SGranitz/WireImage An in-the-works biopic about the Bee Gees may have found its director. Deadline reports that Oscar-nominated director Ridley Scott, best known for such films as Thelma & Louise and Gladiator, is in talks to helm the Paramount Pictures film about the ’70s disco legends. Paramount has been working on the film for quite a while, obtaining the rights toRead More →
MPL/UMe Paul McCartney is back on the Billboard chart thanks to the 50th anniversary reissue of his Wings album, Band on the Run. The reissue, which went to #1 on the Billboard 200 chart when it was released in 1974, returns to the same chart at #156 for the week ending February 17. It has also landed in the topRead More →
BC/Tsuni Sunday, February 18, marks the 50th anniversary of the release of KISS’ self-titled debut album, and the band has now launched a new line of 50th anniversary merchandise to mark the occasion. Items in the collection include a 50th anniversary limited-edition KISS picture disc with an anniversary jacket featuring the KISS logoRead More →
Scott Legato/Getty Images Queen’s Roger Taylor is selling his Los Angeles home. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame drummer has put his Spanish-style villa in the Hollywood Hills on the market, according to the Robb Report. Taylor purchased the 4,300-square-foot home in the early 1980s for $352,000 and has now listed it forRead More →
Al Pereira/Getty Images John Mellencamp is speaking out against gun violence in America in the wake of the mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade that left one dead and 22 others injured. “Excuse me for stating the obvious truth. I do so out of love for thisRead More →
On This Day, February 16, 1974… Bob Dylan’s fourteenth studio album, Planet Waves, became his first album to hit number one on the Billboard Album chart. Recorded with his longtime collaborators The Band, Planet Waves includes the future classic “Forever Young,” which appeared on the record in two different versions. The album was originally supposed to be titled Ceremonies ofRead More →
Big Machine Records/Surfdog Records Carole King is one of the many artists featured on the upcoming reimagining of the late Glen Campbell’s farewell album, Ghosts on the Canvas, and now we get to hear her contribution to the record. King is featured on the just-released track “There’s No Me Without You,” a tune written byRead More →
Columbia Records There’s no doubt that artificial intelligence is changing the music industry. For one example, watch the video for Billy Joel‘s new song, “Turn the Lights Back On.” It uses what’s described as “groundbreaking technology” from a company called Deep Voodoo to transform Billy from the 74-year-old man heRead More →
Silver Arrow Records The Black Crowes are giving fans another preview of their upcoming album, Happiness Bastards. Following the release of the album’s debut track, “Wanting and Waiting,” brothers Chris and Rich Robinson have dropped the second single from the record, “Cross Your Fingers,” which is described as having a “rhythmic chorus infused with the funk and soulRead More →
Republic/UMe James Brown passed away in 2006, but fans are now getting to hear a never-before-heard recording from the Godfather of Soul. The previously unreleased tune, “We Got to Change,” features Brown’s band the J.B.’s, with William “Bootsy” Collins on bass, Phelps “Catfish” Collins on guitar and “Funky Drummer” Clyde Stubblefield. “James Brown always leaned into theRead More →
