ABC/Paula Lobo In the past year, Huey Lewis has appeared in the Emmy-nominated Netflix documentary The Greatest Night in Pop and seen a musical based on his songs open on Broadway. Now he’s got a broadcast television project moving forward. Deadline reports that Huey will star in and executive produceRead More →
Roger Waters and David Gilmour in 2010; Dave M. Benett/CI Getty Images Entertainment Pink Floyd‘s David Gilmour and Roger Waters have been in a feud for a while now, which has resulted in public name-calling and legal threats. It’s hard to believe that the two ever got along, but accordingRead More →
Andrew Cotterill Eighties pop band Haircut 100, best known for songs like “Love Plus One” and “Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl),” is getting ready to tour the U.S. with the original lineup for the first time in over 40 years, and frontman Nick Heyward and guitarist Graham Jones are lookingRead More →
Denise Truscello/WireImage After canceling his big 200th residency performance at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on Aug. 7 due to strep throat, Rod Stewart has now canceled two additional shows due to another illness. A message on Rod’s Instagram on Aug. 9 said that the “Maggie May”Read More →
IOC via Getty Images An election year means rallies, and rallies mean music, and music usually means artists complaining about candidates using their songs without permission. On Aug. 10, one artist issued a statement criticizing a candidate’s use of her signature song — even though she’s Canadian and can’t voteRead More →
ABC/Michael Yada The fact that many top artists — like Coldplay‘s Chris Martin and Beyonce — are available to hire for weddings and birthday parties if the price is right is one of the worst-kept secrets in the music industry. But some artists just flat-out refuse to do them, even if the money isRead More →
Steven Van Zandt with new street sign; John Lamparski/Getty Images When the “Crosstown Traffic” gets too heavy in New York City, drivers can now turn onto Jimi Hendrix Way. A block in Greenwich Village that includes 52 West 8th St. — the address of Hendrix’s Electric Lady Studios — was temporarilyRead More →
Joe Prior/Visionhaus via Getty Images Lenny Kravitz‘s 1998 Grammy-winning hit “Fly Away” has been reimagined by Lenny, producer Andrew Watt and rapper Quavo, best known as a member of the hip-hop trio Migos. The new version, “Fly,” has its origins at a Grammy event earlier this year called the BlackRead More →
Artwork by Anton Corbijn/Sony Music David Gilmour has released another track from his upcoming album, Luck and Strange, due out Sept. 6. The song, “Dark and Velvet Nights,” was co-written by Gilmour and his wife, Polly Samson. He says in a statement, “The music sprang out one day. It was soRead More →
Sawrite/The Orchard A Gregg Allman live album recorded in 1983 is the first release from the late rocker’s personal archives. Gregg Allman Band — Uncle Sam’s is due out Sept. 20. Recorded at a small club called Uncle Sam’s in Hull, Massachusetts, on July 1, 1983, the album features AllmanRead More →
