On This Day, Aug. 27, 1967 … The Beatles manager Brian Epstein died at the age of 32. Epstein died from a drug overdose and was found by his butler in his London home, although his staff removed any drug paraphernalia from the house before calling the police. His death was officially ruled anRead More →
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Gordon Parks Foundation Patti Smith is one of several famous New Yorkers fighting to save a public garden in Manhattan, and it’s a location that’s very important to the rock legend. The Elizabeth Street Gardens in Little Italy is set to be demolished, but artists like Smith,Read More →
Sire Records/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images The battle between Joey Ramone’s brother Mitchel Hyman (better known as Mickey Leigh) and Johnny Ramone’s widow Linda Cummings-Ramone continues, with the latest court documents filed by Mickey. In documents filed in New York Friday, Mickey’s lawyers argue Linda’s violating federal trademark law by using the RamonesRead More →
Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images Earlier this year, Eminem sampled Steve Miller Band’s ’80s classic “Abracadabra” for his track “Houdini,” and Miller says he’s amazed at how fast the song became a huge hit. In an interview with the San Diego Union-Tribune, Miller says the release of the tune gave him “a lesson about whatRead More →
Roberto Panucci/Corbis via Getty Images Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour is set to launch a solo tour this fall in support of his upcoming solo album, Luck and Strange, and it seems he’s changed his mind about whether he plans to play any Pink Floyd songs on the trek. Gilmour previously suggested in an interview he didn’tRead More →
On This Day, Aug. 26, 1970 … Electric Lady Studios, a recording studio commissioned by Jimi Hendrix, opened in New York’s Greenwich Village. It was the first commercial studio owned by an artist. Planning for the studio began in 1968. It was constructed specifically for Hendrix, who died just threeRead More →
Jason Merritt/FilmMagic Looks like Tom Petty fans have something to look forward to. The late rocker’s official Instagram account just teased that they have some big news to share and folks will be finding out soon. “We’ve been working on something really special for a long time for the core TomRead More →
Justin Berl/Getty Images Bruce Springsteen is turning 75 in September, and he wants fans to know that he has no plans to slow down. During his show in Philadelphia Friday night, The Boss addressed any suggestion he and the E Street Band may be considering retiring. Fan-shot footage posted to social mediaRead More →
Larry Hulst/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Legendary rock band the Grateful Dead will be the subject of a new Stanford Continuing Studies course this fall. Did It Matter? Does It Now? The Music and Culture of the Grateful Dead is an eight-week course that kicks off Oct. 3, taught by David Gans, producerRead More →
ABC Two reel-to-reel audio tapes featuring a soundboard recording of a Toronto Beatles concert may soon be up for sale. Billboard reports the owner, Piers Hemmingsen, a Toronto-based Beatles historian and author of The Beatles in Canada, is looking to sell the recordings, which were made at Toronto’s Maple Leaf GardensRead More →
