On This Day, Sept. 3, 2017 … Steely Dan co-founder Walter Becker died at the age of 67, just months after he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of esophageal cancer. Becker, born in Queens, New York, was the guitarist, bassist and co-songwriter for the group, which he co-foundedRead More →
Al Pereira/Getty Images The Kinks’ Dave Davies has let everyone know how he feels about an AI-generated track that was supposed to sound like a Kinks song, and his opinion was enough to get the song taken down. “What the (f***) is this??? This Kinks AI cover is like horror show sounds (f******)Read More →
ABC/Gavin Bond Lionel Richie has made his New Year’s plans. The R&B legend is set to perform in Dubai, headlining the New Year’s Eve Under the Stars Gala at Atlantis, The Palm Dubai. Richie is expected to treat the New Year’s audience to a show filled with his legendary hits, which willRead More →
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic The Beach Boys’ Al Jardine recently released a new single, “Wish,” which was inspired by his Beach Boys bandmates Brian and Dennis Wilson. Jardine tells Rolling Stone he first had the idea for the song about 30 years ago. “It just dawned on me how much I missed them,”Read More →
Disney/Jenny Anderson Peter Frampton is getting ready to launch his Positively Thankful tour, and after all these years performing, he likes to change things up now and again when making his set list. “Obviously there’s certain songs that have to be there,” Frampton tells ABC Audio, but after that heRead More →
Gavin Elder While many top rock bands of the ’60s and ’70s have disappeared, Pink Floyd seems just as popular today as they were back then. And nobody’s more surprised at that than guitarist David Gilmour. “It’s always amazing to me that Pink Floyd didn’t fizzle out the way others do,”Read More →
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images After appearing at night three of the Democratic National Convention, Stevie Wonder has now released a new song calling for unity. Ahead of his performance of “Higher Ground,” he told the crowd, “We need to choose joy over anger, kindness over recrimination andRead More →
Third Man Books If you know anything about Thunderclap Newman, it’s probably that they had one hit, “Something In the Air,” produced by The Who‘s Pete Townshend. But their story is evidently interesting enough to have spawned an entire book, which comes out Oct. 1 on Jack White‘s Third ManRead More →
John Lennon and Yoko Ono at 1972’s One to One concerts; Ann Limongello / Contributor/ ABC / Getty Images The new documentary One to One: John & Yoko is ostensibly about John Lennon and Yoko Ono‘s move to New York City in the ’70s and their 1972 One to OneRead More →
Searchlight Pictures The first poster for the upcoming Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown has been released. The image shows Timothée Chalamet as Dylan, wearing the sunglasses he usually sported during the time covered in the film. As previously reported, A Complete Unknown, directed by James Mangold, arrives in theatersRead More →
