• Super Bowl's Most Shazamed Songs: What Commercial Soundtracks Got Most Interest? Car Commercials Do Best

    Advertisers paid more than $4.5 million per 30 seconds of airtime during the Super Bowl last night so they like to know that their wares get people's attention. One way to do this is to examine what soundtracks get Shazamed, or searched using music identification service Shazam. Last night's most Shazamed moments came during the halftime show (more on that later) but outside of that it looked like New York songwriter Marc Scibilia induced the most curiosity with his rendition of Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land" featured during a Jeep commercial.

  • Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler Arrested After Drunken Bar Fight in California

    Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler is as feisty as ever. The musician was arrested Tuesday, Jan. 27, after getting into a drunken bar fight in California. Police charged the 65-year-old with misdemeanor assault, public intoxication and vandalism. Butler was taken to jail and released after he detoxed and was cited, "Rolling Stone" noted.

  • Tom Morello, Serj Tankian Pay Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne Guitarist Randy Rhoads with 'Crazy Train' Cover [LISTEN]

    Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello and System of a Down's Serj Tankian joined forces to pay tribute to deceased Ozzy Osbourne axeman Randy Rhoads. The pair decided to lay down "Crazy Train," the anthemic single from Osbourne's debut solo effort "Blizzard of Ozz." The cover will be included on the new compilation "Immortal Randy Rhoads: The Ultimate Tribute" and features Rudy Sarzo, another Rhoads bandmate, and Vinny Appice, "Rolling Stone" notes.

  • Sharon Osbourne Feels 'Terrible' About Badmouthing U2's 'Songs of Innocence' After Meeting the Band

    Along with pretty much the entire general public, Sharon Osbourne was critical of the band U2 for more or less forcing its 13th studio album, "Songs of Innocence," onto the world in September with the help of Apple. The sharp-tongued wife and manager of Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne made it clear on Twitter that she was not happy about the album magically appearing in her iTunes. Now, though, Sharon is going back on her remarks because she met the band and they were "lovely," Blabbermouth notes.Sharon publicly apologized — sort of — yesterday, Jan. 12, on her CBS talk show "The Talk.""I've been caught badmouthing so many people — so many people — and one which was so humbling was ... I did it on the show ... I badmouthed U2 for giving their album away at Apple free. And it wasn't personal; it was business, and it was how I felt about it business-wise, but I was very scathing with my remarks," she said.

  • Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest and Motörhead to Tour After Monsters of Rock Festival in April

    Some of heavy metal's biggest names are reportedly joining forces for a tour this spring. Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest and Motörhead have confirmed one date in Brazil directly following the Monsters of Rock Festival in April. According to the production company Hits Entretenimento, the three acts will hit the road on the Monsters Tour, Pollstar reports.Osbourne will headline the festival April 25 in addition to Motörhead, Black Veil Brides, Rival Sons, Coal Chamber and Primal Fear. Kiss is slated for the headline spot the following day with Manowar, Accept, Unisonic, Yngwie Malmsteen and Steel Panther. Judas Priest will join in on both days.The first date of the Monsters Tour is April 30 at Porto Alegre's Zequinha Stadium. No further dates have been announced.Previously, the Prince of Darkness has linked up with both acts. He shared the bill with Judas Priest at a concert in Canada in 2008. Lemmy and the boys joined Osbourne on the Blizzard of Ozz tour in the early 1980s, Ultimate Classic Rock notes.

  • Spotify and Halloween Music: Michael Jackson, Bobby "Boris" Pickett and 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' Top Holiday Streams

    SPSpotify's Insights blog, like any site that depends on music for its readership, went with a Halloween-themed feature as October came to a close. The site tracked more than 600,000 "Halloween" playlists that were created in the lead up to this year's holiday and came up with a Top 10 list of songs featured most. It was fairly predictable, but you can check out the list below, along with the occasional note from Music Times.
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