On This Day, January 24, 2017… Allman Brothers Band drummer Butch Trucks died by suicide in West Palm Beach, Florida. He was 69. Born Claude Hudson Trucks, Butch joined the Allman Brothers Band in 1969 and played with them throughout their career. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame withRead More →
Courtesy of Netflix © 2024 The Greatest Night In Pop, a new documentary about the making of the star-studded 1985 charity single “We Are the World,” will hit Netflix on January 29. And Lionel Richie, who co-wrote the song with Michael Jackson, says witnessing the film being put together has made him cry. “It justRead More →
Scott Dudelson/Getty Images for Red Light Management and Live Nation John Densmore is the reason we don’t hear music from The Doors in commercials, and he says his decision to fight against it was inspired by an incident with the group’s late frontman, Jim Morrison. “It all started in 1968 when Buick offered us $75,000Read More →
Courtesy of Barrett–Jackson Looks like Sammy Hagar will be holding on to his 2015 Ferrari LaFerrari for a little while longer. Sammy was supposed to auction off the vehicle at the Barrett-Jackson 2024 Scottsdale Auction at WestWorld in Scottsdale, Arizona, which runs through January 28, but the sale has been postponed. USA Today reports that during aRead More →
Lorne Thomson/Redferns The Zombies continue to add U.S. dates to their schedule. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers just added four new shows to the latest leg of their Different Game tour – March 29 in Charlottesville, Virginia, March 31 in Durham, North Carolina, April 2 in Charleston, South Carolina, and April 3Read More →
Lynn Goldsmith/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images Forget about T-shirts: Fans can now show their love for INXS with fine jewelry. Billboard reports the “Need You Tonight” band has teamed up with Australian jeweler Michael Hill for a limited-edition line that includes five pieces, all made with recycled silver. Among them are rings, cuffs, guitar-pick pendants and lockets. Many are inscribed withRead More →
Jim Spellman/WireImage Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon received 10 Oscar nominations on Tuesday, January 23, including an Original Score nod for the late Robbie Robertson, which is a bit bittersweet for the director. In a statement, Scorsese describes the academy’s recognition of the film and his collaborators as “deeply gratifying,” noting,Read More →
ABC/Heidi Gutman Paul McCartney’s acclaimed photo exhibit is coming to New York. Paul McCartney Photographs 1963–64: Eyes of the Storm is set to debut at the Brooklyn Museum on May 3 and will run until August 18. Eyes of the Storm features more than 250 photographs taken by McCartney between November 1963 and February 1964, givingRead More →
Madonna and daughter Mercy in 2017; AMOS GUMULIRA/AFP via Getty Images To mark her daughter Mercy‘s 18th birthday, Madonna got 20,000 people sing to her. Of course, it helped that she was onstage at New York City’s Madison Square Garden at the time. Mercy has been joining Madonna onstage each night during herRead More →
Dave J Hogan/Getty Images for ABA Bob Dylan is returning to the road this spring. The 82-year-old Rock & Roll Hall of Famer just announced a spring leg of his Rough and Rowdy Ways tour. The tour kicks off March 1 with a two-night stand in Ft. Lauderdale, one of five FloridaRead More →
