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One Hand Clapping, the popular bootlegged live album from Paul McCartney & Wings will be released for the first time on June 14. It was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in 1974 and has been newly mixed and will be available on vinyl, CD, and digital....
Apr 24, 2024
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced its 2024 inductees during Sunday night's episode of "American Idol" on ABC, adding eight new performers to its ranks. Those getting in are: the Dave Matthews Band, winner of the public vote for a second year; Ma...
Apr 22, 2024
Dickey Betts, legendary singer, songwriter, guitarist and co-founding member of the Allman Brothers Band died on Thursday morning (4-18). As reported first by Rolling Stone, his cause of death, was cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. A st...
Apr 19, 2024
Dickey Betts, co-founding member of the Allman Brothers Band has died of cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He passed away at his home in Osprey, Florida surrounded by his entire family. He married his fifth wife, Donna in 1989 and leave...
Apr 19, 2024
Todd Rundgren hits the road again with his Me/We Tour, which kicks off Wednesday, April 17th, at the Uptown Theater in Minneapolis. Rundgren has dates booked into September and will be supported by his usual band, which includes Utopia cohorts Kasim Su...
Apr 17, 2024
Premiering Wednesday, April 18th, in movie theaters is "Chicago & Friends in Concert," an all-star, guest-filled Decades Rock Live performance filmed over two nights last November at the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. The two-and-a-half...
Apr 17, 2024
Let It Be, the1970 film about The Beatles, will launch exclusively on Disney+ on May 8th. This is the first time the film is available in over 50 years. Let It Be, brings viewers into the studio and onto Apple Corps' London rooftop in January 1969 as T...
Apr 17, 2024
Ringo Starr has officially released the first single and video from his upcoming EP, Crooked Boy. "February Sky," is from his fourth consecutive EP, which includes 4 original tracks. The video clip includes never released images from Ringo's archives. ...
Apr 16, 2024
Billy Joel shares the latest performance of his lengthy residency in New York with this Sunday's (April 14th) broadcast of "The 100th: Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden" on CBS. The program, airing at 9 p.m. ET/PT, captures highlights from Joel's Mar...
Apr 12, 2024
Out now is a new book, "All You Need is Love: The Beatles in their Own Words" (St. Martin's Press) by former Apple Records executive Peter Brown and writer Steven Gaines. It's a sequel to their 1983 "The Love You Make: An Insider's Story of the Beatles...
Apr 09, 2024
This Friday, April 12th, Ringo Starr will release "February Sky," the first single from his upcoming EP, Crooked Boy. The black and white cover shows a shirtless photo of a very young Ringo, standing on the beach. The EP, produced by Linda Perry, will ...
Apr 09, 2024
Grand Funk Railroad's hit remake of Little Eva's "The Loco-Motion" turns 50 this spring. The song was a single from Grand Funk's "Shinin' On" album in 1974 and hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, just like the original, which was written by Carole King...
Apr 08, 2024
John Oates of Hall & Oates will release a new album titled Reunion, on May 17th. A video of the title track is already out. About that he said: "It came together when my 100-year-old father told me that he was making ready to be together with my mo...
Apr 04, 2024
Though he says he'd given up on Foreigner ever getting into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, original Foreigner frontman Lou Gramm has been excitedly watching the public voting, where Foreigner has been solidly in the Top 3 since it opened during early ...
Apr 04, 2024
In support of the American Red Cross, Black Veil Brides are hosting a virtual blood drive during their U.S. Bleeders Tour. Fans attending their concerts can present their proof of a blood donation and receive an exclusive merchandise packag...
Apr 04, 2024
John Oates of Hall & Oates will release a new album titled Reunion, on May 17th. A video of the title track is already out. About that he said: “It came together when my 100-year-old father told me that he was making ready to be together wit...
Apr 04, 2024
Out on Friday, April 5th, is an expanded reissue of "Bleed Like Me," the fourth studio album by Garbage -- originally released on April 11th, 2005. The new edition features the original 11-song set plus 17 additional tracks including outtakes,, B-Sides and the non-album single "Tell Me Where It Hurts,&qu...
Apr 04, 2024
Though he says he'd given up on Foreigner ever getting into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, original Foreigner frontman Lou Gramm has been excitedly watching the public voting, where Foreigner has been solidly in the Top 3 since it opened during early February. Gramm tells us he's been particularly gratified by the act...
Apr 04, 2024
Jeff Lynne's ELO added second nights to four cities on The Over and Out Tour. The 31-date trek now includes 2 shows in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Pre-sales for the newly added shows are happening now, with tickets going on sale t...
Apr 03, 2024
Heart added 30 dates to the fall leg of their Royal Flush Tour. It kicks off September 26th in San Francisco, with stops in Los Angeles, Phoenix, St. Louis, Charleston, Spokane, Nashville, Green Bay and more, before wrapping December 15th, in Las ...
Apr 03, 2024