Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images Patti Smith is on tour in Europe and she’s added a surprising cover to her set list. Fan shot footage posted to social media shows Smith performing a cover of Lana Del Rey’s hit “Summertime Sadness.” According to one post, Smith told fans Lana’s tune made herRead More →
On This Day, June 28, 1980… Paul McCartney landed a new number one when “Coming Up (Live at Glasgow)” topped the Billboard Hot 100, his first solo track to top the charts since 1971. The studio version of the song appeared on McCartney’s 1980 solo album McCartney II. It was actually the one releasedRead More →
The Rocket Record Company Elton John‘s album Caribou turns 50 years old Friday: It was released in the U.K. on June 28, 1974. It topped the chart and produced two big hit singles, but looking back, the guy who co-wrote it — Bernie Taupin — doesn’t think it’s his andRead More →
Abramorama A new documentary about Jimi Hendrix’s famed Electric Lady Studios in New York is expected to hit theaters this summer. Abramorama has nabbed the global rights to Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision, directed by John McDermott, who also directed two other Hendrix docs: Electric Church and Music, Money,Read More →
Mariano Regidor/Redferns E Street Band guitarist Stevie Van Zandt has been friends with Bruce Springsteen ever since starting out in Asbury Park, New Jersey, and he realizes a friendship like that is very rare. “You just don’t have that many friends for 60 years. I think the fact that it survivedRead More →
Disney/Jennifer Pottheiser One year ago Elton John gave what he said would be his final U.K. performance by making his first-ever appearance at England’s legendary Glastonbury Festival. On Wednesday he posted a video documenting what went into creating that performance, which received rave reviews. The video starts at rehearsal week before the June 25,Read More →
Mascot Label Group/Provogue Queen’s Brian May and ZZ Top’s Billy F Gibbons lend their musical talents to Friendlytown, the new album from Booker T and the MG’s guitarist Steve Cropper and his band The Midnight Hour. May sings and plays guitar on the first single released from the record, “Too MuchRead More →
The John Lennon Estate/Capitol/Ume Music fans are getting a look at some intimate footage of John Lennon and Yoko Ono in a brand new video for the new ultimate mix of “Aisumasen (I’m Sorry).” The video features never-before-seen home movies, shot by Lennon on a Sony Portapak camera and reel-to-reel recorder. ItRead More →
BMG Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman is back with new music. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer will release his ninth studio album, Drive My Car, on Aug. 9. It will be his first new album since 2015. The album features five songs written by Wyman, who notes, “It’sRead More →
Mark Holloway/Redferns While Taylor Swift seemingly attracted some shade recently from Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters, she’s now gotten some major praise from a woman who’s opening for Foo Fighters this summer: Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer responsible for hits like “Back on the ChainRead More →
