On This Day, Sept. 5, 1981 … Fleetwood Mac star Stevie Nicks topped the chart with her debut solo album, Bella Donna, which was produced by Tom Petty and Jimmy Iovine. The album featured four hits singles, the highest-charting one being “Stop Draggin My Heart Around,” a Petty-penned track, which she recorded with him andRead More →
Jim Bennett/Getty Images Pearl Jam wrapped their two-night stand at New York’s Madison Square Garden Wednesday and were joined by two very special guests, E Street Band guitarist Stevie Van Zandt and producer Andrew Watt, who produced the band’s latest album, Dark Matter. Eddie Vedder gave a shout-out to Little Steven before performingRead More →
Keipher McKennie/WireImage Pink Floyd‘s David Gilmour is crediting his wife, Polly Samson, for helping him clean up his act. In an interview with The Independent, Gilmour reveals that it was an ultimatum from Samson that prompted him to give up his hard-partying lifestyle in the ’80s. “There was a time whenRead More →
Courtesy of Epiphone Epiphone is giving Jimi Hendrix fans a chance to get their hands on a replica of one of his classic guitars. The company has teamed with Gibson Custom for a new Jimi Hendrix “Love Drops” Flying V guitar, a recreation of the guitar Hendrix customized and playedRead More →
Chris Putnam/Future Publishing via Getty Images Def Leppard is giving fans some insight into how they create their set list for each of their shows with a new video posted to social media. In the clip, frontman Joe Elliott and guitarist Phil Collen discuss adding another Pyromania track to their concert in Cleveland, withRead More →
Photo credit: Adam CK Vollick Neil Young and Stephen Stills are set to headline a new benefit concert in October. Harvest Moon is a daytime concert that will take place Oct. 5 at The Painted Turtle camp in Lake Hughes, California. Proceeds will benefit both The Painted Turtle, which offers theRead More →
Jeremychanphotography/Getty Images Members of The Guess Who have settled their long dispute over the band’s name. The band’s founding singer Burton Cummings and guitarist Randy Bachman sued fellow original members Jim Kale and Garry Peterson last October, accusing them of tricking fans into thinking Cummings and Bachman were still performing withRead More →
Corine Solberg/Getty Images Queen guitarist Brian May revealed in a post on social media that he recently suffered a minor stroke that left his ability to play guitar in doubt. “I’m here to bring you first of all some good news, I think,” May said in a video. “The good news isRead More →
The Who released It’s Hard, their last album to feature bassist John Entwistle and drummer Kenney Jones. Entwistle passed away in 2002. The release, their 10th studio album, featured the classic “Eminence Front,” as well as the single “Athena,” a top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1994, TheRead More →
Jo Hale/Redferns Fans of The Who now have a chance to own a pretty unique piece of band memorabilia. The Vespa GS Scooter that was featured during the band’s 1996 Quadrophenia tour is being auctioned off by Sotheby’s a part of the auction house’s first ever Popular Culture auction in London. The scooter, aRead More →
