Gary Miller/Getty Images The Rolling Stones are giving fans a chance to win a unique gift bag, with proceeds going to a good cause. The new sweepstakes, part of Universal Music Group’s Music 4 Good Holiday Giveback, will have one lucky fan taking home a customized gift package that includes a leatherRead More →
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images Aerosmith will no longer be part of a popular attraction at Disney’s Hollywood Studios at Disney World in Orlando. It was announced on the Disney Park blog that Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster starring Aerosmith is being taken over by The Muppets, marking the first time The Muppets willRead More →
courtesy of Julien’s Auctions Eddie Van Halen’s long-lost 1993 Ernie Ball Music Signature “Canada Day” guitar sold for $104,000 as part of day two of Julien’s Auctions’ Played, Worn & Torn II auction in Nashville. The guitar, unseen for 31 years, was played by Eddie at a July 1, 1993,Read More →
Disney/Randy Holmes A piano once owned by Stevie Nicks is on the auction block. Gotta Have Rock and Roll is handling the sale of the Hamilton grand piano, which was used to write such Fleetwood Mac tunes as “Sara” and “Songbird.” Described as “debatably the most important piano ever offeredRead More →
InsideOut Music Former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett is set to release the new live album Live Magic At Trading Boundaries on Jan. 17. The album is a compilation of various recordings taken from years of shows at the intimate venue in Sussex, England, with Hackett performing stripped down versions of classic tracks,Read More →
On This Day, Nov. 22, 1950 … E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt was born in Winthrop, Massachusetts. Born Steven Lento, he took the name Van Zandt after his mother remarried. The family then moved to New Jersey, where his musical career began. While performing with his bands on the JerseyRead More →
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Sean Ono Lennon says the only reason he decided to learn to play music was to get closer to his late father, The Beatles‘ John Lennon, who was killed in 1980 when Sean was only 5. “I never played music because I was good at it,” he tells People inRead More →
Island Records/UMR U2 has released another previously unheard track. The latest is “Luckiest Man in the World,” which appears on the How to Dismantle An Atomic Bomb shadow album, How to Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb, which is now available on digital outlets. The shadow album contains 10 previously unreleased tracksRead More →
Rhino Friday marks the 50th anniversary of Genesis’ sixth studio album, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, the last Genesis record to feature frontman Peter Gabriel. The album was a concept record conceived by Gabriel, with a bit of a bizarre story centered around a Puerto Rican youth named Rael whoRead More →
Gary Miller/Getty Images Believe it or not, Bob Dylan is now responding to comments on social platform X. On Tuesday, Dylan shared a post about seeing Nick Cave perform the song “Joy” in Paris, which prompted a dancer to share her disappointing encounter with the rock legend. “My Joy wasRead More →
