On This Day, Jan. 2, 1969 … The Beatles began rehearsals for what would wind up being their final studio album together, Let It Be. Rehearsals took place at Twickenham Film Studios and were marred by tension within the band, which was captured on film as cameras were recording the sessionsRead More →
Jeff Hahne/Getty Images If you’ve seen Billy Joel in concert, you know he often drops Led Zeppelin‘s song “Rock and Roll” into the set. But on New Year’s Eve, he got to play another classic Zep song with the son of the band’s drummer. Billy’s opening act on Dec. 31Read More →
Gary Miller/Getty Images Neil Young won’t be playing the U.K.’s Glastonbury Festival this year. The rocker announced on his Neil Young Archives website that he and his band the Chrome Hearts were supposed to play the 2025 fest, but have now pulled out due to the BBC’s corporate sponsorship of the event.Read More →
Disney/Michael J. Le Brecht II Last year was a very eventful one for Peter Frampton, most notably because he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and it sounds like he’s not about to slow down anytime soon. In fact, the legendary rocker is working on new musicRead More →
Pete Still/Redferns Freddie Mercury‘s birthday will once again be celebrated with a big bash this fall. The Queen frontman would have turned 79 on Sept. 5, and the band just announced that the Official Freddie Mercury Birthday Party 2025 will take place Sept. 6 at the Casino Barriere in Montreux, about twoRead More →
Disney/Michael Le Brecht II When Alex Van Halen released his memoir, Brothers, in October, the book failed to include anything about the Sammy Hagar years of Van Halen, with Alex only writing, “[W]e had a lot of other singers over the years.” In fact, in an interview with Rolling Stone he insisted that whenRead More →
On This Day, Dec. 31, 1984 … Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen lost his left arm in a car crash in Sheffield, England. After trying to pass a driver who had been taunting him on the road, Allen lost control of his vehicle, hitting a wall. His arm wound upRead More →
Sam Tabone/WireImage It looks like we may be getting a new album from The Doobie Brothers in 2025. In a year-end note posted to Facebook, founding member Patrick Simmons reveals that they’re almost finished with a new record, Walk This Road, sharing it’s a “goal we’ve set for 2025.” “This train keeps rollin’ downRead More →
For years music fans have wondered when Foreigner and Peter Frampton were going to get recognized by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and this year they got their answer. Both Foreigner, which has been eligible since 2002, and Frampton, who’s been eligible since 1997, finally got chosen for induction,Read More →
Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures A Complete Unknown director James Mangold has said in interviews that Bob Dylan gave his input on the film before it began production, and according to one of the film’s producers, Peter Jaysen, that included acting out the film with the director before signing off on the project.Read More →
