Audible Stevie Wonder’s optimism about life has inspired Barack and Michelle Obama, the former president reveals in a new podcast about Stevie’s career, The Wonder of Stevie. He and Michelle are featured on the final episode of the series, which captures Stevie discussing how he adopted an optimistic mindset at a youngRead More →
Jason Koerner/Getty Images After Poison drummer Rikki Rockett wrote on Facebook Wednesday that frontman Bret Michaels “doesn’t want to” tour in 2025, fans began speculating about why Michaels feels that way, with some being less than generous with their theories. Michaels has now addressed the rumors directly in an Instagram post. “To clearRead More →
Rhino Records The 2023 edition of Eric Clapton‘s Crossroads Guitar Festival, which raises money for the guitarist’s Crossroads Centre treatment center in Antigua, will be released on digital, CD, vinyl and DVD in November. The festival — returning after a four-year break — took place Sept. 23 and Sept. 24 atRead More →
Harper Collins Alex Van Halen will promote his upcoming memoir, Brothers, with a three-city book signing tour. The Van Halen drummer will be appearing Oct. 21 at Barnes & Noble’s Fifth Avenue New York City location; Oct. 22 at Books & Greetings in Northvale, New Jersey; and Oct. 24 at LiveRead More →
On This Day, Sept. 12, 1975 … Pink Floyd released their ninth studio album, Wish You Were Here. The album featured the nine-part “Shine On You Crazy Diamond,” which was a tribute to founding member Syd Barrett, who’d been fired seven years earlier due to his drug use and mental health issues. The album’sRead More →
Billy Joel onstage on Dec. 31, 2023; Myrna M. Suarez/Getty Images Billy Joel is returning to the scene of the concert. On Dec. 31, 2023, Billy rang in the new year at UBS Arena in Long Island, New York, the location of Wednesday night’s MTV Video Music Awards. Now he’s announcedRead More →
Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/Ume The Beatles are set to release a new box set highlighting the albums they released in the U.S. between January 1964 and March 1965. The Beatles: 1964 U.S. Albums In Mono is an eight-LP set featuring seven albums – Meet The Beatles!, The Beatles’ Second Album, A Hard Day’sRead More →
Mindy Small/Getty Images Sammy Hagar recently wrapped the U.S. leg of his The Best of All Worlds tour, and he’s already thinking about doing it again. The former Van Halen frontman shared a post-tour video message to fans to let them know how much he enjoyed the trek, which hadRead More →
VMA The MTV Video Music Awards went down in New York Wednesday night, with Lenny Kravitz and Benson Boone this year’s rock winners. Kravitz nabbed the Best Rock award for “Human” from his latest album, Blue Electric Light, beating out U2, Bon Jovi, Coldplay, Green Day and Kings of Leon. “I amRead More →
ABC/Heidi Gutman Jon Bon Jovi helped talk a distraught woman off the ledge of a Nashville bridge, police said. The incident occurred Tuesday night on the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge and was captured on surveillance footage. The rock ‘n’ roll legend was filming a music video at the time, with the bridgeRead More →
