Jon Bon Jovi and mom Carol Bongiovi in 1990; Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images Condolences go out to Jon Bon Jovi and his family: His mother, Carol Bongiovi, passed away on July 9, three days short of her 84th birthday. Mrs. Bongiovi, born Carol Sharkey, was born inRead More →
On This Day, July 10, 1965… The Rolling Stones hit the top of the Billboard Hot 100 with “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” which was their first #1 single. The track, written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, appeared on the band’s third studio album Out of Our Heads. TheRead More →
Phil Dent/Redferns Queen guitarist Brian May is opening up about his working relationship with the band’s late frontman, Freddie Mercury, in a new interview with Guitar World. May was talking about how insecure he often felt when people first heard a new song from him, noting “it’s always nerve-racking for me, noRead More →
ABC/Heidi Gutman The nominations for the 2024 Astra TV Awards have just been announced, and documentaries featuring Bon Jovi, Paul Simon and more have been recognized this year. Simon’s Paramount+ doc In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon and Bon Jovi’s Hulu docuseries Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story are both up forRead More →
Lester Cohen/Getty Images for NARAS t’s no secret former couple and Fleetwood Mac bandmates Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham’s relationship has always been rocky. They haven’t performed together since Lindsey and Fleetwood Mac parted ways in 2018, and now Mick Fleetwood says he wishes things between them could be better. In a recentRead More →
Chrysalis Records British blues rockers Ten Years After are revisiting their appearance at the 1969 Woodstock Festival with a first-ever standalone album of their performance. Ten Years After Woodstock 1969 will be released Aug. 16 with newly restored and fresh mixes of their Aug. 17 Woodstock set. It includes their classic performance of “I’mRead More →
Sun Records A new live album from Melissa Etheridge is now available on all streaming platforms. I’m Not Broken (Live From Topeka Correctional Facility) is the companion album to Melissa’s new Paramount+ docuseries, Melissa Etheridge: I’m Not Broken, streaming now. It details how, after corresponding with five female residents of Topeka CorrectionalRead More →
Photo by Chris Cuffaro A previously unreleased song from late INXS frontman Michael Hutchence is getting the picture disc treatment. “One-Way,” which was released digitally in April, was put together by the rocker’s friend and producer/musician Danny Saber from previously unreleased material. It will now be released on August 9 on two limited edition, 10-inch pictureRead More →
Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings Bob Dylan is getting ready to drop a new box set featuring live recordings made with The Band. The 1974 Live Recordings will be massive box set made up of 27 CDs. It will include 431 live tracks, 417 of which have never been released before. It alsoRead More →
On This Day, July 9, 1983… The Police landed their first and only #1 song with “Every Breath You Take,” from their #1 album Synchronicity. The song spent eight weeks on top of the chart, and hit #1 in Canada and the U.K., spending four weeks at #1 in both countries.Read More →
