Rod Stewart’s son Alastair, Rod Stewart, Rod’s wife Penny Lancaster im 2024; Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty Images Thanks to Rod Stewart‘s 19-year-old son, Alastair, we’ve got some photos of the family celebration surrounding Rod’s 80th birthday. The two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer hit that milestone on Jan. 10.Read More →

CBS/Recording Academy After much speculation, the Grammys, scheduled for Feb. 2, will proceed as scheduled despite the deadly LA wildfires. In a letter sent out to Recording Academy members on Jan. 13, Academy executives confirmed that the awards show telecast on CBS will “proceed as planned.” However, the letter notes thatRead More →

Disney/Michael J. Le Brecht II Elton John has landed another #1 album in the U.K., but it sure took him a long time to get there. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer’s 2017 best-of, Diamonds, tops the U.K. Official Chart after spending 374 weeks on the chart. When the album was first releasedRead More →

Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley filming ‘Uptown Girl’ video; Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images The words “Billy Joel” and “sinister vibes” don’t normally go together, which is why one user on social platform X is getting roasted for claiming that’s what they got from the Piano Man’s 1983 doo-wop-inspired hit “Uptown Girl.“Read More →

UMe If you’ve always “Wanted” a deluxe edition of Bon Jovi‘s Slippery When Wet — “Dead or Alive” — your dream has come true. The band will release a deluxe version of their world-beating 1986 album on Feb. 28, 2025, as well as various vinyl variations of the original album. ThoseRead More →

Roberto Ricciuti/Redferns The nominees for the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame are usually decided upon in January, and it’s likely that someone will be disappointed when their favorite artist doesn’t get recognized with a nomination. In a new interview with Vulture, RRHOF Chairman John Sykes shares his thoughts onRead More →

L-R: Rod Stewart, record label head Clive Davis, producer Richard Perry; L. Cohen/WireImage Rod Stewart is “devastated” by the death of Richard Perry, who produced most of his best-selling Great American Songbook albums. Perry died of cardiac arrest on Dec. 24 in LA, according to the New York Times. HeRead More →

Madame Tussauds London Most celebrity wax figures at Madam Tussauds museums show the star standing up or sitting down. But a new figure of Elton John, unveiled Dec. 20 at the museum’s London outpost, shows the Rocket Man lifting off — literally. The figure depicts Elton in the ’70s, doing one ofRead More →