Dave J Hogan/Getty Images for ABA Bob Dylan‘s official social media accounts continue to baffle fans. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer’s latest post on Instagram happened Wednesday night, when he randomly uploaded a throwback video of Machine Gun Kelly performing an in-store set. The post certainly spawned someRead More →
The Hapa Blonde/GC Images Is Madonna gearing up for her new era? Her Instagram has been largely wiped clean: As of Thursday morning the only two posts are a film clip of Funeral Rites, a short film she made in partnership with photographer Steven Klein and CR Fashion Book, and the cover of CR Fashion Book. There’sRead More →
On This Day, Feb. 27, 1981… The Who released the song “You Better You Bet,” their first single since the death of drummer Keith Moon three years earlier. The song, written by Pete Townshend, was the first single off the band’s 1981 album Face Dances, which featured former The FacesRead More →
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 →
