On This Day, April 24, 1989… Tom Petty released his first solo album, Full Moon Fever. Although it wasn’t billed as a Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers record, most of the Heartbreakers were on the album, as were Petty’s Traveling Wilburys bandmates Jeff Lynne, George Harrison and Roy Orbison, who passed away before the album’s release. Petty’s label MCA Records andRead More →
Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Jimi Hendrix’s music will be celebrated with a new tour launching this fall. The Experience Hendrix Tour is set to return for the first time in five years, featuring an all-star lineup of guitarists that includes Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Zakk Wylde, Taj Mahal, Eric Johnson, Dweezil ZappaRead More →
L-R: Peter Frampton, Sheryl Crow, Stevie Nicks; Disney/Jennifer Pottheiser If Sheryl Crow thought that asking Peter Frampton to join her for her Rock & Roll Hall of Fame performance in 2023 would help the powers that be realize that Frampton deserved to be in the Hall of Fame, well, itRead More →
Pete Still/Redferns Def Leppard is paying tribute to their late guitarist Steve Clark on what would have been the rocker’s 64th birthday. The band shared on Instagram a montage of pictures and videos of Clark performing, captioning the post, “Remembering Steve Clark today. Happy birthday, you are missed dearly.” Clark, born April 23, 1960, joined DefRead More →
Dave J Hogan/Dave J Hogan/Getty Images Fans of ’80s new wave music will be able to get their dance on at a new tour designed just for them. Variety reports that ’80s MTV staples Howard Jones, ABC and Haircut 100 are teaming up for a summer tour kicking off August 14 in Redmond, Washington, and wrapping SeptemberRead More →
Scott Legato/Getty Images Michael Anthony was back playing Van Halen music over the weekend, but with a totally different band. The rocker was the surprise guest at the Saturday, April 20, club show put on by The Coverups, the covers side project of Green Day’s Billy Joe Armstrong and MikeRead More →
Jo Hale/WireImage Jon Bon Jovi is set to sit down with Good Morning America’s Michael Strahan for an in depth interview, and we are getting our first preview. A new trailer has just been released for Michael Strahan & Jon Bon Jovi: Halfway There, set to premiere Sunday, April 28, at 10 p.m. onRead More →
Created by Roger Dean, commissioned by QEDG Management. Asia is ready to hit the road again. The band, led by keyboardist and original member Geoff Downes, just announced dates for The Heat of the Moment tour. Downes says the idea for the tour came after performing at August’s tribute concert to Asia’s lateRead More →
Courtesy of Ohana Festival Neil Young & Crazy Horse are set to play Ohana Festival, the Dana Point, California, festival curated by Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder. The festival, at Doheny State Beach, is happening September 27-29, with Neil headlining the Saturday, September 28, show, and Pearl Jam headlining the otherRead More →
courtesy of Julien’s Auctions The public now has a chance to get their hands on an iconic piece of Beatles memorabilia. Julien’s Auctions just announced that John Lennon’s long-lost Framus 12-string Hootenanny acoustic guitar will be part of their two-day Music Icons auction taking place Wednesday, May 29, and Thursday,Read More →
