ABC/Heidi Gutman Back in December, the Royal Mint announced it had teamed with Paul McCartney for a set of gold and silver coins honoring his musical legacy. Now a special bespoke set of Presentation Edition coins honoring the rocker is going for auction, part of the Mint’s Music Legend series. The rare currencyRead More →
Tony Nelson/Future Publishing via Getty Images Stray Cats frontman Brian Setzer has revealed that he’s been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, and one of the side effects is that he’s no longer able to play guitar. “Towards the end of the last Stray Cats tour I noticed that my handsRead More →
On This Day, Feb. 14, 1984… Rocker Elton John married German-born sound engineer Renate Blauel in an extravagant wedding in Australia. The marriage didn’t last long and they split in 1988. Elton has said he realized he was “living a lie” and later said he believed that “being married wouldRead More →
courtesy of Live Nation Styx and REO Speedwagon’s Kevin Cronin have a treat in store for fans who come out to see their upcoming Brotherhood of Rock tour. The previously announced tour kicks off May 28 in Greenville, South Carolina, and now both acts have revealed that they will beRead More →
Sony Pictures Classic The new documentary Becoming Led Zeppelin explores the formation of legendary rock band Led Zeppelin, up until the release of their 1969 sophomore album, Led Zeppelin II. The filmmakers — Bernard MacMahon and Allison McGourty — say there’s a good reason why they wanted to stick to that era. “It was always goingRead More →
Greenwich Entertainment A new documentary about singer/songwriter Janis Ian is set to hit theaters in March. Janis Ian: Breaking Silence follows the artist from her teen years, when she was part of the 1960s Greenwich Village music scene, to international stardom in the ’70s, thanks to her Grammy-winning hit “At Seventeen,” as well asRead More →
Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures Props and costumes featured in the Oscar-nominated Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown are set to go on display at both the Bob Dylan Center and Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The new exhibit, Stepping Into the Unknown, will officially open Feb. 28. One day priorRead More →
Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images There’s another documentary about John Lennon on the way, and a new trailer for the film has just been released. Borrowed Time: Lennon’s Last Decade is a British documentary that explores Lennon’s post-Beatles career using archival footage and never-before-seen interviews with musicians, journalists and close friends. There areRead More →
NBC Universal The star-studded SNL50: The Homecoming Concert, which streams live from New York’s Radio City Music Hall on Feb. 14, continues to add artists to the lineup. What could be better than watching Cher sing “Do you believe in life after love” on Valentine’s Day? She’s joined the billRead More →
Warner Bros. Records Madonna‘s 2005 album, Confessions on a Dance Floor, turns 20 in November — and it seems like she may be teasing a sequel. Madonna posted a photo montage on Instagram of herself in the present day, but set to her song “Future Lovers” from that album. She captioned it, “MyRead More →
