ABC/Eric McCandless With Halloween in the past, many are already focusing on their plans for the Christmas season. NBC, for example, has just announced A Motown Christmas special, which will bring together legends and contemporary stars for performances of more than 25 Motown hits and a few holiday favorites. The lineup includesRead More →
Keystone/Getty Images Queen recently released the box set Queen 1, dedicated to their self-titled debut album, and in the latest installment of their Queen The Greatest video series, they are giving fans a little insight into the making of the record. Guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor share what it wasRead More →
Ed Perlstein/Redferns/Getty Images The Grateful Dead is ringing in November by once again launching 30 Days of Dead. The month-long campaign offers fans an unreleased live Dead track from the vault every day throughout November, with each download selected by Dead archivist and producer David Lemieux. “The tracks are yours, 100% free gua-ran-teed,”Read More →
On This Day, Nov. 1, 1969 … The Beatles topped the Billboard 200 album chart with Abbey Road. The album spent 11 weeks at #1 and a total of 490 weeks on the chart. Abbey Road was the last album The Beatles recorded, although Let It Be was the last album they finished and released before theirRead More →
Rhino Talking Heads have shared a previously unreleased track from their upcoming box set celebrating the band’s debut album, Talking Heads: 77. The latest is “Pulled Up (Alternate Pop Version),” a new take on the album’s closing track. Talking Heads: 77 (Super Deluxe Edition), dropping Nov. 8, will be made up ofRead More →
Disney/Chris Willard Nile Rodgers has been reelected as chairman of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The decision to reelect Rodgers was unanimous, and he’ll now serve his third term in the position. “Serving as the Chair of The Songwriters Hall of Fame has been one of the highest points of myRead More →
Courtesy of Disney Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band spent Halloween night rocking Montreal, Quebec, but only acknowledged the festive day with one musical moment. Taking the stage to scary-sounding music, Bruce and the band launched into a cover of Ray Parker Jr.‘s 1984 #1 hit “Ghostbusters,” much toRead More →
Disney Mariah Carey has spoken, and it is Christmas time. “It’s time,” the “All I Want for Christmas Is You” singer announced in a high pitched vibrato swapping out a glamorous Halloween look for a Santa-inspired suit in her annual video, declaring it is time for the Christmas festivities to begin. Mariah teasedRead More →
Fantasy Records Warren Haynes’ new solo album, Million Voices Whisper, is out now, and it’s his first solo record in more than 10 years. The Gov’t Mule frontman tells ABC Audio that one of the reasons he decided to make another solo record after all this time was because he’d been writing soRead More →
SING Inc Wang Chung’s music will be celebrated with a new double vinyl retrospective, Clear Light/Dark Matter, set for release March 7. The compilation features songs from the band’s more than four-decade career, including hits like “Dance Hall Days” and “Everybody Have Fun Tonight.” In addition to the hits, the setRead More →
