Lana Del Rey has responded to a series of tweets that Kurt Cobain’s daughter Frances Bean Cobain wrote following Del Rey’s recent “I wish I was dead already” statement Cobain had admonished Del Rey that “the death of young musicians is nothing to romanticize” and after a Del Rey fan… Source    

American Idol XIV will welcome back all three judges from its past season Harry Connick Jr Jennifer Lopez and Keith Urban along with show host Ryan Seacrest Keith Urban The Rolling Stone Country Interview “Their interaction warmth and experience made them an absolute joy to watch” says show creator Simon Fuller “I… Source    

Kip Moore is generally a laid-back guy but when scalpers started grabbing tickets to his upcoming headlining tour the “Dirt Road” singer got all kinds of riled up Moore who will headline this fall’s CMT on Tour has already put tickets for several dates on sale and in spite of… Source    

Robert Plant has shared the haunting first taste of his upcoming LP titled lullaby and The Ceaseless Roar The singer’s new track “Rainbow” – which premiered on Monday at NPR– finds the former Led Zeppelin frontman cooing dreamy lines over droning guitars and a percussive stomp The album is set for release… Source    

Over the past decade Broadway has seen its share of musicals based on the country songbook The short-lived Ring of Fire wove its story around the hits of Johnny Cash Million Dollar Quartet focused on songs by Cash Elvis Presley Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis Those productions revolved around music that was originally recorded… […]

Robin Thicke’s personal crusade to win back his estranged wife actress Paula Patton just got a bit more awkward In the depressing new video for his slinky single “Get Her Back” (from his upcoming LP Paula) the disheveled singer croons his love-lost plea directly into the camera as uncomfortably personal text… Source    

Sting has opened up about death and drugs in a wide-ranging new interview with Daily Mail In the lengthy feature the music icon talks about the inspiration of his latest solo album The Last Ship and the last conversation he had with his dying father – while also reflecting on his own mortality and how… […]

Brandy Clark remembers what it’s like to be one of the guys in Old Dominion It was less than a year ago that she was a behind-the-scenes songwriter responsible for some of the biggest hits on country radio including Miranda Lambert’s “Mama’s Broken Heart” the Band Perry’s “Better Dig Two”… Source    

Four years after making his solo debut with Phrazes for the Young and 15 months after the most recent Strokes LP Comedown Machine Julian Casablancas will be releasing his first album with backing band the Voidz on September 23rd According to a press release the album Tyranny will combine “world… Source    

Justin Moore may have just scored his fifth Number One single with “Lettin’ the Night Roll” which reached the top of Billboard’s Country Airplay chart this week but that’s not his only chart presence He joins Brantley Gilbert and Thomas Rhett on Gilbert’s latest single “Small Town Throwdown” Rolling Stone Country’s… Source