Calderstone Productions/UMG It’s natural to get excited when your favorite artist puts out a new album, but on occasion that excitement turns to disappointment when the album isn’t as great as you’d hoped it would be.  Rolling Stone is examining that very subject with its just-released list of the 50 most disappointing albumsRead More →

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images Billy Joel played the brand-new venue in the LA area — Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California — on Oct. 12, and welcomed two special guests to the stage. When Billy closed out his residency at New York’s Madison Square Garden in July, Guns n’ Roses singer AxlRead More →

L-R, Bowen Yang, Ariana Grande, Stevie Nicks/Photo Credit: Rosalind O’Connor/NBC Stevie Nicks is the musical guest on the Oct. 12 edition of Saturday Night Live, and it marks her return to the show for the first time since December 1983. And while Stevie regularly rocks stadiums full of fans withRead More →

Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe appeared at another rally for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, this time joining second gentleman Doug Emhoff Thursday in Athens, Georgia, the birthplace of R.E.M. Stipe performed four songs with musicians Andy LeMaster and David Barbe, including the R.E.M. tunes “Wendell Gee,” which Stipe saidRead More →

Dark Horse Records Former Journey frontman Steve Perry is getting into the holiday spirit once again. The singer just announced that a new version of his holiday record, now titled The Season 3, will be released Nov. 8, featuring six previously unreleased tracks.  One of those new tracks is aRead More →

Disney/Eric McCandless Gene Simmons isn’t bothered by the critics of his Dancing with the Stars appearance. The KISS rocker was a guest judge on Tuesday’s hair metal episode, and received backlash from the public over what some argued were “creepy” comments that focused on the dancers’ appearance and looks rather than theirRead More →

ABC The Beatles have been named the Ultimate British Group by listeners of BBC Radio 2. The poll, conducted in conjunction National Album Day on Oct. 19, let listeners chime in with their top five favorite British bands, with hundreds of thousands of folks submitting their votes.    While the FabRead More →

ABC/Heidi Gutman Jon Bon Jovi is the latest musician to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz in the 2024 presidential election. Sharing a clip of “The People’s House,” his collaboration with The War And Treaty, Jon writes on Instagram, “The People’s House is a song that celebrates this beautiful placeRead More →

Foghat Records Foghat has just released a new single dedicated to their original lead singer and guitarist, Lonesome Dave Peverett, who passed away in 2000. The tune, “On Tonsils & Sneakers,” is inspired by Peverett’s stage introduction, “… on Tonsils and Sneakers, I’m Lonesome Dave,” and celebrates the silver andRead More →

Dave Benett/Getty Images Elton John‘s decision to launch a Farewell Tour came about because he says he found a new purpose in life when he became a father.  Speaking to Attitude magazine, Elton says he kept on touring for decades because he felt he didn’t have anything else in his life. AsRead More →