VMA The MTV Video Music Awards went down in New York Wednesday night, with Lenny Kravitz and Benson Boone this year’s rock winners. Kravitz nabbed the Best Rock award for “Human” from his latest album, Blue Electric Light, beating out U2, Bon Jovi, Coldplay, Green Day and Kings of Leon. “I amRead More →
Jim Bennett/Getty Images Pearl Jam wrapped their two-night stand at New York’s Madison Square Garden Wednesday and were joined by two very special guests, E Street Band guitarist Stevie Van Zandt and producer Andrew Watt, who produced the band’s latest album, Dark Matter. Eddie Vedder gave a shout-out to Little Steven before performingRead More →
Harper Collins Van Halen drummer Alex Van Halen has shared a clip of a previously unreleased song he wrote with his late brother, Eddie Van Halen. The rocker just shared a snippet of the tune, “Unfinished,” on social media. It will be featured on the audiobook of Alex’s upcoming memoir, Brothers. TheRead More →
Sire Records/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images The battle between Joey Ramone’s brother Mitchel Hyman (better known as Mickey Leigh) and Johnny Ramone’s widow Linda Cummings-Ramone continues, with the latest court documents filed by Mickey. In documents filed in New York Friday, Mickey’s lawyers argue Linda’s violating federal trademark law by using the RamonesRead More →
Harper Collins Alex Van Halen’s upcoming autobiography, Brothers, will offer a treat to fans who decide to listen to it as an audiobook. A description of the release posted to the Van Halen website reveals that the audiobook, narrated by Alex, will feature the added bonus of a previously unreleasedRead More →
Courtesy of The Black Crowes Now that they’re no longer opening for Aerosmith, The Black Crowes have found some more time in their schedule, so they’re adding more dates to their upcoming Happiness Bastards Tour (The Reprise). The rockers have added 14 new shows to the schedule, including stops in NewRead More →
Photo Credit: Danny Fields The 50th anniversary of the Ramones live debt at the New York rock club CBGB is being celebrated with some new vinyl releases. Rhino has teamed with Vinyl Me, Please to feature the New York punk rock band in a variety of new pressings, including highlighting 1977’sRead More →
Frank Hoensch/Redferns The Black Crowes’ Chris and Rich Robinson will launch a new leg of their Happiness Bastards tour this fall, but before that, fans in New York will have a chance to see them on a much smaller scale. The brothers are set to take part in a special Grammy Museum event, dubbed An EveningRead More →
Paul Natkin/Getty Images Jack Russell, frontman for the band Great White, has died. He was 63. Jack Russell’s Great White, the name Russell toured under after Great White broke up in 2001, announced the news in a statement posted to Instagram Thursday. The statement says that “Jack passed peacefully,” surrounded by hisRead More →
Columbia Records AC/DC has announced the third and final installment of their gold vinyl release series celebrating the band’s 50th anniversary. The upcoming set is expected to ship Sept. 25. It includes 1983’s Flip of the Switch, 1985’s Fly on the Wall, 1988’s Blow Up Your Video, 2008’s Black Ice, 2012’s Live at River PlateRead More →
