Sawrite/The Orchard A Gregg Allman live album recorded in 1983 is the first release from the late rocker’s personal archives. Gregg Allman Band — Uncle Sam’s is due out Sept. 20. Recorded at a small club called Uncle Sam’s in Hull, Massachusetts, on July 1, 1983, the album features AllmanRead More →
Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images Following virtual fundraisers with names like Comics for Kamala and White Dudes for Harris, another one is scheduled featuring yet another specific group: Dead Heads. Dead Heads for Kamala: Get on the Bus with Us! will take place Aug. 13 at 8 p.m. ET. You can registerRead More →
Apple/BMG More than 50 years after it was first released, George Harrison‘s all-star charity live album The Concert for Bangladesh has just arrived on streaming services. The album documents the first major charity rock concerts in history: two shows at New York’s Madison Square Garden in August 1971. They were organizedRead More →
On This Day, Aug. 9, 1986 … Queen headlined the final show of their Magic tour in Knebworth Park, England, which would turn out to be their last live show ever with frontman Freddie Mercury. The concert had been added to the schedule after Queen sold out two nights at WembleyRead More →
Disney/Jenny Anderson Peter Frampton will launch his Positively Thankful tour in September, and he tells ABC Audio the inspiration for the tour’s name came from all the love he received after he was nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this year. “After seeing the outpouring of support from theRead More →
The Rocket Record Company Two real estate properties that served as the site of a number of legendary musical moments over the years are on the market. First up is Caribou Ranch in Nederland, Colorado. It was purchased and turned into a high-end residential recording studio in 1972 by producer JamesRead More →
Women Who Rock Melissa Etheridge is set to headline this year’s Women Who Rock benefit concert presented by Gibson Gives. The concert will take place Aug. 28 in Pittsburgh. It will feature an all-female-fronted music lineup and proceeds will benefit women’s health research. “The Women Who Rock benefit concert isRead More →
Scott Dudelson/Getty Images for Coachella Debbie Harry: Singer, songwriter, actress and now fashion designer. The iconic frontwoman of Blondie has teamed with the clothing brand Wildfang to launch a six-piece capsule collection. The pieces were inspired by some of Debbie’s own looks and are described as “a true representation of herRead More →
Columbia Records AC/DC has announced the third and final installment of their gold vinyl release series celebrating the band’s 50th anniversary. The upcoming set is expected to ship Sept. 25. It includes 1983’s Flip of the Switch, 1985’s Fly on the Wall, 1988’s Blow Up Your Video, 2008’s Black Ice, 2012’s Live at River PlateRead More →
Rhino The ongoing archival series of Joni Mitchell albums continues with Archives, Vol. 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980), due out Oct. 4. Available as a six-CD, a four-LP or a digital version, the package includes a book with never-before-seen photos and liner notes that include a discussion between Mitchell andRead More →
