Frank Hoensch/Redferns Bonnie Tyler‘s “Total Eclipse of the Heart” is the unofficial anthem of solar eclipse day. Searches for the top 10 hit have spiked 50% in the last week approaching Monday’s total solar eclipse, according to music streaming service Spotify. Even though “Total Eclipse of the Heart” was releasedRead More →
On This Day, April 8, 1975… Aerosmith released their breakthrough album, Toys in the Attic, which featured future Aerosmith classics “Walk This Way,” “Sweet Emotion” and the album’s title track. The album was the band’s third studio release, and it peaked at #11 on the Billboard Album chart, their highestRead More →
ABC/Michael Desmond KISS recently announced they’ve sold their music catalog, as well as their brand name and likeness rights, to Swedish entertainment company Pophouse. But Gene Simmons wants fans to know this doesn’t mean he and bandmate Paul Stanley will no longer be in control of what happens with the band. “NothingRead More →
earMUSIC Loverboy is giving fans another preview of their upcoming live album, Live in ’82. The band just released “Lady Of The 80’s,” along with a live video of the track, recorded at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver. This is the second track they’ve released from the album, following a live performance of “TurnRead More →
Capitol/UMe Billy Idol has shared another previously unreleased track from his upcoming 40th anniversary deluxe expanded edition of Rebel Yell. The latest is a demo of “Flesh For Fantasy,” which sounds quite different from the original song on the album. It follows the release of Idol’s previously unreleased cover of Rose Royce’s “Love Don’t Live Here Anymore.” YouRead More →
NPG Records/Paisley Park Enterprises/Sony Music Entertainment A rare Prince B-side has been released to digital services for the first time to mark the 20th anniversary of the legendary singer’s 28th studio album, Musicology. The song, “United States of Division,” was originally released in 2004 to Prince’s NPG Music Club as aRead More →
Disney/Christopher Willard If you’ve seen Wolfgang Van Halen perform live, you’ve probably seen him thank his dad, the late Eddie Van Halen, by pointing up to the sky. In an interview with People, Wolf shares, “The reason I do what I do is because of my dad.” “If I didn’tRead More →
Photo by Chris Cuffaro INXS frontman Michael Hutchence has been gone for nearly three decades, but his music lives on, and it turns out there’s even more music to enjoy. A never-before-heard Hutchence solo single, “One Way,” has just been released, put together by his friend and producer/musician Danny Saber from previouslyRead More →
On This Day, April 5, 1980… R.E.M. played their first-ever show at a friend’s birthday party at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in their home city of Athens, Georgia, although at the time they were unnamed. The band — vocalist Michael Stipe, bassist Mike Mills, guitarist Peter Buck and drummer Bill Berry — performed a set filled with originals andRead More →
ABC/Michael Yada U2 has launched a new digital series that will treat fans to live recordings and remixes that came out before we all enjoyed our music online. The series, U2 To Love and Only Love – Deep Dives and B-Sides, kicked off Friday, April 5. The band plans toRead More →
