Harper Collins Alex Van Halen wants folks to know his memoir, Brothers, out Tuesday, isn’t a tell-all. “It’s not about the dirt,” Alex tells Billboard. “If I start throwing dirt, it’ll never end … I think it divides the audience, and we’re not here to divide.” Instead, Alex says heRead More →
David Tan/Getty Images On Thursday it was revealed that Foreigner’s Dennis Elliott and Mick Jones would not be attending Saturday’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction, and Elliott has explained his reasoning for skipping the event. “We were finally given the schedule last night, and it is not toRead More →
Rhino Talking Heads have shared a previously unreleased live performance of “Uh-Oh, Love Come to Town,” recorded during the band’s final concert at the legendary New York punk rock club CBGB in October 1977. The song, available now via digital outlets, is one of 13 previously unreleased live recordings includedRead More →
On This Day, Oct. 18, 1974 … Fifty years ago, The Rolling Stones released their 12th studio album, It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll, which was their last album to feature guitarist Mick Taylor. The album reached #1 on the Billboard Album charts, one of nine number ones The Stones have had throughout theirRead More →
UMG Nashville Ringo Starr is finally ready to share his country album with fans. The Beatles legend just announced he’ll release Look Up, co-written and produced by T Bone Burnett, on Jan. 10. The album features 11 songs, with special guest appearances by Billy Strings, Molly Tuttle, Lucius, Larkin Poe and AlisonRead More →
Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for The Buoniconti Fund To Cure Paralysis Kool & the Gang will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Saturday in Cleveland by Public Enemy‘s Chuck D., and they’ll perform with The Roots. But as Robert “Kool” Bell, the sole living founding member of theRead More →
Courtesy of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame A new class of musicians will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Saturday night in what’s shaping up to be a great night of music. This year’s inductees include Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Ozzy Osbourne, Dave Matthews Band, Cher,Read More →
David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman doesn’t have any regrets about leaving the band in 1993. In fact, in an interview with Classic Rock magazine, he suggests he stuck around a bit too long. “Well, I should’ve done it a lot earlier … in the eighties,”Read More →
Courtesy of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foreigner is set to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday, but it turns out founding members Mick Jones and Dennis Elliot won’t be attending the festivities. In a post on Instagram, the band revealed thatRead More →
Taylor Hill/WireImage The Bruce Springsteen movie Deliver Me From Nowhere has reportedly found its Little Steven. Deadline reports that actor Johnny Cannizzaro, who starred in Clint Eastwood’s adaptation of the musical Jersey Boys, has been cast to play Springsteen’s longtime friend and E Street Band guitarist Stevie Van Zandt inRead More →
