Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images ZZ Top guitarist Billy F Gibbons has been named grand marshal for Atlanta Motor Speedway’s upcoming Ambetter Health 400, the main event of Atlanta’s spring NASCAR weekend, Feb. 21-23. The Ambetter Health 400 will go down on Feb. 23, with Gibbons helping to kick off the race by declaringRead More →
ABC/Randy Holmes Duran Duran is giving fans a chance to see them perform in Italy, while raising money to help those affected by the recent California wildfires. The band has just launched a Fandiem sweepstakes, where the winner and a guest will be flown to Rome to see Duran DuranRead More →
Matthew Baker/Getty Images Alice Cooper has added some more dates to his Too Close For Comfort tour. The rocker has announced a set of spring and summer shows that kick off May 2 in Huntsville, Alabama, and wrap Aug. 30 in Memphis, Tennessee. Presale tickets will be available starting TuesdayRead More →
hris Putnam/Future Publishing via Getty Images Def Leppard and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts are among the artists booked to play the Rockin’ Thunder music festival in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The festival is happening July 11-12 at Exhibition Lands Racetrack, with Def Leppard headlining Friday and Weezer closing the fest onRead More →
Sony Pictures Classic The new documentary Becoming Led Zeppelin did blockbuster business in its first weekend in release. The movie opened exclusively in IMAX theaters and set a record in the U.S., bringing in $2.6 million, which is the biggest opening weekend ever for an IMAX exclusive music release. TheRead More →
Reprise Records Neil Young has pushed back the release of his “lost” album Oceanside Countryside. The album, part of Young’s Analog Original Series, was originally scheduled for a vinyl and digital release on Feb. 14, but will now come out on March 7. A standalone CD version will be releasedRead More →
Peggy Sirota As things stands now, the producers of the Academy Awards telecast have decided not to feature performances of the best original song nominees, which means we won’t be able to see Elton John performing “Never Too Late,” his nominated song from his Disney+ documentary. And his co-writer on the song,Read More →
courtesy of Live Nation The Doobie Brothers are set to drop their new album, Walk This Road, in June, and they are hitting the road to support it. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers just announced dates for the Walk This Road tour, featuring special guests The Coral Reefer Band,Read More →
Bobby Bank/Getty Images Legendary New York Dolls frontman David Johansen is battling cancer. The musician revealed that since 2020 he has been privately battling an aggressive form of cancer and a brain tumor, and has been dealing with several complications. In addition, he fell over Thanksgiving, breaking his back in two places; evenRead More →
On This Day, Feb. 10, 1979… Rod Stewart hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy,” the first single off his ninth studio album, Blondes Have More Fun. The song spent four weeks at #1 in the U.S. “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy”Read More →
