On This Day, April 12, 1976… Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band released the album ‘Live’ Bullet, recorded at Cobo Hall in Detroit, Michigan. Now considered one of the greatest live albums of all time, it helped Seger break through to a national audience, while the live version of “Turn theRead More →
ABC/ Heidi Gutman Ringo Starr has shared a new song, “February Sky,” the first single off his upcoming EP, Crooked Boy. Crooked Boy features four original tracks, written and produced by Linda Perry. Perry previously worked with Ringo on two of his earlier EPs, writing “Coming Undone” for Change the World and “Everyone and Everything” forRead More →
Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images Paul McCartney and the Eagles were among the many artists who celebrated the late Jimmy Buffett at Keep the Party Going: A Tribute to Jimmy Buffett in Los Angeles on Thursday, with fan-shot footage on YouTube showing McCartney sharing tales of his friendship with the singer. “I had the great pleasure ofRead More →
Frontiers Music Srl Blue Öyster Cult just released the new album Ghost Stories, featuring a collection of “lost gems” recorded between 1978 and 1983, and guitarist/vocalist Eric Bloom is explaining why these tunes never made it to an album in the first place. “You know, when you’re writing songs for aRead More →
Don Arnold/WireImage Joe Elliott wants fans to know that what they see at a Def Leppard concert is all live. “You want people to hear it and go, ‘My God, they’re tight,’ but you can tell there’s a difference between the live and the record,” he tells Stereogum in aRead More →
Burton Cummings/ Credit: Jeremychanphotography/Getty Images) The battle over who owns the rights to The Guess Who‘s name and music has taken a sudden and extreme turn. The founding members of the band, Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman, sued original members Jim Kale and Garry Peterson in October, accusing them of misleading fans into thinking the foundingRead More →
Rhino Jethro Tull’s first live album, Bursting Out, is getting reissued with a whole host of extras for fans. Originally released in September 1978 as a double album, Bursting Out was recorded during the band’s Heavy Horses European tour, featuring performances from shows that took place in May and June ofRead More →
Medios y Media/Getty Images While Billy Idol is getting ready to release a 40th anniversary deluxe expanded edition of Rebel Yell on April 26, it seems when it comes to music he isn’t stuck in the past. In an interview with the Calgary Herald, Idol revealed he has a new albumRead More →
Miikka Skaffari/Getty Images Queen’s Brian May is set to join French new age performer Jean-Michel Jarre for a special concert to kick off this year’s STARMUS Festival. The one-off show, Bridge from the Future, will take place May 12 at Incheba Bratislava, Slovakia, under the backdrop of the SNP (UFO) Bridge.Read More →
Rhino Jon Bon Jovi‘s first hit was “Runaway,” but as many fans know, his first paid job as a singer was on Christmas in the Stars: Star Wars Christmas Album. He discussed the latter on April 10 during his appearance on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! Jon was working as a gofer at the studio where the Star WarsRead More →
