dick clark productions This year marks the 50th anniversary of the American Music Awards, and a special celebrating the milestone on Oct. 6 features plenty of big-name acts. Mariah Carey will make an appearance to celebrate the 20th anniversary of her album The Emancipation of Mimi by performing a medleyRead More →
Island Records/UMR U2 is celebrating the 20th anniversary of their 11th studio album, How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, with what they’re calling a “shadow album,” featuring songs from the original album’s recording sessions. Dubbed How To Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb, the album features 10 previously unreleased tracks from the band’s archive, including twoRead More →
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Genesis Prize Foundation The latest music icon to get their own documentary is none other than Barbra Streisand. A multipart movie about the diva, directed by Frank Marshall, is currently in production. Marshall directed the 2020 documentary The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a BrokenRead More →
On This Day, Sept. 26, 1979 … U2 made their recording debut with the release of a three-song EP, aptly titled Three. The release featured the songs “Out of Control” and “Stories for Boys,” which were both later rerecorded for their debut album, Boy. The other song on the release was the B-sideRead More →
Disney/Michael J. Le Brecht II Stevie Nicks is set to drop a brand new song on Friday. The singer announced the new track “The Lighthouse” on social media, sharing a short snippet of the song in which she’s heard singing “I wanna teach ‘em to fight.” And fans may get to see StevieRead More →
Courtesy of Michael Dorf Presents Patti Smith will be celebrated with an upcoming tribute concert in New York City. People Have the Power – A Celebration of Patti Smith is set to take place March 26 at Carnegie Hall. The show is the latest in a series of charity concerts putRead More →
Universal Music Group Thursday marks the 50th anniversary of John Lennon’s fifth solo album, Walls and Bridges, which went to #1 and features “Whatever Gets You Thru The Night,” Lennon’s first U.S. #1 as a solo artist, and his only solo song to top the chart in his lifetime. The album was recorded during Lennon’s “lostRead More →
Baroque Folk Records The Bangles’ Susanna Hoffs is getting ready to release a new old album. The singer will drop the archival album The Lost Record on Oct. 18, which she recorded in her garage back in 1999 but never released. It features songs she wrote and recorded with a variety of artists,Read More →
Rhino Albums by artists including Stevie Nicks, Deep Purple, The Doobie Brothers and Foreigner are being reissued on vinyl in celebration of Rhino’s Rocktober campaign. Among the titles getting the reissue treatment are Nicks’ In Your Dreams, Deep Purple’s Machine Head, The Doobie Brothers’ Toulouse Street and What Were Once Vices Are NowRead More →
Aldara Zarraoa/Redferns Pretenders frontwoman Chrissie Hynde is one of the artists booked to perform at a tribute concert for the late Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan. The concert, Mark Lanegan – A Celebration, is set to take place Dec. 5 at the Roundhouse in London, about a week after what would’veRead More →
