Mickey Hart and Bill Walton ontage in 2005; Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Ahead of Dead & Company‘s show Thursday at Sphere in Las Vegas, drummer Mickey Hart posted on Instagram, “Tonight we pulse, we vibrate, we dance, for Bill. The BIGGEST deadhead in the world!” Indeed, the band did offer a fitting tributeRead More →
Courtesy Apple Music Lenny Kravitz has been around long enough, and moved in and out of musical genres enough, to have met and worked with everyone from Mick Jagger to Madonna to Jay-Z. But in a new interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, Kravitz says some of his most memorableRead More →
Courtesy Live Nation Joan Jett and Alanis Morissette, plus singer Morgan Wade, will kick off their Triple Moon tour in June. But ahead of the tour launch, Jett and Morissette have released a mash-up of two of their biggest hits. The track is called “Hate Myself for Loving You OughtaRead More →
Parlophone Records For his 1973 album Pin Ups, David Bowie recorded his version of The Who‘s “I Can’t Explain.” But a different take from Bowie on the Who classic has been released ahead of an upcoming box set. This previously unheard version, called “I Can’t Explain (Trident Studios Version –Read More →
Lynn Goldsmith/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images While it’s true that all three members of The Police were consummate musicians, and that the band’s songwriting talent was undeniable, guitarist Andy Summers admits there was another reason for their success. “We were cute guys. We were nice-looking guys,” he tells Vulture of himself andRead More →
On This Day, May 31, 1948 … John Bonham was born in Redditch, Worcestershire, England. In 1968 he joined Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page and bass player John Paul Jones to form Led Zeppelin, which went on to become one of the most legendary rock bands of all time. They released their self-titled debut album in 1969Read More →
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images Since he’s British, Mick Jagger is not eligible to vote in the upcoming U.S. presidential election this November — but he wants American Rolling Stones fans to be sure they do. While onstage at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on Thursday, Jagger introduced the portion of the showRead More →
Bob Dylan with ’65 Fender Telecaster; Charlie Steiner – Highway 67/Getty Images In addition to the record-setting $2.9 million sale of John Lennon‘s 12-string guitar, the two-day Music Icons sale by Julien’s Auctions brought big bucks for instruments by other rock legends. The 1965 Fender Telecaster guitar played by BobRead More →
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Comedy Central Rush’s Alex Lifeson helped his bandmate Geddy Lee promote his memoir, My Effin Life, last year, popping up at some book tour stops where he and Geddy got to share stories from their days in Rush. Lifeson, of course, plays a big role in Geddy’s story, soRead More →
Jeffrey Mayer/Getty Images It appears as though Queen‘s catalog is still up for grabs. There have been multiple reports that the beloved British rockers’ catalog of hits was being offered for sale, and Bloomberg reports that Sony, along with another investor, is looking to purchase it in a deal that couldRead More →
