Mick Jagger News

Magnolia Pictures has acquired U.S. rights to the documentary MUSCLE SHOALS. The film explores the history of the famous Alabama recording studio that launched some of the most famous songs in the world.

Celebrated American singer/songwriter Todd Snider is now touring in support of his 12th album, Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables. Deemed 'America's sharpest musical storyteller' by Rolling Stone, Snider uses his Americana/alternative country/folk style to paint a world where begging turns to mugging, investment turns to ruin, babies grow into felons, and honesty is blunt trauma. The result is something disconcerting, cracked, and wholly original.

Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones are set to roll out an 18-city North American Tour come May, according to Rolling Stone.

CMT continues to broaden its appeal with the addition of four new series, four returning series, a variety of projects in development and a newly-created News & Docs division, it was announced today by Jayson Dinsmore, EVP, Programming and Development, during the network's annual upfront presentation.

Bill Evans' Soulgrass returns to the Blue Note this February/March for a week of shows with a star-studded lineup and all-star band audiences have come to expect from this Stellar genre-bending group.

Multiple Grammy and Emmy Award-winning Justin Timberlake returns to SNL on March 9 pulling double-duty as host and musical guest.

Emblem/Atlantic recording group Matchbox Twenty has announced the first-ever 'Matchbox Twenty Cruise' aboard the Carnival Imagination. The musical voyage will get underway December 6th-9th, sailing roundtrip from Miami, Florida to Nassau, Bahamas.

Six-time Grammy Award-winner and legendary New Orleans singer-songwriter, Dr. John, has recently signed with Sam Feldman and Michael Gorfaine for exclusive management representation.

Unearthed after more than 40 years and unheard since their original airing, the recordings of Village Voice 'Scenes' columnist and radio personality Howard Smith are now available for the first time. Containing over 100 interviews, The Smith Tapes will be released in monthly installments on digital retailers iTunes and Amazon. Following Collection 1-Fillmore East, Collection 2 Aquarian Theatre and Collection 3-Everything's Not Okay comes Collection 4-Woodstock. This new offering features interviews with Ravi Shankar, Joe Cocker, Woodstock producers John Roberts and Joel Rosenman, Sly Stone, John Lennon and Yoko Ono from their Bed-In, live Reports from the Woodstock festival and commentary on the Woodstock film. Please see full track listing and details below.

International songstress Ana Moura has emerged as one of Portugal's leading voices of traditional Fado (which means "fate"; fado is her country's soulful answer to the blues). She embarks on an extensive national tour, including a performance at Three Stages that will embrace both the emotional folk music of her country and her own pop sensibility.

Celebrated American singer/songwriter Todd Snider is now touring in support of his 12th album, Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables. Deemed 'America's sharpest musical storyteller' by Rolling Stone, Snider uses his Americana/alternative country/folk style to paint a world where begging turns to mugging, investment turns to ruin, babies grow into felons, and honesty is blunt trauma. The result is something disconcerting, cracked, and wholly original.

James and the Giant Peach, the beloved and well-read Roald Dahl story returns to Imagination Stage and teams up with the world premiere of The Magic Finger, one of Dahl's lesser known stories. Both shows, performed on the same stage and using the same set and cast, will create an exciting, hilarious, and Dahl-icious spring repertory at Imagination Stage.

The Art Directors Guild (ADG) last night announced winners of its 17th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards Presented by BMW in nine categories of film, television, commercials and music videos during black-tie ceremonies at the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.

Nine-time Grammy award-winning artist and singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow will be making her debut performance of 'Easy,' the first single from her forthcoming Warner Music Nashville debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live! tonight at 11:35pm EST/PST on ABC. This album marks the first new music from Crow in over two years and her debut on Warner Bros. Records.

Unearthed after more than 40 years and unheard since their original airing, the recordings of Village Voice 'Scenes' columnist and radio personality Howard Smith are now available for the first time. Containing over 100 interviews, The Smith Tapes will be released in monthly installments on digital retailers iTunes and Amazon. Following Collection 1-Fillmore East, Collection 2 Aquarian Theatre and Collection 3-Everything's Not Okay comes Collection 4-Woodstock. This new offering features interviews with Ravi Shankar, Joe Cocker, Woodstock producers John Roberts and Joel Rosenman, Sly Stone, John Lennon and Yoko Ono from their Bed-In, live Reports from the Woodstock festival and commentary on the Woodstock film. Please see full track listing and details below.

International songstress Ana Moura announces her fifth studio album and Decca debut, Desfado. She has emerged as one of Portugal's leading voices of traditional Fado (which means "fate") with her mesmerizing interpretations of her country's soulful answer to the blues. To coincide with the release, Moura will embark on a North American tour taking her through major cities such as San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, Washington DC, Minneapolis and more, kicking off February 28th (see dates below).

Bill Evans' Soulgrass returns to the Blue Note this February/March for a week of shows with a star-studded lineup and all-star band audiences have come to expect from this Stellar genre-bending group.

Directors Guild of America President Taylor Hackford today announced the DGA's nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television and Commercials for the year 2012.