Matthew Baker/Getty Images The Who’s Pete Townshend still takes the stage with his bandmate Roger Daltrey, most recently performing at the Teenage Cancer Trust shows in London earlier this month. But even though he’s onstage playing The Who’s music, it doesn’t sound like he’s necessarily loving it. In an interview withRead More →
Live Nation Madonna is bringing her fans in South America a free “Celebration” to wrap up her tour. The Queen of Pop’s Celebration Tour will come to an end May 4 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, marking her first performance in that country since 2012. Even better, she’ll perform for free atRead More →
On This Day, March 25, 1947… Reginald Kenneth Dwight was born in Pinner, Middlesex, England. In 1967, he began using the name Elton John (he legally changed it to Elton Hercules John in 1972) and would go on to become one of the most beloved and successful recording artists in theRead More →
Rick Kern/WireImage An electronic dance music festival may seem like the least likely place you’d be able to catch a performance by Jon Bon Jovi, but Billboard reports that he unexpectedly popped up onstage in Miami on March 24 during the Ultra Music Festival 2024. He wasn’t crashing the stage,Read More →
Ali Louis Bourzgui (Tommy) and the ensemble of ‘The Who’s Tommy’/Photo credit Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman The newly reimagined version of The Who’s Tommy is set to open on Broadway Thursday, and director Des McAnuff, who also directed the original production, says the idea to bring it back was sparked by anotherRead More →
Courtesy Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame Last year, the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame opened a special exhibit dedicated to Billy Joel. Now, the Hall will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a June tribute concert celebrating the Piano Man’s music. The June 7 showRead More →
John Medina/Getty Images Bruce Springsteen has just relaunched his tour with the E Street Band after a six-month break to deal with a diagnosis of peptic ulcer disease. But now, The Boss has revealed that during the worst stages of his condition, he wasn’t able to sing at all. CallingRead More →
Big Machine Records Country star Dierks Bentley has released a cover of Tom Petty‘s “American Girl” for an upcoming tribute album, and in the video for the song, he’s playing one of Petty’s guitars. Shot at Nashville’s Clementine Hall, the video features Bentley and his band performing Petty’s 1977 classic,Read More →
UMe/Capitol March marks the 50th anniversary of Aerosmith‘s album Get Your Wings, and in honor of the milestone, the band is releasing a whole slew of new stuff. First, there’s a limited-edition vinyl, due out May 17. To match the year of release, there will only be 1,974 copies, each pressedRead More →
Cover art by Sir Peter Blake/BMG There are more than 60 artists playing on Mark Knopfler‘s all-star charity single “Going Home (Theme from Local Hero,” but now that the official video is out, you can see who is playing what, and when. As the song plays, the name of eachRead More →
