Disney/Chris Willard Chic’s Nile Rodgers has been named Laureate for the the 2024 Polar Music Prize. He will be honored at a ceremony held May 21 in Stockholm, with the Swedish royal family in attendance. “Dance music has been played for thousands of years. However, there are few in history,Read More →
On This Day, March 12, 1971… The Allman Brothers Band kicked off a two night stand at the Filmore East in New York City. The shows were recorded and later released as the double live album At Filmore Live, which featured extended jams of such Allman Brothers tunes as “Whipping Post,”Read More →
Photo Credit: Emily Butler Warren Haynes has announced a trio of shows, dubbed the Now Is The Time Tour, which will have the Gov’t Mule frontman backed by the Warren Haynes Band and The Dreams and Songs Symphonic Experience. The shows will consist of three sets: two featuring symphonic music, with Rich Daniels of Chicago’s CityRead More →
Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Eric Carmen, best known for hits like “Hungry Eyes” and “All By Myself,” has died, his wife Amy announced on his official website on March 11. He was 74. “It is with tremendous sadness that we share the heartbreaking news of the passing of Eric Carmen,”Read More →
Photo Credit: Tom Craig John Fogerty has announced some more dates for his Celebration Tour, and this time, he’s bringing George Thorogood & The Destroyers along with him. “George and I have done shows together before but for years we’ve talked about doing a full tour together,” Fogerty shares. “This summerRead More →
Sean Lennon, Charlotte Kemp Muhl, Photo credit: Disney/Scott Kirkland It was recently announced that Sam Mendes would be directing four different Beatles biopics, one for each member of the group. Sean Ono Lennon has an interesting idea about who he’d like to see play his dad, John Lennon, on the big screen. “I’mRead More →
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic There may be a new female supergroup on the way. Variety reports that during the 2024 Pop Conference at USC on Friday, March 8, Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman, best known for being part of Prince’s backing band The Revolution, revealed that they’ve been writing music with Eurythmics frontwomanRead More →
Mercury Records/UMG Recordings Inc. The video for Bon Jovi‘s 1994 hit “Always,” from their album Cross Road, has reached 1 billion views on YouTube, and the band is thanking fans for that milestone. In a video posted on their socials, Jon Bon Jovi, keyboardist David Bryan and drummer Tico TorresRead More →
Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Folks who came out to John Mellencamp’s concert at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center on Sunday, March 10, got quite a treat. While Mellencamp was getting ready to perform his classic tune “Pink Houses,” he surprised fans by bringing out New Jersey’s favorite rocker Bruce Springsteen, who wasRead More →
courtesy of 10cc Legendary rock band 10cc is set to hit the road this summer on what will be their first North American tour in over 30 years. The Ultimate, Ultimate Greatest Hits Tour will have the band playing 20 cities starting July 24 in Montclair, New Jersey. The trek hits NewRead More →
