On This Day, Dec. 31, 1984 … Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen lost his left arm in a car crash in Sheffield, England. After trying to pass a driver who had been taunting him on the road, Allen lost control of his vehicle, hitting a wall. His arm wound upRead More →
Sam Tabone/WireImage It looks like we may be getting a new album from The Doobie Brothers in 2025. In a year-end note posted to Facebook, founding member Patrick Simmons reveals that they’re almost finished with a new record, Walk This Road, sharing it’s a “goal we’ve set for 2025.” “This train keeps rollin’ downRead More →
For years music fans have wondered when Foreigner and Peter Frampton were going to get recognized by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and this year they got their answer. Both Foreigner, which has been eligible since 2002, and Frampton, who’s been eligible since 1997, finally got chosen for induction,Read More →
Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures A Complete Unknown director James Mangold has said in interviews that Bob Dylan gave his input on the film before it began production, and according to one of the film’s producers, Peter Jaysen, that included acting out the film with the director before signing off on the project.Read More →
In late 2023, Cher said on The Kelly Clarkson Show that she didn’t understand why she hadn’t been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame yet. Having been eligible since 1990, she contended that at that point she wouldn’t be interested in being in it “if they gave me a millionRead More →
Robin Little/Redferns for ABA The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde is sharing some of her favorite things about 2024. “My end of ’24 good wishes to all. I always look forward to a new beginning and here we go. Thanks again to all of you who came to see us on tour,” sheRead More →
Legacy/Columbia Mariah Carey is spending another week at #1. The singer’s holiday classic “All I Want For Christmas Is You” tops the Billboard Hot 100 single chart for an 18th nonconsecutive week, putting her one step closer to a new chart record. Just a week ago, Mariah’s Christmas track surpassedRead More →
Taylor Hill/Getty Images for Dayglo Presents Gov’t Mule is once again set to ring in the new year at New York’s Beacon Theatre, with shows set for Dec. 30 and Dec. 31, and the venue is certainly one place frontman Warren Haynes is familiar with. “The Beacon Theater is the place that I playedRead More →
Erika Goldring/Getty Images Neil Young has treated fans to another performance of a song he rarely plays live. Following a recent fireside session, in which he shared a performance of “Silver and Gold,” a song he hadn’t played live since 2007, the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has now sharedRead More →
On This Day, Dec. 30, 1999 … The Beatles‘ George Harrison and his wife, Olivia Harrison, were attacked in their Friar Park estate by a 34-year-old mentally ill intruder named Michael Abram. Abram punctured George’s lung with a kitchen knife and stabbed him more than 40 times. Abram was finally stopped by Olivia, whoRead More →
