Art by Taylor W Rushing The life and music of Allman Brothers Band guitarist and founding member Dickey Betts is being celebrated Friday with an all-star tribute concert, and now music fans at home will be able to enjoy it. The sold-out show, In Memory of Dickey Betts, will livestream for freeRead More →
Roger Ressmeyer/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images Legendary rock band the Grateful Dead will be the subject of another course at Stanford University this spring. Composition, Interpretation, and Improvisation: The Music of the Grateful Dead, part of Stanford Continuing Studies, is a six-week course running from April 8 to May 13. It’sRead More →
Courtesy Bleufeu Rod Stewart and Def Leppard are among the artists set to headline Festival d’Été de Québec, an 11-day music festival held July 3-13 in the heart of Quebec City, Canada. Stewart is set to open the festival on July 3, while Def Leppard is booked for July 6.Read More →
Dark Horse Records Billy Idol is back with new music. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominee just released the new tune “Still Dancing,” the first single off his upcoming album, Dream Into It, which will be released April 25. “‘Still Dancing’ is really a reflection of my whole journey,”Read More →
Photo by Mary McCartney Paul McCartney has written another book. The Beatles legend is set to release Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run, which is described as “a landmark account” of the rocker’s “triumphant musical reinvention in the 1970s and the subsequent rise of one of theRead More →
Sony Music Vision and Trafalgar Releasing The 1972 concert film of Pink Floyd playing Pompeii is returning to theaters. The newly restored Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII will be released in select theaters and IMAX on April 24. It is a recording of their October 1971 performance at the ancientRead More →
On This Day, Feb. 26, 1995… Led Zeppelin members Jimmy Page and Robert Plant kicked off a tour together in Pensacola, Florida. The tour followed the November 1994 release of the joint album, No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded. The album was a recording of the duo’s MTV UnleddedRead More →
courtesy of Apple TV+ Folks who didn’t get to catch Bono’s Stories of Surrender book tour will finally get a chance to see what they missed. Apple TV+ is set to air the new documentary, Bono: Stories of Surrender, on May 30. The doc will feature what’s described as a “reimagining”Read More →
Courtesy of Good Music; Artwork by Cleon Peterson The 90-track compilation album Good Music to Lift Los Angeles raised $275,000 in just 24 hours to help those affected by the California wildfires. The album featured previously unreleased recordings, including covers, remixes, live tracks and unreleased demos. One such song was a previouslyRead More →
Courtesy of Jason Bonham Monday marked the 50th anniversary of Led Zeppelin’s fifth album, Physical Graffiti, and drummer Jason Bonham, son of the band’s late drummer John Bonham, is planning to celebrate the milestone on the road. Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening will kick off a new tour in May focusing onRead More →
