Christian Petersen/Getty Images Basketball legend and sportscaster Bill Walton died Monday at the age of 71, and he was remembered by some of his closest friends: the members of Dead & Company. Walton was a Grateful Dead superfan and, at 6 feet, 11 inches tall, likely one of the “biggest” Deadheads ever.Read More →
On This Day, May 28, 1945 … Legendary rocker John Fogerty was born in Berkley, California. Fogerty rose to fame as the lead singer, lead guitarist and principal songwriter for the rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, which he co-founded in 1968 with his brother Tom Fogerty, Doug Clifford and StuRead More →
courtesy of Julien’s Auctions John Lennon’s long-lost Framus 12-string Hootenanny acoustic guitar is up for grabs at Julien’s Auctions’ upcoming Music Icons auction, and it’s certainly an iconic piece of music history. “It’s incredible,” Julien’s Auctions Executive Director Martin Nolan tells ABC Audio. “Presumed lost for 50 years.” The guitar,Read More →
Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Doug Ingle, who founded the proto-hard rock/heavy metal band Iron Butterfly and co-wrote and sang their signature song, “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida,” has died. He was 78. “It’’ with a heavy heart & great sadness to announce the passing of my Father Doug Ingle,” Ingle’s son Doug Ingle Jr.Read More →
Kieran Frost/Redferns Bruce Springsteen has postponed several dates on his European tour with The E Street Band. On Saturday, May 25, the Boss announced that the show scheduled for that night in Marseille, France, would be pushed back due to “vocal issues and under doctor’s direction.” In an update postedRead More →
L-R: Jake Bongiovi, Millie Bobby Brown, Jon Bon Jovi, Dorothea Bon Jovi Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Netflix Stranger Things have happened: Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi, the son of Jon Bon Jovi, married in secret over the weekend of May 18, People magazine has learned. It’s not clear whereRead More →
Alive Coverage Dead & Company recently launched their residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas, and drummer Mickey Hart says performing at the state-of-the-art venue has taken the band some getting used to. Speaking to Forbes, Hart says, “We just came off of a stadium tour. So, coming to theRead More →
ABC/Craig Sjodin The Lion King ballad “Can You Feel the Love Tonight?” won Elton John the first of his two Oscars for Best Original Song. But perhaps it wouldn’t have if the filmmakers had gone with their original picks of characters to sing it: Timon and Pumbaa. Nathan Lane tells EntertainmentRead More →
George Harrison, age 12, in his Liverpool home; Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images The Liverpool home where the late George Harrison lived during his childhood has officially been designated as a historical site. The BBC reports that a “blue plaque” — a marker installed by the English Heritage charity — wasRead More →
Andrew Lipovsky/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images The three children of late rocker Robbie Robertson are suing his widow, whom he married five months before his death last August at age 80. In legal documents obtained by ABC News, Robertson’s three children from his first marriage — Alexandra, DelphineRead More →
