On This Day, April 25, 1987… Three weeks after its release, U2’s The Joshua Tree hit number one on the Billboard 200 album chart. The album, the band’s fifth studio release, was U2’s first U.S. chart-topper, and it remained at number one for nine weeks. The record included future U2 classics “With or Without You”Read More →
Lester Cohen/Getty Images Robert Plant’s career following the breakup of Led Zeppelin in 1980 will be explored in a new picture book coming later this year. Portraits of Robert Plant, from Rufus Publications, is a 240-page coffee table book featuring rare and previously unseen photos from well-known rock photographers. It also includesRead More →
Vevo Billy Idol is giving fans some insight into his Rebel Yell hit “Eyes Without A Face” in a new video for Vevo Footnotes. In the clip, Idol explains that his aim with the song was to put out something that was the opposite of what was popular during the ’80s. Read More →
Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images John Fogerty is packing up and moving out of the home he recently bought from Sylvester Stallone. Fogerty purchased the 2.2-acre ranch in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley back in October, reportedly shelling out a little over $17.2 million. The Robb Report says he’sRead More →
A24 Music We’re finally getting more details about the upcoming album celebrating the soundtrack to Talking Heads‘ iconic concert film, Stop Making Sense. Up until now, we’ve only known which artists will be on the album, Everyone’s Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense, with a few singles released, including versions ofRead More →
Paul Natkin/Getty Images The Black Crowes are set to headline the 2024 Borderland festival, taking place September 13-15 in East Aurora, New York, southeast of Buffalo. Other acts on the bill include CAAMP, Marcus King, The Wailers, Dark Star Orchestra and The Wood Brothers. A ticket presale stars Friday, April 26, atRead More →
Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images for Disney+ Jon Bon Jovi is going down memory lane as he looks back at his life as a rock and roll legend fronting one of the most successful bands of all time, Bon Jovi, with a career that spanned four decades, in a new Hulu docuseries, Thank You, Goodnight:Read More →
Paul Zimmerman/WireImage After many years of eligibility, Foreigner is finally getting into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this year, and original frontman Lou Gramm is certainly grateful for the honor. “It gives the ultimate credibility to all the creativity and work that myself and Mick (Jones) and theRead More →
Artwork by Anton Corbijn/Sony Music Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour is set to release the new album, Luck and Strange, on September 6, his first album of new material in nine years. Recorded over five months in Brighton and London, the album features songs co-written by Gilmour’s wife, Polly Samson, who he’sRead More →
earMUSIC Veteran rockers Deep Purple are back with new music. The band will release their new album, =1, on July 19, with the first single set to drop on April 30. According to the press release, the title, =1, “symbolizes the idea that in a world growing ever more complex,Read More →
