On This Day, Nov. 12, 1988 … U2 topped the Billboard 200 Album chart with Rattle and Hum, the soundtrack to their documentary of the same name. The album, produced by Jimmy Iovine, featured a combination of live and studio recordings. Live tracks included performances of “I Still Haven’t FoundRead More →
Courtesy of Eaton and Brennan Auctions A piano used to record “Layla,” by Eric Clapton‘s band Derek and the Dominos, is one of the many items going up for auction as part of a collection from the legendary Hit Factory recording studio in New York. Items that will be available come fromRead More →
Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images Jerry Garcia has been gone for almost 30 years, but thanks to AI, Grateful Dead fans can now enjoy the experience of the late rocker reading to them. According to Billboard, Garcia’s estate has teamed with AI company ElevenLabs for an AI-generated version of Garcia’s voice, which will read audiobooks, poetry, articlesRead More →
ABC/Isa Mae Astute U2 is celebrating the 20th anniversary of How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb with the Nov. 29 release of the shadow album How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb. And while that may be exciting, U2 fans are anxiously awaiting word on a new album — and in a new interview withRead More →
ABC Monday, Nov. 11 — 11/11 — is apparently Singles Day because it’s 1-1-1-1, and some special singles have just been released to mark the occasion. Capitol Records has dropped two special vinyl releases from The Beatles: the group’s most-recent single, “Now and Then,” with the 1962 single version ofRead More →
Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures Timothée Chalamet is opening up about his experience playing Bob Dylan in the upcoming movie A Complete Unknown. In an interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, Chalamet calls playing Dylan “the most unique challenge I’ve taken on,” but notes he gained his confidence by performing all the movie’s musicRead More →
On This Day, Nov. 11, 1972 … Berry Oakley, bassist and founding member of the Allman Brothers Band, was killed in a motorcycle accident in Macon, Georgia. He was only 24. Oakley’s death occurred just three blocks from where fellow Allman Brothers Band member Duane Allman was killed in aRead More →
Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame While Pete Townshend recently shared in an interview with The Standard that The Who will “definitely do something next year,” it looks like his bandmate Roger Daltrey has made other plans in the meantime. Daltrey just announced dates for theRead More →
David Redfern/Redferns Paul Simon and singing partner Art Garfunkel have been estranged for years, but it sounds like their relationship may be on the mend. In a new interview with the U.K. paper The Sunday Times, Garfunkel opened up about an emotional lunch they had together recently, which was one ofRead More →
L-R: Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani; photo credit: Mindy Small/Getty Images Sammy Hagar spent his summer performing Van Halen songs on his The Best of All Worlds Tour with Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, guitarist Joe Satriani, drummer Jason Bonham and keyboardist Rai Thistlethwayte, and it sounds like it won’t be a one-time thing. Hagar tells ABCRead More →
