On This Day, July 29, 1967 … The Doors had their first #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with “Light My Fire,” from their self-titled debut album. The song, written by guitarist Robby Krieger, spent three weeks on the top of the chart. The album version of theRead More →
Gaye Gerard/Getty Images Sinéad O’Connor passed away a year ago, and now her family has revealed her official cause of death. A coroner in London initially ruled O’Connor died from “natural causes,” but the Irish Independent reports that the singer’s family recently filed her death certificate, revealing the cause of death as “exacerbation of chronicRead More →
Amy Sussman/Getty Images In 1999, after an 11-year break, Bruce Springsteen reunited with The E Street Band for a yearlong tour, and now The Boss is looking back on the trek. “It was not a reunion but a revival,” Springsteen said of the tour. Now fans are getting to experience that withRead More →
Island Def Jam Music Group KISS’ 12th studio album, Animalize, is turning 40 this year, and to celebrate the band has launched a new 40th anniversary merch collection, complete with two limited-edition vinyl variant bundles. One of the bundles includes an Animalize 40th anniversary picture disc, along with a T-shirt with theRead More →
Evan Agostini/Getty Images A wax figure of the late Sinéad O’Connor has been pulled from Dublin’s National Wax Museum following uproar from the public, it was revealed on RTÉ Radio’s Liveline. The figure was unveiled Thursday, the day before the one-year anniversary of Sinéad’s death, and drew tons of backlashRead More →
Disney/Randy Holmes Back in June, The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White, who’ll star as Bruce Springsteen in the upcoming movie Deliver Me From Nowhere, told Variety he had yet to meet The Boss — but it looks like that may change soon. Speaking again to Variety, this time on the red carpetRead More →
SVR B-52s founding member Kate Pierson is set to drop the new solo album Radios and Rainbows on Sept. 20. The album is Kate’s first solo album since her solo debut, 2015’s Guitars and Microphones. “It’s an eclectic group of songs, anthems, dance things, a disco song,” Kate shares. “Overall, theRead More →
Ross Marino/Getty Images Paul McCartney is the latest musician to pay tribute to legendary British blues/rock guitarist John Mayall, who passed away Monday at the age of 90. “In the 1960’s we would meet at one of the late-night music clubs and often go back to his house where heRead More →
Warner Records Neil Young is ready to release the third installment in his Archives series. Young is set drop Archives Vol. III (1976-1987) on Sept. 6. As the title suggests, it focuses on Young’s career from 1976 to 1987, complete with music recordings and film, as well as lots of content thatRead More →
Gus Stewart/Redferns Bruce Springsteen helped one of his fans pop the question at his show at Wembley Stadium in London on Thursday. Video posted to YouTube shows Bruce noticing a sign in the audience as he finishes performing the tune “The Promised Land.” He grabs it and holds it toRead More →
