Pete Still/Redferns Freddie Mercury‘s birthday will once again be celebrated with a big bash this fall. The Queen frontman would have turned 79 on Sept. 5, and the band just announced that the Official Freddie Mercury Birthday Party 2025 will take place Sept. 6 at the Casino Barriere in Montreux, about twoRead More →
Disney/Michael Le Brecht II When Alex Van Halen released his memoir, Brothers, in October, the book failed to include anything about the Sammy Hagar years of Van Halen, with Alex only writing, “[W]e had a lot of other singers over the years.” In fact, in an interview with Rolling Stone he insisted that whenRead More →
In 2024, for the first time in more than four years, we heard Céline Dion‘s legendary voice. The diva hadn’t performed since March 2020. She’d been forced to halt her tour due to COVID-19 and then cancel a planned return to Las Vegas due to her medical issues, revealing herRead More →
On This Day, Dec. 31, 1984 … Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen lost his left arm in a car crash in Sheffield, England. After trying to pass a driver who had been taunting him on the road, Allen lost control of his vehicle, hitting a wall. His arm wound upRead More →
Sam Tabone/WireImage It looks like we may be getting a new album from The Doobie Brothers in 2025. In a year-end note posted to Facebook, founding member Patrick Simmons reveals that they’re almost finished with a new record, Walk This Road, sharing it’s a “goal we’ve set for 2025.” “This train keeps rollin’ downRead More →
For years music fans have wondered when Foreigner and Peter Frampton were going to get recognized by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and this year they got their answer. Both Foreigner, which has been eligible since 2002, and Frampton, who’s been eligible since 1997, finally got chosen for induction,Read More →
Robin Little/Redferns for ABA The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde is sharing some of her favorite things about 2024. “My end of ’24 good wishes to all. I always look forward to a new beginning and here we go. Thanks again to all of you who came to see us on tour,” sheRead More →
Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures A Complete Unknown director James Mangold has said in interviews that Bob Dylan gave his input on the film before it began production, and according to one of the film’s producers, Peter Jaysen, that included acting out the film with the director before signing off on the project.Read More →
In late 2023, Cher said on The Kelly Clarkson Show that she didn’t understand why she hadn’t been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame yet. Having been eligible since 1990, she contended that at that point she wouldn’t be interested in being in it “if they gave me a millionRead More →
Legacy/Columbia Mariah Carey is spending another week at #1. The singer’s holiday classic “All I Want For Christmas Is You” tops the Billboard Hot 100 single chart for an 18th nonconsecutive week, putting her one step closer to a new chart record. Just a week ago, Mariah’s Christmas track surpassedRead More →
