Julien’s Auctions An auction that focused on the over-the-top creations of designer Bob Mackie has concluded, and the fabulous ‘fits he made for his most famous client, Cher, brought in some major bucks. The star of the show was a three-piece costume Cher wore in 1977 on The Sonny &Read More →
Disney Never Too Late, the new documentary about Elton John, premieres Dec. 13 on Disney+. Directed by his husband, David Furnish, and RJ Cutler, it features never-before-seen footage of Elton’s career and of his life today as a husband and father. It also details how he triumphed over adversity, abuseRead More →
Atlantic Records Saturday, Dec. 14, marks the 40th anniversary of Foreigner’s fifth studio album, Agent Provocateur, which was a huge hit for the band. The album was a top-five hit, landing at #4 on the Billboard 200, and earned a triple Platinum certification by the RIAA. The record is best known for its hit ballad “I Want ToRead More →
ABC Legal documents pertaining to the breakup of The Beatles sold at auction on Thursday for over $11,000, according to the U.K. publication The Standard. The U.K. auction house Dawsons handled the sale of the more than 300 pages of documents relating to the band’s official split in 1974. TheRead More →
Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures The cast of the Bob Dylan film A Complete Unknown, including star Timothée Chalamet, perform all the music seen in the film, which amounts to more than 50 onscreen music performances. When it comes to guitars, they are playing Gibsons. Gibson’s acoustic guitar luthiers worked withRead More →
Eric Charbonneau/A24 via Getty Images While no official casting for Sam Mendes’ movies about The Beatles has been announced, the rumors continue to swirl, and now one of the actors mentioned as a possible candidate to play John Lennon has spoken out on the subject. On the red carpet for his newRead More →
Frontiers Former Yes lead singer Jon Anderson is set to release a new live album and DVD with his backing band The Band Geeks. Jon Anderson and The Band Geeks Live – Perpetual Change is a recording of their concert at the Aracada Theater in St. Charles, Illinois, which took placeRead More →
Chronicle Books A new book about the Grateful Dead is coming out next year in time for the band’s 60th anniversary. The Grateful Dead By Jim Marshall: Photos And Stories From The Formative Years, 1966–1977 will be released Aug. 5, featuring both color and black-and-white photos taken by rock ‘n’ rollRead More →
Frontiers On This Day, Dec. 12, 2012 … 12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief was held at New York’s Madison Square Garden to raise money for the victims of Hurricane Sandy, which struck portions of the Northeastern United States, the Caribbean and the Mid-Atlantic in late October 2012. The concertRead More →
Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures Edward Norton and Monica Barbaro are sharing how they got into character to play music icons Pete Seeger and Joan Baez in the new film A Complete Unknown. Though it’s a biopic centering on Bob Dylan (Timothée Chalamet) in the early ’60s, Norton told Good MorningRead More →
