Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for J/P HRO A new lawsuit has been filed in Los Angeles accusing Warner Music of stealing footage for the 2021 Tom Petty documentary, Somewhere You Feel Free. Filmmaker Martyn Atkins claims in his lawsuit he was hired in 1994 as art director for Petty’s soloRead More →
Madfish Records The solo work of Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson is the subject of a new box set coming in August. The limited-edition 10-LP box set, 8314 Boxed, will include the first-time vinyl releases of 1995’s Divinities: Twelve Dances with God, 2000’s The Secret Language of Birds and 2003’s Rupi’s Dance.Read More →
Courtesy of Gibson Gibson is celebrating Jeff Beck on what would have been the two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer’s 80th birthday. The guitar company just debuted the new Jeff Beck “Yardburst” 1959 Les Paul Standard in a dark cherry red sunburst finish, aged to match the guitar Jeff playedRead More →
Erika Goldring/Getty Images Dead & Company is currently in the midst of their Dead Forever residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas, and while they’re only committed to shows through Aug. 10, it sounds like there may be more in the future. During an interview with Variety, Dead & Company’s BobRead More →
ABC/Heidi Gutman Paul McCartney is ready to return to Brazil. The two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer brought his Got Back tour to Brazil in 2023, and now he’s announced two new shows there this fall. The two new dates are set for Oct. 15 in São Paulo andRead More →
Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for A24 Talking Heads frontman David Byrne met with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz on Friday, according to a post on Cruz’s social media accounts. “Once in a lifetime opportunity meeting David Byrne of the Talking Heads,” Cruz wrote, referencing the band’s classic song. “We had a greatRead More →
On This Day, June 24, 1944 … Geoffrey Arnold Beck, better known as legendary guitarist Jeff Beck, was born in Surrey, England. Beck came to prominence as a member of the Yardbirds, with future guitar legends Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page. He later went on to have a successful solo career,Read More →
Big Machine Records The new tribute album to the late Tom Petty, Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty, is out now, and Petty’s Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell is 100 percent behind it. “I’m so proud of all those artists, and I know that Tom would really be proud andRead More →
ABC/Heidi Gutman Paul McCartney’s photo exhibit has found its next location. The rocker just announced that Paul McCartney Photographs 1963–64: Eyes of the Storm will debut at Knowledge Capitol Event Lab in Osaka, Japan, on Oct. 12 and run through Jan. 5. Eyes of the Storm features more than 250 photographs takenRead More →
Photo credit: Manfred Becker REO Speedwagon is revisiting a classic live performance for a new release. The band is set to drop Live at Rockpalast 1979 on July 5, a two-CD and DVD set featuring a concert recorded Nov. 10, 1979, at the Markthalle in Hamburg, Germany. The concert featuresRead More →
