Demon Music Group The solo career of The Who’s late bassist John Entwistle will be the subject of a new CD box set coming in May. The Ox Box Set, dropping May 10, will feature Entwistle’s six solo albums — 1971’s Smash Your Head Against the Wall, 1972’s Whistle Rymes, 1973’s Rigor MortisRead More →
Columbia Records/ Legacy Recordings AC/DC celebrated the 50th anniversary of their very first show in December, and now, they’re dropping some special vinyl releases. The band is set to release their catalog on limited edition gold colored vinyl, starting March 15 with nine albums; further releases are expected later in theRead More →
On This Day, February 20, 1974… Steely Dan released their third studio album, Pretzel Logic, which was the last to feature the full lineup of Donald Fagen, Walter Becker, Denny Dias, Jim Hodder and Jeff “Skunk” Baxter. Future albums would be recorded by Becker, Fagen and hired studio musicians. PretzelRead More →
ABC The story of The Beatles is about to be told on the big screen in a big way. Sony Pictures just announced that Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes is on board to direct not one, but four movies about The Beatles, each one told from the point of view ofRead More →
Warner Records Van Halen‘s two frontmen, Sammy Hagar and David Lee Roth, haven’t been holding back in the press about their feelings toward each other. And while they may not be friends, that hasn’t stopped Hagar from appreciating the music Roth made with Van Halen before he took over. Van Halen’s sixth studio album, 1984, celebrated its 40thRead More →
Disney/Randy Holmes Lenny Kravitz was honored Sunday night with the Music Icon Award at the 2024 People’s Choice Awards. Kravitz talked about how when he first started out people offered him big deals but only if he changed his music, sharing he turned them down because he couldn’t do something “inauthentic.” “An icon,Read More →
Ethan Miller/Getty Images Def Leppard has added another tour date to their already busy schedule. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers are set to headline Spokane Arena on September 6, the first time they are playing Spokane, Washington, in seven years. Tickets for Def Leppard Rock Brigade Concert Club members go on saleRead More →
MPL/UMe Paul McCartney is back on the Billboard chart thanks to the 50th anniversary reissue of his Wings album, Band on the Run. The reissue, which went to #1 on the Billboard 200 chart when it was released in 1974, returns to the same chart at #156 for the week ending February 17. It has also landed in the topRead More →
SGranitz/WireImage An in-the-works biopic about the Bee Gees may have found its director. Deadline reports that Oscar-nominated director Ridley Scott, best known for such films as Thelma & Louise and Gladiator, is in talks to helm the Paramount Pictures film about the ’70s disco legends. Paramount has been working on the film for quite a while, obtaining the rights toRead More →
Scott Legato/Getty Images Queen’s Roger Taylor is selling his Los Angeles home. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame drummer has put his Spanish-style villa in the Hollywood Hills on the market, according to the Robb Report. Taylor purchased the 4,300-square-foot home in the early 1980s for $352,000 and has now listed it forRead More →
