Disney/Art Streiber Lionel Richie usually plays for thousands and thousands of people in arenas worldwide, but he’s giving fans a chance to see him in more intimate surroundings in March. On March 29, Lionel will perform at Philadelphia’s Union Transfer Club, which holds 1,200 people. The catch is that theRead More →
Paras Griffin/Getty Images Def Leppard is set to headline Ottawa Bluesfest, a nine-day festival that runs July 10-13 and July 16-20. The “Hysteria” rockers will headline the July 16 bill that also features Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, The Decemberists and more. Other headliners include Green Day, Hozier, Shania Twain, Lainey Wilson and PapaRead More →
ABC Tuesday would have been the late George Harrison’s 82nd birthday, and he was on the minds of some of his rock star friends, who paid tribute to him on social media. The Beatles’ official social media accounts shared a video set to Harrison’s “Here Comes the Sun” to mark theRead More →
Ethan Miller/Getty Images Billy Joel is booked and busy this year, with solo concerts and co-headlining dates with Stevie Nicks, Rod Stewart and Sting booked all over the U.S. and overseas. But three of those concerts will give him another entry in the live performance history books. According to Billboard, Billy’s showsRead More →
ABC/Randy Holmes Lenny Kravitz and Devo are among the artists booked to play the 12th edition of Shaky Knees Music Festival, taking place Sept. 19-21 at Piedmont Park in Atlanta. The festival will be headlined by The Deftones, My Chemical Romance and blink-182, with the lineup also featuring 4 NonRead More →
Courtesy of Light Up the Blues Stephen Stills and Neil Young are set to perform together at the upcoming Light Up The Blues fundraiser for Autism Speaks. The show, hosted by Stills and his wife, Kristen, will celebrate the 20th anniversary of Autism Speaks, which is “dedicated to promoting solutions, across the spectrum and throughoutRead More →
Silver Arrow Records The Black Crowes and Jimmy Page have shared another track from their upcoming 25th anniversary rerelease of Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes: Live at the Greek. The latest is a soundcheck performance of the Led Zeppelin tune “The Lemon Song.” It is one of five soundcheck recordings featured inRead More →
Disney/Jennifer Pottheiser Elton John, Paul McCartney and The Who‘s Pete Townshend are among the artists who’ve signed an open letter published in The Times calling out plans to change U.K. copyright laws to benefit AI companies. The letter contends that the planned changes “represent a wholesale giveaway of rights and income from the U.K.Read More →
David Livingston/Getty Images Chris Jasper, a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame R&B group The Isley Brothers, passed away Sunday, according to an announcement on his official Facebook page. He was 73. According to the post he had been diagnosed with cancer in December. A classically trained musicianRead More →
On This Day, Feb. 25, 1984… Van Halen hit #1 with the track “Jump” off their sixth studio album, 1984. The song was the rock band’s only #1 single. The tune’s popularity was aided by its music video, which was a staple on MTV. The clip, directed by Pete AngelusRead More →
