Virgin EMI/Mercury Records Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen has fond memories of working on their Diamond-certified album Pyromania, which was released 40 years ago. The album was Collen’s first with the band. He was hired during the middle of the recording process to replace original guitarist Pete Willis, which isRead More →
NPG Records/Paisley Park Enterprises/Sony Music Entertainment The 20th anniversary celebration of Prince’s 28th studio album, Musicology, continues with the digital release of “Magnificent,” which originally came out as a virtual B-side to the album’s title track. This is the first time the song has ever been released to streaming services; it was sourcedRead More →
Jeremychanphotography/Getty Images Queen fans can now own a piece of Roger Taylor’s drum kit and wear it around their necks. The band has just unveiled a set of Taylored Spinner Pendants, a piece of jewelry made out of one of Roger’s Zildjian cymbals, offering up the tagline, “You heard it….now wearRead More →
Gotham/GC Images Looks like Mick Jagger is doing a little sightseeing ahead of The Rolling Stones‘ Hackney Diamonds tour kickoff in Houston. The rocker just shared photos on Instagram from his visit to the Houston Space Center, where he apparently got to test out some of the equipment and meetRead More →
ABC/ Heidi Gutman Ringo Starr’s new EP, Crooked Boy, has just been released to digital services. To mark the occasion he’s shared a video for one of the tracks, “Gonna Need Someone.” The video features Ringo and guitarist Nick Valensi, who plays on the song, and includes new footage, as well as footage fromRead More →
Universal Journey’s classic track “Anyway You Want It” plays a central role in a new promo clip for the upcoming Ryan Gosling/Emily Blunt film The Fall Guy. In a new video, titled Marketing The Fall Guy: Carpool, Gosling is instructed by his director to pick up some stunt guys “for a likeRead More →
Big Machine Records Another track from the upcoming Tom Petty tribute album, Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty, has just been released. The latest is Chris Stapleton’s take on “I Should Have Known It,” a song from Petty’s 2010 album Mojo. This is the third track from Petty Country that’s beenRead More →
Rhino The Eagles are back on the Billboard charts. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers’ recently released best-of compilation, To the Limit: The Essential Collection, has landed in the top 10 on several charts. The band moved 7,000 copies of the album and 6,500 in physical sales to land atRead More →
On This Day, April 26, 1978 … The concert documentary The Last Waltz, about The Band’s farewell concert, opened in theaters. The movie, directed by Martin Scorsese, focused on The Band’s Thanksgiving Day show on November 25, 1976, at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco; it was billed as their “farewell concert appearance.”Read More →
UMe Music fans are getting their first taste of the upcoming Paul McCartney & Wings release, One Hand Clapping, with the just-released performance of the 1974 single “Junior’s Farm.” You can listen to “Junior’s Farm” now via digital outlets. One Hand Clapping was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in August 1974 asRead More →
