Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic The four members of R.E.M. – Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck and Bill Berry – opened up about their decision to call it quits in 2011 during their first interview together in nearly 30 years, which aired Thursday on CBS Mornings. “I think the main reason was atRead More →
Mercury Records Def Leppard is back with new music. The band just dropped the brand new tune “Just Like 73,” featuring a guitar solo by Rage Against The Machine‘s Tom Morello. Like the title suggests, the song has a ’70s rock vibe, with frontman Joe Elliott sharing, “It encapsulates a time that burned deep intoRead More →
On This Day, June 13, 1969 … During a press conference in London, The Rolling Stones introduced guitarist Mick Taylor as Brian Jones‘ replacement. Taylor’s live debut with the band took place in July at a free concert at London’s Hyde Park in front of 250,000 fans. The concert happened just two days after Jones’ death.Read More →
courtesy of Gov’t Mule Gov’t Mule is heading to the Caribbean again this January. The band, fronted by Warren Haynes, just announced plans for their Island Exodus 15, an all-inclusive music festival happening Jan. 19-23 at Jewel Paradise Cove Resort in Runaway Bay, Jamaica. Described as a “concert-cation,” the four-dayRead More →
Alan Chapman/Dave Benett/Getty Images The Who’s Pete Townshend will be in New York to attend the 77th annual Tony Awards, which will air Sunday live on CBS at 8 p.m. ET. Townshend is confirmed as a presenter on the telecast, where the cast of The Who’s Tommy is set to perform.Read More →
Dave M. Benett/Getty Images In an extensive interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored, Kevin Spacey opened up about the support he received from Elton John and his husband, David Furnish, following the sexual assault allegations that derailed his Oscar-winning career. Spacey was exonerated in courts in both the U.S. and the U.K., and told MorganRead More →
UMe/Polydor The Police are looking back on their hit album Synchronicity and just shared the original promotional short film used over 40 years ago to celebrate the album’s release. “They don’t make album promo like they did in 1983,” the band shares on social media. “A burning telephone, eggs on theRead More →
Disney/Chris Willard While artists like Billy Joel, Michael Jackson and Tina Turner have had Broadway musicals written around their songs, it doesn’t sound like you’ll ever see one featuring the Bon Jovi catalog. “I’ve been asked to do that 100 times,” Jon Bon Jovi tells Variety about the possibility of doingRead More →
Warner Music The model who inspired the cover of Duran Duran’s 1982 album, Rio, has been identified, 42 years after the album’s release. The Instagram account @nagel_angel shared a post revealing that artist and illustrator Patrick Nagel used a 1981 multipage editorial from Vogue Paris featuring model Marcie Hunt for the cover. The infoRead More →
Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic The four members of R.E.M. – Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Bill Berry and Peter Buck – sit down with CBS Mornings Thursday for what will be their first interview together in almost 30 years. The band is set to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame thatRead More →
