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Primus have warned applicants about scammers.Earlier this year, the band shared the “complete shock” departure of longtime drummer Tim Alexander, and took to social media to tell fans they were “taking submissions from all points in the universe for the position of Primus drummer/percussionist”, later revealing they might have “found our guy” in Billy Strings.They included an email address for all submissions, which required a resumé and video of a recent performance, with the band noting that while “flashy chops” were good, they were looking for a drummer who “had the ability to listen, react, and contribute to the musical conversation.”Today (December 22) marked the last day drummers could submit, and they yet again took to Instagram to warn the 5,000 some hopefuls of potential scammers.

Willie Nelson has announced his 154th studio album, ‘Oh What A Beautiful World’ – find out more below.Last night (March 12), Nelson took to social media to announce the upcoming record, which is due for release on April 25 – pre-order or pre-save the album here. It’ll mark his 154th studio album in total, and his 77th solo effort.Like past albums, ‘Oh What A Beautiful World’ sees Nelson dedicate an entire album to interpreting the works of notable songwriters.

Willie Nelson just announced he’s bringing his annual ‘Fourth of July Picnic’ to Texas’ capital city along with Bob Dylan, The Avett Brothers, The Mavericks, Asleep at the Wheel and Tami Neilson.The festivities will go down at the Germania Insurance Amphitheater starting at 3:30 p.m.“I’m 92 years old and I’ll be there so you have no excuse,” Nelson said in a statement. “I look forward to bringing back my annual 4th of July Picnic to the city I love and sharing this special event with all my Austin fans.”In the event you have a legitimate excuse and can’t make it to the Lone Star State this July 4, there will be plenty of other opportunities to catch the durable Red Headed Stranger live this year.Starting May 13, Nelson, Dylan and a score of other iconic acts like Billy Strings, Wilco, Sheryl Crow and more will travel all over the country on their tenth annual ‘Outlaw Music Festival Tour.’For those in the Tri-state area, that includes stops at Long Island’s Jones Beach Theater on Friday, Aug. 1.

Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan will be reuniting for the summer leg of their 2025 Outlaw Music Festival Tour.The 34-date run will be in celebration of the 10th anniversary of Nelson’s “Outlaw Music Festival Tour” and will see likes of Dylan as well as Billy Strings, Wilco, Sheryl Crow, The Avett Brothers, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Waxahatchee and more as special guests on select dates. Dylan will perform on every date as a co-headliner alongside Nelson.The tour will kick off on May 13 in Phoenix, Arizona.

Beyoncé isn’t the only iconic country artist to announce a nationwide tour today.Willie Nelson just shared he’s heading out on his tenth ‘Outlaw Music Festival’ tour all over North America this summer as well.At all shows, the 91-year-old country crooner will be joined by co-headliner Bob Dylan for the second consecutive summer. Last year, the long-running legends joined forces along with Robert Plant. This time around, Wilco, The Avett Brothers, Sheryl Crow, Billy Strings, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats and a host of others are slated to provide support for the lo-fi pair on select dates.In total, five artists — Nelson, Dylan and three other special guests — are on the bill for nearly every gig (except four shows with just four performers) on the 34-show run.“What an amazing lineup to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Outlaw Music Festival Tour,” Nelson said in a press release.

The War On Drugs, Vampire Weekend, Mick Fleetwood and others have honoured the Grateful Dead at a Los Angeles charity gala.On Friday (January 31), the MusiCares Persons Of The Year ceremony took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center, an annual gala that has in the past paid tribute to music legends such as Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and Dolly Parton.Grateful Dead became the third group to receive the honour – after Fleetwood Mac and Aerosmith – and surviving members Mickey Hart and Bob Weir were on hand to accept the tribute.The War On Drugs played the Dead’s 1970 track ‘Box Of Rain’, while Vampire Weekend covered 1974’s ‘Scarlet Begonias’. Billy Strings played ‘Wharf Rat’, Dwight Yoakam covered ‘Truckin’’, Sammy Hagar performed ‘Loose Lucy’, My Morning Jacket played ‘One More Saturday Night’ and Norah Jones covered ‘Ripple’ at the show.John Mayer, The Police’s Stewart Copeland, Noah Kahan and Maren Morris were all also on hand at the event.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer MusicCares has revealed the lineup for the 2025 Persons of the Year Gala honoring the Grateful Dead, taking place in Los Angeles on Jan. 31.

Grateful Dead at this year’s MusiCares Gala has been revealed – check it out below.Later this month (January 31), Grateful Dead will be celebrated and recognised as MusiCares’ 2025 Persons of the Year. To honour the legendary band, an all-star roster has been amassed to perform in tribute.

Ringo Starr has announced plans for a country concert with Jack White and Sheryl Crow, to celebrate his legacy.The two-hour show entitled ‘Ringo & Friends At The Ryman’, which will air on CBS and stream on Paramount+ in the spring, is being recorded tonight (January 14) and tomorrow (January 15) at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. You can find any remaining tickets here.Starr will perform songs from his recent country album ‘Look Up’ along with his solo hits and The Beatles classics, through a country lens.

pation. There’s plenty of music promised for 2025 that will set your juices flowing, no matter what your particular tastes may be.

Primus performed their first live show since the abrupt departure of drummer Tim ‘Herb’ Alexander, recruiting a former member for the gig. Check out footage below.The gig took place as part of the band’s New Year’s Eve celebration shows, which were held at the Fox Theater in Oakland, California this Monday (December 30).

Primus have shared a video sent in by Billy Strings, showing him auditioning to become the new drummer. Check it out below.The search for a new percussionist was unveiled last month, shortly after frontman and bassist Les Claypool and co.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Post Malone is going full country for his upcoming album “F-1 Trillion,” tapping a laundry list of some of the genre’s biggest stars. “F-1 Trillion,” releasing August 16, is slated to include guest appearances from Dolly Parton, Tim McGraw, Blake Shelton, Hank Williams Jr., Morgan Wallen, Brad Paisley, Luke Combs, Jelly Roll, Lainey Wilson, Chris Stapleton, Hardy, Sierra Ferrell, Ernest and Billy Strings.

Willie Nelson has been medically ‘cleared’ and will be able to resume his ‘Outlaw Music Festival Tour’ with Bob Dylan.The 91-year-old was due to kick off the ‘Outlaw Music Festival Tour’ alongside Dylan on June 21 in Atlanta, followed by Charlotte and Raleigh, but unfortunately had to miss the three dates due to an unspecified illness. A statement shared on the Country icon’s official Instagram account announced that Nelson will be able to join the tour since he was “cleared by his doctors to go back on the road again.

Post Malone is going all in on country music.Starting in September, the Syracuse native and former rapper is slated to take off on his ‘F-1 Trillion Tour’ where he will perform “a collection of country songs” with backing band The Fools For You in support of his upcoming album due out on August 16.Notable New York stops on the 24-concert and festival run include gigs at Syracuse’s Empower FCU Amphitheater on Saturday, Sept. 14, Saratoga Springs’ Broadview Stage on Monday, Sept.

Willie Nelson has been forced to pull out of the opening dates of his joint headline US tour with Bob Dylan on medical grounds.The 91-year-old was due to kick off the ‘Outlaw Music Festival Tour’ alongside Dylan yesterday (June 21) in Atlanta, followed by Charlotte and Raleigh, but he will now miss all three dates.“We regret to inform you that Willie Nelson is not feeling well and, per doctor’s orders, has been advised to rest for the next four days,” read a statement on social media. “He is expected to make a quick recovery and join the Outlaw Music Festival tour next week.”“In the meantime, Lukas Nelson and the Family Band, along with a few guests, will perform a special set to include Willie’s classics and other songs.”The tour was announced in February, a run of 26 dates around North America that is set to last until September.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Billy Strings, the group Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway, and Iris DeMent won top competitive honors at the International Folk Music Awards, handed out in a ceremony Wednesday night in Kansas City, Missouri as part of the annual Folk Alliance International Conference. String was named artist of the year, while “City of Gold,” from Tuttle and Golden Highway, was awarded album of the year honors.

EXCLUSIVE: Music has continually been a facet of Lionsgate‘s $3 billion Hunger Games franchise going back to ditties from Taylor Swift, Coldplay and Lorde, and with today’s theatrical release of Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, the studio teamed with Spotify for a multi-faceted partnership that shines a spotlight on music’s legacy in the Suzanne Collins franchise.

The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes.The US singer-songwriter shared her haunting new track at the beginning of this month, which will feature on the official soundtrack from the Hunger Games prequel film, which is out November 17.The music video begins which a camera tracking shot moving into a cabin to find Rodrigo playing guitar and singing the song on the edge of a bed, building up to her running through a green field. The video is also interspersed with clips of Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler in their respective roles as Coriolanus Snow and Lucy Gray Baird.Watch it below.Other artists set to feature alongside Rodrigo in the film’s soundtrack include Zegler, Billy Strings, Charles Wesley Godwin, Molly Tuttle and more.The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes will follow the younger years of Coriolanus Snow (originally played by Donald Sutherland) on his path to becoming the leader of Panem.Previous artists to feature in the soundtrack to The Hunger Games films include Taylor Swift, HAIM, Charli XCX, The Weeknd, Coldplay, Lorde and more.Francis Lawrence, director of The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes said in a statement (via Variety): “From the very beginning of this franchise, we have been fortunate to attract some of the world’s most talented recording artists, whose music has accentuated and complemented the drama of the films while underscoring the emotional weight carried by the characters.“With her highly charged lyrics and urgent voice, Olivia Rodrigo taps into all of that as much as any artist today.

Olivia Rodrigo is contributing her music to the soundtrack for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes with “Can’t Catch Me Now.”

Olivia Rodrigo's contribution to The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes soundtrack, titled "Can't Catch Me Now," is streaming now. Scroll down to listen to the song.