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Taylor Swift Featured In 'Band Hero'; New Songs Announced

Taylor Swift, Band Hero, Band Hero Song List

Video game players and music fans alike can now get closer to Band Hero's in-game playable character Taylor Swift than ever before, as they can perform as the music icon to her fan-favorite chart-t...


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Celebrity Birthdays, April 23

Melina Kanakaredes

Happy Birthday to Slovakian tennis player Daniela Hantuchova (1983), "Sin City" actress Jamie King (1979), WWE champ John Cena (197), Mexican singer Patricia Manterola (1972), "CSI NY" actress Meli...


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Writer's Viewpoint: Disputing An Iconic Song List

Beatles

It takes a cataclysmic event to derail Overrated/Underrated from its usual Friday spot. Currently the Oscars have been serving as that disruptive force, but this week interruption comes from the m...


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Celebrate Christmas With The 'Man In Black' And Friends

Johnny Cash

Shout! Factory is delighted to bring you holiday cheer with the October 7 release of the 4-DVD box set The Johnny Cash Christmas Specials 1976-1979, as well as single DVD releases of The Johnny Cas...


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B.B. King To Release 'One Kind Favor' Aug. 26

B.B. King

The King of the Blues is set to release a new album featuring covers of old blues songs from B.B. King's early influences. With production by T. Bone Burnett (Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Roy Orbi...


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Celebrity Birthdays, April 23

Melina Kanakaredes

Happy Birthday to Slovakian tennis player Daniela Hantuchova (1983), "Sin City" actress Jamie King (1979), WWE champ John Cena (197), Mexican singer Patricia Manterola (1972), "CSI NY" actress Meli...


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Nikki Sixx Finds Love With 'LA Ink' Tattooist Kat Von D

Kat Von Drachenberg

Motley Crue rocker Nikki Sixx is dating America's most famous female tattoo artist, Kat Von Drachenberg. The bassist, who split from his wife Donna D'Errico in May 2006 after nearly 10 years of mar...


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Top Ten 80's Movie Soundtracks

80s soundtrack king Kenny Loggins

Starpulse recently ran a 'Top Ten 80s Albums' list, in which the inclusion of the Top Gun soundtrack inspired me to come up with a list of the "Top Ten 80s Movie Soundtracks." After doing a little...


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Notes & Quotes

Kat Von D

Roy Orbison's son Alex is to wed tattoo artist Kat Von D. Heavily tattooed Kat, who fronts TV show L.A. Ink, accepted the Whitestarr drummer's proposal last month, and the couple made it official a...


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Concert Review - Van Halen: The Reunion That No One Bet On

Van Halen

2/10/08 at Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA They say all good things must pass. David Lee Roth was out. Sammy Hagar took over. Then it was Gary Cherone for an eye blink. In 2008, that guy that E...


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'Girl In A Coma' Currently On Tour In Europe With 'Morrissey' Takes Time To Talk

Girl in a Coma

Starpulse recently caught up with the up-and-coming band Girl in a Coma as they opened for Morrissey in Europe. Hailing from San Antonio, GIAC is Nina Diaz on vocals and guitar, sister Phanie Diaz...


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Morcheeba Invite You To 'Dive Deep'; Announce North American Tour Dates

Morcheeba

Having sold 6 million albums, toured the world over and produced some of the most moving and instantly recognizable tunes throughout the nineties and noughties Morcheeba are about to make a massive...


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Thievery Corporation Producer Rob Garza Releases 'Dust Galaxy'

Dust Galaxy

Having spent over the past ten years creating, producing, remixing and touring, Rob Garza has been influenced by an endless list of diverse artists. Some surprising, some not. In fact, for Dust G...


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Celebrate Christmas With The 'Man In Black' On Two Special DVDs

Johnny

On November 13 Shout! Factory will release two special DVDs just in time for the holiday season. The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1976 and The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1977 are the first rele...


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15 Memorable Music Scenes On Film

William Shakespeare

As a film junkie and music geek I always look forward to seeing what songs directors will put in certain scenes to create the right mood. Finding the perfect song isn't always easy. The song has to...


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'Runnin' Down A Dream' Chronicles The Early Years Of Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

Runnin

The remarkable early years of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers and all that would follow are at the center of a new documentary by legendary director Peter Boganovich (The Last Picture Show) entitle...


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Traveling Wilburys Return To The Charts

The Traveling Wilburys

Rock supergroup The Traveling Wilburys have returned to the U.K. album charts after a 17-year absence. The group, which comprised of Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty and the late Roy Orbison and Ge...


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Queens Of The Stone Age Are Bonding With White Stripes

Queens Of The Stone Age

The Queens Of The Stone Age are looking forward to sharing the stage with The White Stripes at the O2 Wireless Festival in London tonight after bonding over a karaoke machine. QOTSA front man Josh ...


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Traveling Wilburys Music Available For The First Time In A Decade

The Traveling Wilburys

LOS ANGELES -- Nearly twenty years after the creation of the band, and over a decade since the music was last available to fans, the music of The Traveling Wilburys will be reissued on June 12, 200...


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George Harrison 'Begged' Roy Orbison To Join Traveling Wilburys

The Traveling Wilburys

Late Beatle George Harrison got down on his knees and begged Roy Orbison to join The Traveling Wilburys. Harrison and Jeff Lynne started the supergroup in the late 1980s and ended up inviting Orbis...


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Celebrity Birthdays, April 23

John Cena

Happy Birthday to Slovakian tennis player Daniela Hantuchova (1983), "Sin City" actress Jamie King (1979), WWE champ John Cena (197), Mexican singer Patricia Manterola (1972), "CSI NY" actress Meli...


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Widow Not Keen on Roy Orbison Biopic

Roy Orbison

The widow of the late Roy Orbison has been rejecting numerous film offers from producers keen to make a biopic of the rocker's life because she doesn't want to share the late singer with the public...


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Pete Yorn Headlines The South In Support Of Latest Album, "Nightcrawler"

Pete Yorn

For Nightcrawler, his first new studio album in three years, rocker Pete Yorn explores, and brings full circle, the day-for-life metaphor (morning-day-night) which began with his RIAA gold-certifie...


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T-Bone Burnett Releases First New Album In 14 Years Along With Retrospective

T Bone Burnett

T-Bone Burnett is an American original. A songwriter and performer steeped in our nation's deep musical heritage, T Bone has emerged from a self-imposed 14 year hiatus as a recording artist to rel...


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Celebrity Birthdays, April 23

John Cena

Happy Birthday to Slovakian tennis player Daniela Hantuchova (1983), "Sin City" actress Jamie King (1979), WWE champ John Cena (197), Mexican singer Patricia Manterola (1972), "CSI NY" actress Meli...


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Singer Gene Pitney Dies Suddenly in Britain

Gene Pitney

Singer Gene Pitney has been found dead in a hotel room in Wales. He was 65. His tour manager, and friend of 30 years, discovered him in his bed at the Hilton hotel in Cardiff this morning. Friends ...


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