Mark Mattock/IN SYNK/London Records Bestselling British girl group Bananarama, best known for “Cruel Summer” and “Venus,” have released GLORIOUS: The Ultimate Collection, which includes 50 songs from their 40-year career. The group’s Sara Dallin tells ABC Audio that it’s more than just a best-of compilation. “It’s four decades, so we thought weRead More →
Mailboat Records, distributed by Sun Records Jimmy Buffett‘s well-known love of New Orleans is being celebrated in a video for his track “University of Bourbon Street,” which is featured on the posthumous album Equal Strain on All Parts, released back in November. The song features NOLA’s Preservation Hall Jazz Band and has JimmyRead More →
Snakepit Records/Gibson Records Bad Company‘s Paul Rodgers, ZZ Top‘s Billy F Gibbons and Aerosmith‘s Steven Tyler are just a few of the A-list artists making guest appearances on the upcoming blues-inspired album from Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash. The album, Orgy of the Damned, is due out May 17 and has the rocker joined byRead More →
Courtesy Live Nation Elvis Costello and Daryl Hall are teaming up for a new co-headlining tour. The trek, which will feature Costello backed by his longtime band The Imposters with Charlie Sexton, will kick off June 2 in Troutdale, Oregon, and hit such cities as Seattle, San Diego, Los Angeles, LasRead More →
Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images A film about the late AC/DC frontman Bon Scott is in the works, and now, we know who’ll be playing the iconic rocker. Actor Lee Tiger Halley, who appeared in the Australian Netflix series Boy Swallows World, has been cast to play a young Scott inRead More →
ABC/Michael Yada U2 is celebrating International Women’s Day by sharing a live cover of the Crowded House classic “Don’t Dream It’s Over” on their Instagram. The cover has them singing along to a new recording of the song sent to them by Crowded House frontman Neil Finn. The performance was recorded during theRead More →
On This Day, March 8, 2016… Legendary music producer Sir George Martin, often referred to as the “fifth Beatle,” passed away at age 90. With a career that spanned more than six decades, Martin produced all but one of The Beatles’ albums, including 1967’s Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, which became the first rockRead More →
Brillullstein bild via Getty Images Pink Floyd fans in the Detroit area will be able to experience their music in a whole new way next month. The Detroit Symphony Orchestra will be holding a special event, The Music of Pink Floyd, at Orchestra Hall. It’s being held on April 20Read More →
Photo credit: The Venetian Resort Las Vegas Chicago has hit a new career milestone. The band headlined the 50th show of their Las Vegas residency at The Venetian Theatre inside The Venetian Resort Las Vegas on Tuesday, March 6, earning them the honor of being the longest-running residency artist in the venue’s history.Read More →
Scott Legato/Getty Images Peter Gabriel is set to appear in a new documentary, Resynator, which is set to premiere at SXSW. The film has director Alison Tavel trying to learn about her late father, Don Tavel, through the synthesizer prototype he created, the Resynator. Tavel tells Variety that she reached out to several musicians, includingRead More →
