Hulton Archive/Getty Images ABBA is the latest act to complain that Donald Trump is using their songs at his campaign rallies. According to the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagladet, ABBA hits like “The Winner Takes It All,” “Money, Money, Money” and “Dancing Queen” were played at a Minnesota rally in July, andRead More →
On This Day, Aug. 29, 1966 … The Beatles played what would be their last-ever full public concert, at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park. The band played an 11-song set, which didn’t include any songs from their recently released album, Revolver. The public was unaware that it would be the band’s final concert,Read More →
Astrida Valigorsky/Getty Images Neil Young has opened up to fans about why he decided to cancel the remaining dates on his Love Earth tour with Crazy Horse. Young had played about 15 shows before canceling the tour in June due to health concerns. In a recent Zoom with subscribers ofRead More →
Kevin Kane/Getty Images for Scoop Marketing It looks like the latest dispute between Journey’s Jonathan Cain and Neal Schon is over. A rep for Cain announced he and Schon have resolved their legal dispute with regard to appointing an impartial third party to settle any issues pertaining to the management of their touringRead More →
WaterTower Music The Apple TV+ Vince Vaughn series Bad Monkey features a soundtrack of Tom Petty covers, and the show’s music supervisor, Tony Von Pervieux, says it wasn’t hard to get artists to agree to take part in the project. In an interview with Vulture, Von Pervieux says the original planRead More →
Chris Putnam/Future Publishing via Getty Images Def Leppard is set to headline the Harvest Nights Music Festival, happening Nov. 22-24 at the John Jimmie Rodeo Grounds in Immokalee, Florida. The festival, put on by The Charity Pros, will also feature former Eagles guitarist Don Felder, Train and Tesla, along with countryRead More →
BMG Former Roxy Music frontman Bryan Ferry is out with his first new song in over a decade. Ferry just released the new single “Star,” which will appear on his upcoming box set, Retrospective: Selected Recordings 1973-2023. A celebration of Ferry’s solo career, it will feature 81 tracks culled from his 16 soloRead More →
Forty Below Records Fleetwood Mac’s Mick Fleetwood and ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro have released another song from their upcoming album, Blues Experience, which comes out Oct. 18. The latest is a cover of the Procol Harum classic “Whiter Shade Of Pale.” “This is a song I’ve always wanted to play… of course,Read More →
Glassnote Records Bruce Springsteen is one of the many artists who recorded a song for the upcoming tribute album in honor of longtime New York City punk fixture Jesse Malin, and now his contribution to the record has been released. The track, “She Don’t Love Me Now,” features Jesse’s band backing Springsteen,Read More →
On This Day, Aug. 28, 1993… Billy Joel hit #1 on the Billboard 200 Album chart with River of Dreams, his final pop/rock record. The album, with a cover painted by Joel’s then-wife Christie Brinkley, was Billy’s fourth #1 and spent three weeks on top of the chart. The album’s title track went on toRead More →
