UMe Queen’s Roger Taylor is defending the Band Aid charity after it received criticism for its decision to release a 40th anniversary remix of the charity single “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” The original “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” was spearheaded by Bob Geldof and released in 1984, featuring a collection of U.K. starsRead More →
Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic The surviving original members of the Grateful Dead just revealed that a 60th anniversary reunion was in the works prior to the October death of band member Phil Lesh at the age of 84. Bobby Weir, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart shared the news in an interview with CBS Mornings, tapedRead More →
On This Day, Nov. 27, 1970 … The Beatles‘ George Harrison released his third studio album, the triple album All Things Must Pass, which would go on to spend seven weeks on top of the Billboard Album chart. The record, co-produced by Phil Spector, was Harrison’s first full-length album followingRead More →
Desiree Navarro/WireImage Michael McDonald is letting everyone know that he has the ability to laugh at himself. In a new interview with Rolling Stone, the Doobie Brothers singer tells the magazine how he felt about a scene in the 2005 Judd Apatow-directed movie The 40-Year-Old Virgin that basically makes fun ofRead More →
Steve Morley/Redferns A rare handwritten letter by John Lennon to Eric Clapton is set to go up for auction in Spain in December. International Autographs Auctions Europe SL will auction off the eight-page document from the 1970s, which seems to be a draft of a note in which The Beatles legend writes of aRead More →
Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures Timothée Chalamet does his own singing and guitar playing in the upcoming Bob Dylan movie A Complete Unknown, and apparently he had to learn a lot of the Dylan catalog to be ready for the film. In a new featurette shared by Entertainment Weekly, producer Fred Berger sharesRead More →
Kevin Kane/Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Sammy Hagar turned 77 in October, and it sounds like he’s pretty OK with aging. “I love 99% of it, I really do,” he tells People. “There’s something about being a little bit complacent in your old age saying, ‘Nah,Read More →
ABC/Isa Mae Astute U2’s The Edge is once again sharing a bit of info about what the band has been working on in the studio. During an interview with BBC Radio 2‘s Jo Whiley, the guitarist revealed that he and Bono have been in the studio with producer Brian Eno, who U2 previously worked withRead More →
courtesy of Live Nation The Eagles are sticking around Las Vegas a little bit longer. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers just added four more weekend shows to their Eagles Live in Concert at Sphere residency. The new dates are happening April 4, April 5, April 11 and AprilRead More →
Courtesy of Michael Dorf Presents Patti Smith is set to be celebrated with a tribute concert in New York City in March, and now we know the artists who’ll be performing at the event. R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe, Ben Harper, Kim Gordon, The National‘s Matt Berninger, Karen O and Sharon Van Etten areRead More →
