IOC via Getty Images An election year means rallies, and rallies mean music, and music usually means artists complaining about candidates using their songs without permission. On Aug. 10, one artist issued a statement criticizing a candidate’s use of her signature song — even though she’s Canadian and can’t voteRead More →
ABC/Michael Yada The fact that many top artists — like Coldplay‘s Chris Martin and Beyonce — are available to hire for weddings and birthday parties if the price is right is one of the worst-kept secrets in the music industry. But some artists just flat-out refuse to do them, even if the money isRead More →
Steven Van Zandt with new street sign; John Lamparski/Getty Images When the “Crosstown Traffic” gets too heavy in New York City, drivers can now turn onto Jimi Hendrix Way. A block in Greenwich Village that includes 52 West 8th St. — the address of Hendrix’s Electric Lady Studios — was temporarilyRead More →
Joe Prior/Visionhaus via Getty Images Lenny Kravitz‘s 1998 Grammy-winning hit “Fly Away” has been reimagined by Lenny, producer Andrew Watt and rapper Quavo, best known as a member of the hip-hop trio Migos. The new version, “Fly,” has its origins at a Grammy event earlier this year called the BlackRead More →
Artwork by Anton Corbijn/Sony Music David Gilmour has released another track from his upcoming album, Luck and Strange, due out Sept. 6. The song, “Dark and Velvet Nights,” was co-written by Gilmour and his wife, Polly Samson. He says in a statement, “The music sprang out one day. It was soRead More →
Sawrite/The Orchard A Gregg Allman live album recorded in 1983 is the first release from the late rocker’s personal archives. Gregg Allman Band — Uncle Sam’s is due out Sept. 20. Recorded at a small club called Uncle Sam’s in Hull, Massachusetts, on July 1, 1983, the album features AllmanRead More →
Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images Following virtual fundraisers with names like Comics for Kamala and White Dudes for Harris, another one is scheduled featuring yet another specific group: Dead Heads. Dead Heads for Kamala: Get on the Bus with Us! will take place Aug. 13 at 8 p.m. ET. You can registerRead More →
Apple/BMG More than 50 years after it was first released, George Harrison‘s all-star charity live album The Concert for Bangladesh has just arrived on streaming services. The album documents the first major charity rock concerts in history: two shows at New York’s Madison Square Garden in August 1971. They were organizedRead More →
On This Day, Aug. 9, 1986 … Queen headlined the final show of their Magic tour in Knebworth Park, England, which would turn out to be their last live show ever with frontman Freddie Mercury. The concert had been added to the schedule after Queen sold out two nights at WembleyRead More →
Disney/Jenny Anderson Peter Frampton will launch his Positively Thankful tour in September, and he tells ABC Audio the inspiration for the tour’s name came from all the love he received after he was nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this year. “After seeing the outpouring of support from theRead More →
