On This Day, Jan. 7, 2020 … Rush drummer Neil Peart passed away following a battle with glioblastoma, a form of brain cancer. He was 67. Peart had been diagnosed with the disease over three years earlier, but kept his condition a secret from the public. Peart joined Geddy LeeRead More →
Fin Costello/Redferns Developers in Sydney, Australia, have issued an apology after bulldozing the childhood home of AC/DC rockers Malcolm and Angus Young, the Herald Sun reports. Burwood Square Pty Ltd purchased the home in February 2023 and recently demolished it, something that shouldn’t have happened because in 2013 the property was added toRead More →
Courtesy of Live Nation Lenny Kravitz is returning to Las Vegas. The rocker just announced a new set of dates for his Blue Electric Light Las Vegas residency at Dolby Live at Park MGM. Lenny is set to return for five more shows: Aug. 1, Aug. 2, Aug. 6, Aug.Read More →
UMe If you’ve always “Wanted” a deluxe edition of Bon Jovi‘s Slippery When Wet — “Dead or Alive” — your dream has come true. The band will release a deluxe version of their world-beating 1986 album on Feb. 28, 2025, as well as various vinyl variations of the original album. ThoseRead More →
Mike Coppola/Getty Images for The Daily Front Row Blondie‘s Debbie Harry will turn 80 in July. So, how does she feel about celebrating such a milestone birthday? “I don’t walk around thinking every minute, oh my God, I’m going be 80 — but that’s sort of how I feel,” she tells theRead More →
Sonja Flemming/CBS Talk about a slow climb to #1: An Elton John album is looking like it’s finally going to top the U.K. chart after hanging around in the Top 40 for more than 300 weeks. Elton’s greatest hits compilation Diamonds, originally released in 2017, has spent a total ofRead More →
Sun Records Bruce Springsteen is set to make a guest appearance on a brand new album from The Waterboys. Life, Death and Dennis Hopper, the band’s 16th record, is set to drop April 14, with Springsteen lending his voice to the track “Ten Years Gone.” The album also features guest appearances byRead More →
Leigh Vogel/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images U2 frontman Bono received the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Saturday, and in honor of the occasion he’s penned a new essay for The Atlantic, titled The Gorgeous, Unglamorous Work of Freedom. “Freedom is a word that turns up with embarrassing frequency in rock-and-roll songs,”Read More →
Ethan Miller/Getty Images The Black Crowes are set to play Boston Calling this year. The three-day festival is happening Memorial Day weekend, May 23-25, in Allston, Massachusetts. The band is part of the May 24 bill, which will be headlined by Fall Out Boy and also feature Avril Lavigne, Cage the ElephantRead More →
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Comedy Central Rush launched their final tour in 2015, which hit only the U.S. and Canada, and surviving band members Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson reveal they regret they couldn’t bring their show to other countries. “I’d pushed really hard to get more gigs so thatRead More →
