UMe Back in June 1974, the artist who was then known as Cat Stevens performed a concert in Tokyo, during which he played many of his best-known songs. He also gave the first live performance of his rendition of Sam Cooke‘s “Another Saturday Night,” which would go on to become aRead More →
Eric Ryan Anderson Sting is bringing his decades of music biz expertise to The Voice. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer will join the NBC reality competition show as a “mega mentor” starting Nov. 11. He’ll be an adviser to Snoop Dogg and Gwen Stefani‘s teams during the knockoutRead More →
Jon Bon Jovi; Peter Zay/Anadolu via Getty Images; Pitbull; Adam Bettcher/Getty Images) After teasing it at a concert in September, Jon Bon Jovi and Pitbull have officially announced a musical collaboration: a song called “Now or Never,” which is essentially a remix of Bon Jovi‘s classic song “It’s My Life.” The songRead More →
Gary Miller/Getty Images As a U.K. citizen, Sir Mick Jagger can’t vote in the U.S. presidential election, but he took to Instagram to urge Americans to go to the polls, alongside photos of himself posing with six of his eight, count ’em, eight kids. “DON’T FORGET TO VOTE – JAGGERRead More →
Jeremychanphotography/Getty Images Drummer Jason Bonham has posted a message on Instagram explaining why he sat out the last four shows of Sammy Hagar‘s The Best of All Worlds Tour. In his absence, drummer Kenny Aronoff, who’d replaced Chad Smith in Hagar’s band Chickenfoot, stepped in. Bonham, son of Led Zeppelin‘sRead More →
Tim Walz, Michael Stipe, Dough Emhoff, Jon Bon Jovi, The War and Treaty’s Michael Trotter Jr.; Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images At a rally for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in Atlanta Sunday, Michael Stipe sang an R.E.M. classic with an unlikely musician backing him up: Jon Bon Jovi. In fan-capturedRead More →
Denise Truscello/Getty Images for Live Nation Mariah Carey has received many honors over her storied career, including six Grammys and induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. But she’s still salty that she didn’t get into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame — and that she hasn’t won evenRead More →
On This Day, Nov. 4, 1963 … The Beatles took part in the Royal Variety Performance show in London, in front of an audience that included the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret. The show is held annually to raise money for the Royal Variety Charity. The band performed “From Me To You,”Read More →
Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Quincy Jones, a longtime music industry powerhouse and hitmaking producer of multi-platinum albums, including Michael Jackson‘s Thriller, the best-selling album of all time, died on Sunday. He was 91. His death was announced by his publicist, Arnold Robinson, who said Jones died at his home in BelRead More →
Jim Steinfeldt/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Sammy Hagar is once again dipping into the Van Halen archives to share a classic performance from the band. The rocker posted a video to YouTube of the band performing the For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge track “Runaround.” The performance is from a July 27, 1995, concert at Alpine ValleyRead More →
