CBS The Grammys are coming up on Feb. 2, but before we find out the 2025 winners, CBS is giving viewers a look back at winners past with two Grammy specials, airing Dec. 27 and Dec. 29. Grammy Greats: The Stories Behind the Songs focuses on past winners of the SongRead More →
Rhino A building that once housed the Morrison Hotel, made famous on the cover of The Doors‘ fifth studio album of the same name, was destroyed by fire on Thursday, Variety reports. According to the outlet, 17 fire companies responded to the blaze at the building, which housed a transient hotelRead More →
Kevin Nixon/Future Publishing via Getty Images A happy 80th birthday to Foreigner founder Mick Jones. Jones got his first break in music in the 1960s as a member of Nero and the Gladiators and later played in such bands as Spooky Tooth and the Leslie West Band. He formed Foreigner in 1976, withRead More →
On This Day, Dec. 27, 1980 … John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s fifth studio album, Double Fantasy, hit #1 on the Billboard 200 and went on to spend eight weeks in the top spot. The album was released in November and initially didn’t perform well, but after Lennon’s Dec. 8Read More →
Bon Jovi had a very busy year, as they celebrated the 40th anniversary of the release of their self-titled debut album. To mark the occasion, the band debuted an archival site, dropped a new album, told their secrets in a docuseries and more. Among the highlights: – To kick off theirRead More →
Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Neil Young gave fans a Christmas present on Wednesday, sharing a video on social media of him performing “Silver and Gold,” a song written in the ’80s that wound up being the title track off his 2000 album. According to Rolling Stone, Young has rarely performed “Silver and Gold” live, andRead More →
Medios y Media/Getty Images On Jan. 5 of 2024, Michael Bolton told fans that he had to undergo brain surgery. Now, a year later, he seems healthy and happy. Back in January, Michael wrote on Instagram, “Just before the holidays, it was discovered that I had a brain tumor, whichRead More →
On This Day, Dec. 26, 1970 … George Harrison landed at #1 with the song “My Sweet Lord,” which went on to spend four weeks in the top spot. The chart-topper, produced by Harrison and Phil Spector, made Harrison the first former member of The Beatles to score a solo #1 in the U.S. TheRead More →
L-R: Rod Stewart, record label head Clive Davis, producer Richard Perry; L. Cohen/WireImage Rod Stewart is “devastated” by the death of Richard Perry, who produced most of his best-selling Great American Songbook albums. Perry died of cardiac arrest on Dec. 24 in LA, according to the New York Times. HeRead More →
In 2023 Bruce Springsteen was forced to postpone his tour with the E Street Band due to a bout with peptic ulcer disease, but he didn’t stay away from the stage for long. The Boss returned to the road in April 2024, kicking off his rescheduled tour in Phoenix, and then spent a good portionRead More →
