David Bowie is a man of many talents—and even more hairstyles. In tribute to the rocker’s 68th birthday last week, artist Helen Green compressed a career’s worth of looks into one animated GIF—see below. (Sploid) The first wave of the Bonnaroo lineup was announced last night via an unusual phone-in system; the annual music festival in…

Though it’s not officially confirmed, a report appearing in Showbiz411 and subsequently picked up by Billboard says that with Paul McCartney‘s enthusiastic support, the Beatles catalog is headed for Neil Young‘s high-end Pono music service. Will you be able to hear the difference between the super hi-fi Pono audio and regular CDs, though? Even some Pono…

At the Golden Globes Sunday night, Prince appeared to present the award for best original song to John Legend and Common for “Glory” from Selma. “I want to thank God,” said Common, “and the Hollywood Foreign Press.” (Billboard) Allison Janney: massive Prince fan. pic.twitter.com/gcOjY8UtH3 — Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) January 12, 2015 Thanks to his collaboration with Kanye West, Paul McCartney is back…

While he was at the Consumer Electronics Show promoting his new Pono music player, Neil Young happened to mention that he’s working on a new album with Willie Nelson‘s sons Lukas and Micah Nelson. He joked that the album is going to be about his change-of-heart regarding an agribusiness giant he’s been protesting for years. The Monsanto Years, Young said, will…

Neil Young‘s high-end Pono music player, backed by the most successful Kickstarter campaign ever (measured in terms of number of supporters), hits select retailers this week at a price of $399. Young appeared at the Consumer Electronics Show to talk the player up. He dismissed questions about whether there will be room for the new…

In 1980, the Sony Walkman cassette player revolutionized music listening, turning it into a mobile, personal experience. The Walkman has largely lost its cachet in the MP3 era—eclipsed by the iPod and iPhone—but Sony is aiming to bring some of the Walkman’s mojo back with a high-end player. The Walkman ZX2, set to launch this spring,…

Tongue-in-cheek tweets by Kanye West fans stirred a minor panic among Beatles fans who thought that some young tweeters actually didn’t know who Kanye’s latest collaborator—Paul McCartney—is. Both The Mirror U.K. and Good Morning America stirred the pot by reporting on the the story. “WHO IS PAUL MCCARTNEY?” read a GMA feed. “KANYE’S FANS DON’T KNOW THE BEATLE.” Maybe…

From Jan. 16 to around Feb. 14, PJ Harvey will record her next album while on public display—along with her band, producers, and engineers—inside a glass box in London. The box will be located inside the New Wing of Somerset House in London, and will be lined with one-way glass: holders of tickets (already sold out)…

On New Year’s Eve, Kanye West released a new single, “Only One.” Collaborating on the track is none other than Paul McCartney, who plays keyboard. The tender track, a tribute to both Kanye’s daughter and his late mother, is what a spokesperson calls the first “publicly available recording from what has become a prolific musical collaboration between…

With One Direction on tour—including an upcoming July 26 date at TCF Bank Stadium—concert tickets were a popular gift item this Christmas, and some of the young recipients were extremely grateful. (BuzzFeed) In keeping with a recent European Union directive, Apple is now offering “no questions asked” returns to European iTunes users for a period of two weeks after…