Ross Marino/Getty Images Paul McCartney is the latest musician to pay tribute to legendary British blues/rock guitarist John Mayall, who passed away Monday at the age of 90. “In the 1960’s we would meet at one of the late-night music clubs and often go back to his house where heRead More →
On This Day, July 26, 1943 … The Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger, born Michael Philip Jagger, was born in Dartford, Kent, England. Now considered one of the world’s best rock ‘n’ roll frontmen, Jagger was studying at the London School of Economics when a chance meeting with childhood friend KeithRead More →
Experience Hendrix L.L.C./Legacy Recordings A treasure trove of previously unreleased music from the Jimi Hendrix Experience will be released in September as part of a new box set dedicated to Hendrix’s legendary New York studio, Electric Lady. Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision, dropping Sept. 13 as a five-LPRead More →
Gary Miller/Getty Images The Rolling Stones recently wrapped their Hackney Diamonds tour, and they are giving fans a unique way to memorialize their experience at the concert. The band is now selling limited-edition Hackney Diamonds 2024 tour crystal tickets, each individually numbered, with only 1,000 available worldwide. “Forget paper – thisRead More →
Myrna M. Suarez/Getty Images After 104 monthly shows over 10 years — and 1.9 million tickets sold — Billy Joel finally brought his residency at New York’s iconic Madison Square Garden to a close on July 25 … with help from special guests Jimmy Fallon and Guns N’ Roses frontmanRead More →
Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images While Van Halen had plenty of success with both David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar as their frontmen, they couldn’t produce the same magic when Extreme’s Gary Cherone took over the gig. And bassist Michael Anthony is opening up about why it didn’t work out. “ItRead More →
Dark Star Records/Sony/Orchard The Sweet are back with new music, releasing the new single “Little Miracle,” along with an accompanying video starring model Dominique Mercedes. The Sweet, who hit it big in the ’70s with hits like “Little Willy” and “The Ballroom Blitz,” was originally comprised of lead vocalist BrianRead More →
Paul Morigi/Getty Images Sting is replacing Neil Young at yet another festival. It’s already been announced that the former Police frontman would be filling in for Young at Kentucky’s Bourbon & Beyond music festival on Sept. 19, and now he’s set to do the same at the Eddie Vedder-curated Ohana Festival on Sept. 28. Sting will beRead More →
Alan Chapman/Dave Benett/Getty Images Hermann Hesse’s classic novel Siddhartha is being reimagined as an illustrated novel and album, authored and composed by Pete Townshend’s wife, Rachel Fuller, with The Who rocker providing additional songs for the album. The project is titled The Seeker, which also happens to be the name of a WhoRead More →
Courtesy UScellular Alanis Morissette appears in a new ad for UScellular that, ironically, encourages customers to use their phones less. It features dozens of references to her song “Ironic,” as well as the song itself, and but it also shows Alanis being guilty of being on her phone, too, which wasRead More →
