Mercury Studios A classic concert from The Who is getting its first audio release. Live At Shea Stadium 1982, which originally was released on DVD and Blu-ray back in 2015, is coming out on CD and as a three-LP set for the first time on March 1. The album captures the band’s OctoberRead More →
On This Day, January 18, 2016… Glenn Frey, Eagles guitarist, vocalist and co-founder, died in New York City at the age of 67 due to complications from rheumatoid arthritis, acute ulcerative colitis and pneumonia. The previous November, Eagles postponed their Kennedy Center Honors tribute because Frey needed intestinal surgery, but he never had it due to complications from pneumoniaRead More →
Kevin Mazur/WireImage The late Robbie Robertson is once again being recognized for his work on Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon. Nominees for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Film Awards have just been announced, and Robertson has earned a nod in the Original Score category, where he’ll compete against the scores for Oppenheimer, Poor Things, Saltburn and Spider-Man:Read More →
Courtesy of Barrett–Jackson Sammy Hagar is set to auction off his custom 2015 Ferrari LaFerrari at the Barrett-Jackson 2024 Scottsdale Auction, beginning Saturday at WestWorld in Arizona. And while he has had second thoughts about his decision, he tells ABC Audio that passing it on is the right thing to do. “I don’t deserve toRead More →
ABC/Randy Holmes U2 is asking their fans for some help. The Irish rockers are set to return to Las Vegas later this month, and to mark the occasion they are launching a new broadcast channel on Instagram. The issue? They don’t know what to name it. The band has asked theirRead More →
A24 Talking Heads’ iconic concert film Stop Making Sense is headed back to theaters. Variety reports that in celebration of the movie’s 40th anniversary this summer, A24 is set to rerelease its 4K restoration of the film to theaters in the U.S. and Canada starting January 27. The movie will have residencies in several cities, includingRead More →
Photo Credit: John Nichols The Allman Betts Band is hitting the road this spring. The group, led by Devon Allman and Duane Betts, sons of the Allman Brothers Band’s Gregg Allman and Dickey Betts, respectively, have announced dates for the King Crawler American Tour, which is set to kick off May 16 in Charleston, South Carolina, and wrap June 9 inRead More →
OID Music Ross Valory, bassist and original member of Journey, is set to release his debut solo album, All of the Above, in April, and he’s giving fans their first taste of the record. Valory, who was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with Journey, has just dropped the video forRead More →
On This Day, January 17, 1996… David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Jefferson Airplane and The Velvet Underground were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in a ceremony held at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York. Talking Heads’ David Byrne did the honors of inducting Bowie, while Smashing Pumpkins’ frontman Billy Corgan inducted Pink Floyd. Patti Smith inducted The VelvetRead More →
Photo Credit: Anton Corbjin The members of R.E.M. and Steely Dan are among the artists chosen for induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame this year. R.E.M.’s Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe, and Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen and the late Walter Becker will be inducted into the 2024 class in the performers category. Non-performing songwriters set for induction this year include Timbaland, bestRead More →
