even say a single word. The two frenchman have collaborated since 1993, and although they didn’t don helmets from the start, they have been wearing some […]
If you were one of the lucky souls who caught Bastille at Kirstenbosch three weeks ago, be pleased. The folks over at Fancam have got you sorted. Lord knows how the did it, but the team created a 360 degree interactive image of the Bastille show. If you were there, go ahead and tag yourself, […]
When Beyonce is wearing that skin-tight, near see-through outfit, who can blame Jay-Z for copping a feel? Maybe not kosher on live TV, though.
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has been known variously as a model, socialite, and the First Lady of France. As of now, she’s marketing herself as a musician, and we have to say she is rather charming. The video above is a performance of the title track from her new album, ‘Little French Songs.’
The 56th Grammy Awards reunited Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr for a special performance of ‘Queenie Eye’ taken from McCartney’s 2013 album, ‘New’. The two Beatles members didn’t miss a beat and had the entire crowd of the Staples Centre in Los Angeles on their feet by the end of the song.
The 56th Grammy Awards splashed across television screens throughout the world last night, and there was good news for Daft Punk fans.
Justin Bieber was arrested on Thursday morning, and a lot of people probably too many feelings about the whole situation. Take for example, this video, in which an angry New Yorker hear’s the news of Justin Bieber’s arrest, and proceeds to compare the United States to the sinking Titanic. (“And I’m the band!”)
There’s nothing quite as fun as mocking old-school music videos. And Noel Gallagher does it best.
This is just glorious. As a stunning reminder that life in South Africa will never be boring, we present ‘Girl Met Die Polo’, by a local artiste named Arri. Just enjoy that over your lunch break.