On This Day, July 24, 2022 … Joni Mitchell was the surprise musical performer at the Newport Folk Festival, joining Brandi Carlile for a special set that featured the legendary musician performing with a variety of guests. The so-called Joni Jam was Joni’s first public performance since surviving a brain aneurysmRead More →
Chris Walter/WireImage Eric Clapton has paid tribute to his “mentor,” blues and rock legend John Mayall, who passed away Monday at the age of 90. Before hitting it big, Clapton was a member of Mayall’s band the Bluebreakers. In a video posted to Instagram, Clapton thanked Mayall “for rescuing me fromRead More →
Forty Below Records Mick Fleetwood has some new music to share. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has teamed with ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro for a new album, Blues Experience, dropping Oct. 18. As the title suggests, the record has the pair sharing their take on classic blues tracks, including “Rollin’Read More →
Disney/Randy Holmes We are finally getting our first real look at Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan. The first trailer for the upcoming Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, directed by James Mangold, has just been released, and not only do we get to see Chalamet as Dylan, we get to hearRead More →
C Flanigan/FilmMagic Dead & Company is giving fans a chance to win a very unique piece of memorabilia. The band just launched a new Prizeo sweepstakes, with a grand prize of a one-quarter-scale functioning recreation of the Grateful Dead’s Wall of Sound. The original Wall of Sound was created by sound engineer Owsley StanleyRead More →
Chris Walter/WireImage British blues and rock musician John Mayall passed away Monday at the age of 90. “It is with heavy hearts that we bear the news that John Mayall passed away peacefully in his California home yesterday, July 22, 2024, surrounded by loving family,” read a post on hisRead More →
Sam Tabone/WireImage Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen is stepping into the world of graphic novels. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the rock star has co-authored the new graphic novel Hysteria, which will be released in the spring. The release, which shares a name with Def Leppard’s multi-Platinum 1987 album, is descried as “a horrorRead More →
Jordi Vidal/Redferns Elvis Costello & The Imposters are set to headline a benefit concert for the Ridgefield Playhouse in Ridgefield, Connecticut. The rocker, with special guest Charlie Sexton, will headline the theater’s Fall Gala, happening Nov. 9. According to a post on Elvis’ Instagram, “All proceeds will support the Playhouse, ensuringRead More →
Island Records/UMG Recordings Bon Jovi‘s 40th anniversary celebration continues with the first-ever vinyl release of their Greatest Hits album. The New Jersey rockers, who released their new album, Forever, in June, just announced that their compilation Bon Jovi: Greatest Hits will be released on two-LP black vinyl on Sept. 13. ThereRead More →
ABC The lineup for the upcoming Venice Film Festival was just announced, and it includes two Beatles-related documentaries. One to One: John and Yoko, directed by Kevin Macdonald and Sam Rice-Edwards, focuses on the relationship between John Lennon and Yoko Ono. A previous announcement about the film describes it as “a movingRead More →
