On This Day, January 22, 1977… Paul McCartney scored his sixth post-Beatles #1 album with his band Wings’ triple live release, Wings Over America. It was the first triple album by a group to top the chart. The album featured songs recorded during Wings’ spring 1976 tour, including live performances of Beatles tunes “Yesterday,” “Lady Madonna,”Read More →
Atlantic Records/Rhino Entertainment Sunday, January 21, marked the 40th anniversary of Yes’ hit “Owner of a Lonely Heart” hitting #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and Trevor Rabin, the song’s main writer, always had a feeling it would be a hit. “I had an idea that was going to be the song because it’s very hookyRead More →
John Nacion/Getty Images Jon Bon Jovi is set to appear at February’s Pollstar Live! conference, HitsDailyDouble reports. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has joined the conference’s February 7 panel called How To See a Million Faces and Rock Them All, a reference to the Bon Jovi hit “Wanted Dead or Alive.” The band’s 40thRead More →
ABC/Randy Holmes Duran Duran is set to return to The Guild Theatre in Menlo Park, California, on Tuesday, February 6, for a concert that will raise money for Hamilton Families, a San Francisco-based nonprofit whose mission is to end family homelessness in the city. The Guild Theatre is the same venue Duran Duran playedRead More →
© Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images) A pool table once owned by rocker Janis Joplin is now up for auction. Coinciding with what would have been Joplin’s 81st birthday on Friday, January 19, Julien’s Auctions announced the launch of an auction of the rocker’s personally owned pool table, made by Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. in theRead More →
Courtesy of Reybee The Alarm is returning to the U.S. for a new North American tour, and they’re bringing along two other acts from the MTV era. Joining The Alarm on the Live Today Love Tomorrow Tour MMXIV will be The Blow Monkeys, best known for their top 20 hit “Digging Your Scene,” and BelouisRead More →
Gary Miller/Getty Images Bob Dylan was one of the many A-list stars who took part in the 1985 charity single “We Are the World,” but according to Lionel Richie, who co-wrote the song, he didn’t have an easy time nailing down his contribution. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter to promote The Greatest NightRead More →
courtesy of BeachLife Festival Sting, ZZ Top and Devo are among the acts booked for the 2024 BeachLife Festival in Redondo Beach, California. Sting is set to headline the festival’s opening night on Friday, May 3, with Devo on the bill for Saturday, May 4, and ZZ Top playing on the final night, Sunday,Read More →
Kevin Mazur/MTV VMAs 2021/Getty Images for MTV/ ViacomCBS Van Halen’s David Lee Roth has fired some shots at his replacement Sammy Hagar in a new post shared to his Instagram. In the clip titled “The Ballad of Popsicle Sam,” Roth uses Hagar’s 2011 claim that he was visited by aliens to try and explain some of Hagar’sRead More →
Butterfly Records/Big Machine Label Group Dolly Parton turned 78 on Friday, January 19, and she celebrated by giving her fans a gift. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer just dropped a deluxe digital version of her latest album, Rockstar, featuring nine additional tracks, five of which were retailer exclusives and four thatRead More →
