On This Day, Aug. 5, 1984 … Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band played the first of 10 nights at the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Several performances from that 10-night stand were included in the rocker’s 1986 box set Live/1975-85. The shows were part of Bruce’sRead More →
Craig Barritt/Getty Images for The New Yorker David Byrne is set to host a live variety show in New York this fall to help celebrate the fifth anniversary of his solutions-based nonprofit magazine Reasons to be Cheerful, a project of the Talking Heads frontman’s nonprofit, Arbutus. The one-night-only event, dubbed Amazing HumansRead More →
Primary Wave Music/Sun Records America is sharing another preview of their upcoming live album, America – Live From The Hollywood Bowl 1975, dropping Sept. 6. The band has just released a live performance of “Sister Golden Hair,” with the release coming one day before the 49th anniversary of the HollywoodRead More →
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images Looks like Aerosmith is saying peace out earlier than planned. The band just announced they’ve canceled their Peace Out tour, and they’ll be retiring from touring. It seems Steven Tyler’s vocal issues, which forced the postponement of the tour last year, have not gotten any better. “ItRead More →
Virgin EMI/Mercury Records Def Leppard is continuing the celebration of the 40th anniversary of Pyromania, this time highlighting the album’s hit tune “Photograph.” The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers just dropped a trio of “Photograph” remixes from DJ Armand Van Helden: a radio mix, extended club mix and instrumental mix. Released inRead More →
The John Lennon Estate/Capitol/Ume A new bonus track from the recently released John Lennon box set Mind Games – The Ultimate Collection has been released. It gives fans some insight into the tune “I’m The Greatest,” which was recorded in 1973 and was the first reunion of Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison sinceRead More →
On This Day, August 2, 1962… A 21-year-old Robert Allen Zimmerman legally changed his name to Bob Dylan. In his book Chronicles, Dylan explained that he was inspired to change his name after he saw an article about jazz performer David Allyn and later some poems by Dylan Thomas. He considered the names Robert Allyn and RobertRead More →
BAD Records Bryan Adams has dropped the new single “Rock and Roll Hell,” which is actually one of two songs he co-wrote with Jim Vallance and Gene Simmons for KISS. The other is “War Machine,” and Adams is set to release both on 7-inch vinyl on Aug. 30. Both tracks appearedRead More →
UMe Pete Townshend has dropped a new video of a classic live performance. The Who rocker has shared a video of his performance of “After the Fire,” which was shot in 1985 at the Brixton Academy in London. The concert highlighted in the video features Pink Floyd’s Dave Gilmour on guitar. “After the Fire,”Read More →
ABC/Randy Holmes U2 is back with another installment in their digital series U2 to Love and Only Love – Deep Dives and B-Sides, a series of 12 newly remastered collections, released throughout the year, made up of songs that until now were only available on vinyl, CD or cassette. The latestRead More →
