Gus Stewart/YouTubeLike seemingly every other artist, Elton John had to pause his tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But now he’s figured out a way to give fans the gift of live music, and raise money for a good cause in the process. Starting on Friday at 12 p.m. ET,Read More →
Credit: Scott Robert RitchieYesterday, Ringo Starr announced plans to celebrate his 80th birthday on Tuesday, July 7, with a concert special called Ringo’s Big Birthday Show featuring Paul McCartney, Joe Walsh and other stars that will stream on YouTube at 8 p.m. ET. During a Zoom press conference, Ringo explainedRead More →
Wicked Cool/UMeE Street Band guitarist “Little Steven” Van Zandt will release a 10-CD/three-DVD version of his massive RockNRoll Rebel — The Early Work box set on July 31 exclusively at uDiscoverMusic.com. The original version of the box set, which was released in December, featured remastered vinyl versions of six long-out-of-printRead More →
L-R: Elton John, Bernie Taupin, ABC/Rick RowellNext year, when stars stand onstage clutching their Oscars and say that they’d like to “thank the Academy,” among the people they’ll be thanking are Elton John lyricist Bernie Taupin and Larry Mullen Jr., the drummer of U2. Bernie and Larry are among moreRead More →
Credit: Dave HoganThe COVID-19 pandemic has given Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood more time to focus on one of his other passions, his art, and now a new exhibition of the veteran rocker’s work is scheduled to go on display later this summer at the historic Ashridge House estate inRead More →
Courtesy of Ringo StarrRingo Starr will celebrate his 80th birthday next Tuesday, July 7, with a little help from his musical friends and a star-studded charity concert special called Ringo’s Big Birthday Show that will air on YouTube at 8 p.m. ET that day. Guest artists appearing on the programRead More →
Polydor Records/Universal Music CanadaThe 2020 edition of the Juno Awards, Canada’s equivalent of the Grammys, was presented on Monday during a virtual ceremony after the original March ceremony was canceled, and Bryan Adams was among the winners. Adams, who was nominated three times, took home the Adult Contemporary Album ofRead More →
Cleopatra EntertainmentStreet Survivors: The True Story of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash, the new biopic about the tragic 1977 accident that killed Lynyrd Skynyrd frontman Ronnie Van Zant and several other people, gets released today as a DVD/Blu-ray/CD set, DVD and digital download, and via video-on-demand. The movie was basedRead More →
Columbia RecordsAfter debuting at the top of the U.K. Official Albums Chart, Bob Dylan‘s new studio album, Rough and Rowdy Ways, has now bowed at #2 on the Billboard 200. This makes the 79-year-old folk-rock legend the first artist to have at least one top-40 album on the Billboard 200Read More →
Eshuni RecordsEric Clapton is featured on a new single by acclaimed Cuban-born Latin-jazz percussion player and singer Pedrito Martinez titled “Yo Si Quiero” that’s available now as a digital download and via streaming services. Clapton contributes a guitar solo to the upbeat, rhythm-heavy tune, which also features saxophone by popularRead More →
