Taylor Hill/WireImage Billy Joel is getting ready to wrap his Madison Square Garden residency in July, and while fans got a taste of the show when his 100th concert aired on CBS earlier this year, Billy wasn’t exactly the biggest fan of the telecast. “I’m never crazy about doing TV.Read More →
Scott Legato/Getty Images Sammy Hagar took to social media Thursday to wish his bandmate and friend Michael Anthony a happy birthday. “On this day, a long, long time ago, the world was blessed with this bad a**, bass playing, singing rock ‘n’ roll superstar,” Hagar wrote on Instagram. “Ladies and gentlemen IRead More →
On This Day, June 20, 1942 … Brian Wilson was born in Inglewood, California. In 1961, he co-founded The Beach Boys and changed the face of popular music with his gift for musical harmonies and vocal arrangements. The band had a string of top-40 hits, including “I Get Around,” “Help Me Rhonda” andRead More →
Richard E. Aaron/Redferns Queen has reportedly made a lot of money selling off their catalog. According to Variety, sources have confirmed a report first revealed on Hits that the British rockers are selling their catalog to Sony Music for a reported $1.27 billion. The catalog includes such Queen hits as “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Another OneRead More →
ABC/Heidi Gutman Paul McCartney has added more dates to his Got Back tour. The two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer is returning to Mexico this fall with two shows: Nov. 8 in Monterrey and Nov. 12 in Mexico City. “The shows at Foro Sol were a highlight of last yearRead More →
Courtesy of HBO Music fans know Stevie Van Zandt as the legendary guitarist in Bruce Springsteen‘s E Street Band, but he’s a lot more than that, as they’ll learn watching the new documentary Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple. Director Bill Teck tells ABC Audio he’s been a Van Zandt fan since his teens and wanted to make theRead More →
Disney/Randy Holmes Huey Lewis has had a big year: A musical based on his songs, The Heart of Rock and Roll, opened on Broadway and he’s featured in the hit Netflix documentary The Greatest Night in Pop, about the making of the charity single “We Are the World.” Huey tells ABC AudioRead More →
On This Day, June 19, 2020 … Bob Dylan released his 39th studio album, Rough and Rowdy Ways, which was his first album of original songs in almost eight years. The album peaked at #2 on the Billboard 200 Album chart, but hit #1 on the Top Rock Albums chart. ItRead More →
Mercury Records Def Leppard recently released the new single “Just Like 73,” and it turns out it was a song they’ve been hanging onto for a while. Guitarist Phil Collen tells ABC Audio the tune is one he demoed while they were recording their 2022 album, Diamond Star Halos. He notes it allRead More →
ABC/Heidi Gutman Paul McCartney celebrated his 82nd birthday on Tuesday, and received a lot of well wishes from famous friends. The rocker himself acknowledged the big day on Instagram, writing, “They say it is my birthday and I’m looking forward to being spoilt rotten by my loved ones!” One ofRead More →
