Ki Price/WireImage Pretenders frontwoman Chrissie Hynde has shared an end-of-the-year message on social media, and in it she sort of apologizes to fans for some of her behavior. “What a year! We had a great tour thanks to you, our audience, for coming to see us. Thank-you SOOOOO much! WeRead More →
On This Day, Dec. 18, 1983 … The Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards celebrated his 40th birthday by marrying 27-year-old model Patti Hansen. The couple first met in 1979. They have two daughters together, Theodora Dupree, born in 1985, and Alexandra Nicole, born in 1986, and are still together to this day. Although the marriage wasRead More →
Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures The Bob Dylan movie A Complete Unknown, starring Timothée Chalamet, tells the story of a 19-year-old Dylan as he arrives in New York in the early ’60s and gets immersed in the folk music scene, through his controversial electric performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965. ChalametRead More →
Island Records U2 is giving fans a peek inside the studio with some never-before-seen footage of a recording session for their 2004 album, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. The video, shared on Instagram, shows the band working on the track “Original of the Species” at Air Studios Lyndhurst Hall in London.Read More →
Courtesy of Sweet Relief Musicians Fund Legendary folk singer and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Joan Baez will be celebrated with a tribute concert in February, featuring Bonnie Raitt, Rage Against the Machine‘s Tom Morello, Hozier, Lucinda Williams and more. The event, A Night to Honor Joan Baez, will take placeRead More →
Mercury Records Eighty-nine songs were eligible to be nominated for Best Original Song at the Academy Awards in 2025, but only 15 of them have made the short list — and one of them is by Elton John. “Never Too Late,” written by Elton, his friend Brandi Carlile, Bernie Taupin andRead More →
Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Live Nation In September, Madonna shared on Instagram that she was working with producer Stuart Price, with whom she co-produced her Grammy-winning 2005 album, Confessions on a Dance Floor. Now she says we might get some new music from her by next year. Madonna wrote on Instagram, “Working on newRead More →
On This Day, Dec. 17, 1958 … R.E.M. bassist and founding member Mike Mills was born in Orange County, California. He is best known for his songwriting and harmonizing backing vocals. After becoming a huge local success in Athens, Georgia, R.E.M. recorded their first single, “Radio Free Europe,” in 1981,Read More →
courtesy of Julien’s Auctions With everyone talking about Bob Dylan and the upcoming movie A Complete Unknown, Julien’s Auctions is getting in on the interest, announcing a new auction of Dylan memorabilia in January. Celebrating Bob Dylan: The Aronowitz Archive, T Bone Burnett & More will take place Jan. 18 atRead More →
Jeff Kravitz/Getty Images for CMT Legendary singer Paul Rodgers turns 75 on Tuesday. Rodgers is best known for his work as the frontman of Free, which had a top-five hit with “All Right Now” in 1970, as well as the frontman of the supergroup Bad Company. Bad Company’s self-titled debutRead More →
