Francesco Prandoni/Getty Images Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler has made a pretty penny cleaning out his guitar closet. The BBC reports that a recent auction of over 120 of the rocker’s guitars and amps brought in over $10 million, with a quarter of that money set to go to charity. Knopfler’s 1959 Vintage Gibson Les Paul StandardRead More →
Ron Pownall/Getty Images The Band’s classic tune “The Weight” is featured in Budweiser’s Clydesdale ad, set to run during Super Bowl 58, which airs February 11 on CBS. The clip, called “Old School Delivery,” is set around a snowstorm that closes all the major highways, with a stuck trucker using the Clydesdales to help him deliverRead More →
Courtesy Sphere Entertainment Dead & Company have now released all the details of their upcoming residency at Sphere in Las Vegas. The band will do 18 shows over six consecutive weeks, starting May 16. The shows, which run through June 22, feature the group playing on Thursday, Friday and Saturday each weekend. AccordingRead More →
Columbia Records Billy Joel is back. The Piano Man’s first pop single since 2007’s “All My Life” is now available on all streaming services and there’s a lyric video on YouTube. The ballad, featuring some classic Billy Joel piano flourishes, finds him singing about regretting his behavior in a relationship and promising he’sRead More →
Disney/Randy Holmes It’s been over 30 years since Lenny Kravitz burst on to the scene with his debut album, Let Love Rule, but if he listened to what music execs were telling him, fans may never have heard it. “I was told my music wasn’t Black enough or wasn’t white enough,” Kravitz tells People, notingRead More →
Photo by Blaine Clausen ZZ Top star Billy F. Gibbons is turning his love of a good cigar into a new business venture. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has teamed with BandKandy to launch his first-ever cigar brand. He’s starting out with two new products: Virtu, an ultra premium cigar lineRead More →
Sony Music Pink Floyd is releasing yet another version of The Dark Side of the Moon. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers just announced a 50th anniversary The Dark Side of the Moon Collector’s Edition, featuring the 2023 remastered version of the iconic album on crystal clear vinyl. The two-LP, 180 gram set will feature UV artworkRead More →
On This Day, January 31, 1981… Blondie’s single “The Tide Is High” became their third number one song. The track was a remake of a 1967 rocksteady song originally recorded by Jamaican group The Paragons. “The Tide Is High” also went on to top the charts in the U.K., Canada andRead More →
Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for BAM Ever since the members of Talking Heads — David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison — reunited for September’s Toronto Film Festival celebration of the 40th anniversary of Stop Making Sense, fans have been hoping it would lead to a musical reunion. Well, it turns out some promoters tried to make that happenRead More →
Miikka Skaffari/Getty Images Dead & Company have confirmed the rumors — they will be playing Las Vegas’ Sphere. The band announced the news on Instagram in a video, which reads, “In 2023, Dead & Company played their final tour. But there are other ways to make sure the music never stops. And it’s gonnaRead More →
