Terry Wyatt/WireImage Lynyrd Skynyrd is set to play several dates on the 2025 Rock the Country touring festival, which will be headlined by Kid Rock and Nickelback. Skynyrd is confirmed for five festival dates: April 5 in Livingston, Louisiana; April 26 in Knoxville, Tennessee; May 3 in Poplar Bluff, Montana; May 31 inRead More →
Sire/Warner Records Forty years ago today, the world was touched for the very first time by Madonna‘s landmark sophomore album, Like a Virgin. While her self-titled 1983 debut did well, Like a Virgin was the album that made her a superstar and cemented her reputation — still intact today —Read More →
Valerie Terranova/Getty Images for Bob Woodruff Foundation Bruce Springsteen took a break from his Canadian tour to travel to New York and perform at the 18th annual Stand Up For Heroes benefit Monday night at David Geffen Hall at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. According to setlist.fm, TheRead More →
Ethan Miller/Getty Images For a guy who’s 73, Sting looks pretty good. But he says if he ever stops looking good, he’ll stop performing onstage. Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, Sting says his fitness regimen includes yoga, swimming, working out and walking, but admits that 55% of the reasonRead More →
Courtesy SHOF Bryan Adams, Steve Winwood and The Doobie Brothers are among the contenders for the 2025 class of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The organization just announced the artists in the running for induction next year, with Adams, Winwood and Doobie Brothers members Tom Johnston, Patrick Simmons and Michael McDonald getting nominated inRead More →
On This Day, Nov. 12, 1988 … U2 topped the Billboard 200 Album chart with Rattle and Hum, the soundtrack to their documentary of the same name. The album, produced by Jimmy Iovine, featured a combination of live and studio recordings. Live tracks included performances of “I Still Haven’t FoundRead More →
Courtesy of Eaton and Brennan Auctions A piano used to record “Layla,” by Eric Clapton‘s band Derek and the Dominos, is one of the many items going up for auction as part of a collection from the legendary Hit Factory recording studio in New York. Items that will be available come fromRead More →
Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Quincy Jones was laid to rest in an “intimate ceremony [that] included Mr. Jones’ seven children, his brother, two sisters, and immediate family members,” The Associated Press reports. Details about where the ceremony was held were not revealed, but the family says they remain “enormously grateful for the outpouringRead More →
Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images Jerry Garcia has been gone for almost 30 years, but thanks to AI, Grateful Dead fans can now enjoy the experience of the late rocker reading to them. According to Billboard, Garcia’s estate has teamed with AI company ElevenLabs for an AI-generated version of Garcia’s voice, which will read audiobooks, poetry, articlesRead More →
ABC/Isa Mae Astute U2 is celebrating the 20th anniversary of How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb with the Nov. 29 release of the shadow album How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb. And while that may be exciting, U2 fans are anxiously awaiting word on a new album — and in a new interview withRead More →
