Yui Mok – PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images David Johansen, the versatile, multitalented lead singer and last surviving original member of the seminal proto-glam-punk band New York Dolls who also found fame in the 1980s and ’90s as the throwback crooner Buster Poindexter, has died at 75. Johansen diedRead More →
Richie Sambora, Orianthi and Phil X/Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images It was a meeting of Bon Jovi guitarists at the Rock For Responders Concert, which took place Thursday on the USS Iowa in San Pedro, California. People reports that former Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora teamed with Phil X, theRead More →
HELLE ARENSBAK/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images Def Leppard has added another show to their 2025 schedule. The latest addition is a July 18 concert at Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, with special guest Collective Soul. Tickets go on sale March 8. Def Leppard has been slowly revealingRead More →
Armada Music/UMG Bon Jovi’s 1992 track “Keep the Faith” has been reimagined by Dutch DJ Armin van Buuren. The DJ’s remix of the tune was officially released Friday, although electronic music fans got their first taste of the track last March. Jon Bon Jovi joined Van Buuren in Miami at the UltraRead More →
Oscar nominees Elton John, Bernie Taupin, Brandi Carlile & Andrew Watt; Disney/Frank Micelotta Elton John could win his third Oscar for best original song on Sunday night for “Never Too Late,” the song from his Disney+ documentary of the same name. Elton co-wrote the song with Bernie Taupin, producer AndrewRead More →
Gary Miller/Getty Images Neil Young has added another date to his upcoming love earth tour, and it’s a big one. The rocker and his band Chrome Hearts will headline the BST Hyde Park concert series in London on July 11, with special guests Yusuf/Cat Stevens and Van Morrison, with evenRead More →
Gaither Music Group R&B legend Smokey Robinson is showing his gratitude with a brand-new album, What the World Needs Now, dropping April 25. In a post on Instagram he describes the record as an “inspiration” album. The record, Smokey’s first since 2023’s Gasms, features 10 tracks, combining covers of songs like “Lean on Me,” “What a WonderfulRead More →
Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for Songwriters Hall Of Fame In 2024, when Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy’s tour celebrating R.E.M.’s Murmur hit Athens, Georgia, the home of R.E.M., the members of R.E.M. joined them onstage. Well, their latest tour, celebrating the 40th anniversary of R.E.M.’s Fables of the Reconstruction, came to AthensRead More →
Reprise Records Neil Young is set to drop a new tour documentary and accompanying soundtrack in April. Both give fans a taste of the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer’s 2023 Coastal tour, which marked his return to the stage following the COVID pandemic. Coastal: The Soundtrack, dropping April 18,Read More →
On This Day, Feb. 28, 1983 … U2 released their third studio album, War, produced by Steve Lillywhite. The album, which is considered the band’s first overtly political record, featured two future U2 classics, “Sunday Bloody Sunday” and “New Year’s Day,” which became the band’s first single to chart onRead More →
