On This Day, Aug. 30, 1986 … Former Traffic star Steve Winwood landed his first Billboard Hot 100 #1 with “Higher Love,” from his fourth solo album, Back in the High Life. The song, featuring backing vocals by Chaka Khan, spent one week on top of the chart. It went on to win Grammy AwardsRead More →
Bettmann / Contributor John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s One to One concerts in the ’70s are the subject of a new documentary premiering Aug. 30 at the Venice Film Festival, and a teaser for the film has just been released. The clip for One to One: John and Yoko, directed by filmmaker Kevin Macdonald,Read More →
Hamilton Lisa Lake/Getty Images Aerosmith may have retired from the road but bassist Tom Hamilton doesn’t believe they’re over for good. In a new interview with AARP, Hamilton was asked to rate on a scale of one to 10 the likelihood of whether Aerosmith will do anything in the future, and heRead More →
UMe The Who’s Pete Townshend continues to share live footage from his 1985 concert at the Brixton Academy in London. The latest is a clip of a performance of the track “Give Blood,” which appeared on Pete’s fifth solo album, White City: A Novel, a concept album released in 1985. The original track featured Pink Floyd’sRead More →
courtesy of Julien’s Auctions/photo credit: Larry Marano Shutterstock Personal items belonging the late Fleetwood Mac star Christine McVie are set to go up for auction this fall. Julien’s Auctions just announced the new Property from the Life and Career of Christine McVie auction, taking place over two days, Oct. 16Read More →
Fantasy Records Warren Haynes is finally sharing details of his new solo record. The Gov’t Mule frontman first teased the record, Million Voices Whisper, back in July. Now he’s announced that it will be coming out digitally and on CD Nov. 1, and on vinyl Nov. 15. “This album isRead More →
Dave Benett/Getty Images Rod Stewart is setting the record straight about the state of his marriage to Penny Lancaster. The rocker took to social media to respond to a recent Daily Mail article that claimed the couple had reached a “stalemate” in their marriage and that they were at odds overRead More →
Hulton Archive/Getty Images ABBA is the latest act to complain that Donald Trump is using their songs at his campaign rallies. According to the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagladet, ABBA hits like “The Winner Takes It All,” “Money, Money, Money” and “Dancing Queen” were played at a Minnesota rally in July, andRead More →
On This Day, Aug. 29, 1966 … The Beatles played what would be their last-ever full public concert, at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park. The band played an 11-song set, which didn’t include any songs from their recently released album, Revolver. The public was unaware that it would be the band’s final concert,Read More →
Astrida Valigorsky/Getty Images Neil Young has opened up to fans about why he decided to cancel the remaining dates on his Love Earth tour with Crazy Horse. Young had played about 15 shows before canceling the tour in June due to health concerns. In a recent Zoom with subscribers ofRead More →
