courtesy of Cherrytree Music Company and Live Nation Sting is hitting the road this fall on a brand new tour that will see him performing with a much smaller band in much smaller venues. The rocker just announced dates for the Sting 3.0 tour, which will have him playing multipleRead More →

Theo Wargo/Getty Images for the Elton John Foundation Elton John‘s annual Academy Awards Viewing Party has been going on for 32 years, but this year’s edition was the most successful yet. The start-studded event, co-hosted by Elton and husband David Furnish, Neil Patrick Harris and husband David Burtka, and Tiffany Haddish, raised a record-breakingRead More →

ABC/ Heidi Gutman The early days of Paul McCartney’s post-Beatles career was explored in the first volume of the book The McCartney Legacy, and now the second volume is on its way.   In celebration of National Book Day, a post on The McCartney Legacy social media account announced that Volume 2 ofRead More →

L-R: Brad Booker, Dave Mullins, Sean Ono Lennon/ photo credit: Disney/Frank Micelotta A short film inspired by John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s classic tune “Happy Christmas (War Is Over),” took home an Oscar Sunday night.  War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko won the award forRead More →

Matthew Baker/Getty Images The Who is getting ready to play two shows to benefit Teenage Cancer Trust in March, and they’re now giving fans a way to help them raise even more money for the charity. The band is selling concert prints celebrating the history of the benefit shows, which haveRead More →

Cattle Track Road Records Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Nils Lofgren has dropped a new digital album, Spares, featuring previously unreleased songs he recorded over the course of his career.  “Along the way of the past 55 years, songs holding a wide range of emotional pieces of me woundRead More →

Big Machine Label Group Peter Gabriel makes a guest appearance on Sheryl Crow’s new album, Evolution.  The album features Sheryl’s take on Gabriel’s 1992 hit “Digging in the Dirt,” with new vocals added by the former Genesis frontman.  In a statement, Sheryl explains that the song was the impetus forRead More →

Mark Mattock/IN SYNK/London Records Bestselling British girl group Bananarama, best known for “Cruel Summer” and “Venus,” have released GLORIOUS: The Ultimate Collection, which includes 50 songs from their 40-year career. The group’s Sara Dallin tells ABC Audio that it’s more than just a best-of compilation. “It’s four decades, so we thought weRead More →

Mailboat Records, distributed by Sun Records Jimmy Buffett‘s well-known love of New Orleans is being celebrated in a video for his track “University of Bourbon Street,” which is featured on the posthumous album Equal Strain on All Parts, released back in November. The song features NOLA’s Preservation Hall Jazz Band and has JimmyRead More →

Snakepit Records/Gibson Records Bad Company‘s Paul Rodgers, ZZ Top‘s Billy F Gibbons and Aerosmith‘s Steven Tyler are just a few of the A-list artists making guest appearances on the upcoming blues-inspired album from Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash. The album, Orgy of the Damned, is due out May 17 and has the rocker joined byRead More →