The Who has one of the greatest rock legacies in music history, they’re one of the all-time great live bands, have sold over 100 million records worldwide including 9 US & 10 UK top ten albums and 14 UK top ten singles in a career spanning six decades. Now fifty-five years after they made their […]
Category: Classic Hits
Ringo Starr Announces His 20th Studio Album “What’s My Name”
Ringo Starr announced his 20th studio record, What’s My Name, to be released on UMe October 25, 2019. What’s My Name is the latest in a series of heartfelt and homespun records that Starr has produced in his home studio and a distinguished, ever-changing yet often repeating cast of musical characters and friends playing along […]
Pop Superstar Sam Smith Announces New Pronouns
On Friday, September 13th, Sam Smith posted via social media to let fans know that they were publicly changing their preferred pronouns to “they/them”. This change comes after years of wondering how to identify. The singer took to Instagram to announce the emotional transition to embracing their true self. “After a lifetime of being at […]
Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Western Stars’ Hits the Big Screen
On the heels of the successful world premiere of Bruce Springsteen’s “Western Stars” at the Toronto International Film Festival, Fathom Events announces that it will bring music legend Bruce Springsteen to cinemas across America in an exclusive two-night theatrical release of “Western Stars.” The Fathom screenings, which will be held on October 19 and 23, […]
Cars Frontman Ric Ocasek Found Dead in NYC apartment
It has been reported that famed frontman for rock band The Cars, Ric Ocasek, has been found dead in a Manhattan apartment. It was reported by the New York City police department that officers responded to a 911 call found the 75-year-old Ocasek at about 4 p.m. on Sunday. They said there was no sign […]
Smithsonian Presents Great Americans Medal to Honoree Paul Simon
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will present its Great Americans medal to composer, musician and philanthropist Paul Simon Sept. 18. The presentation of the medal is part of the “Great Americans Award Program,” the museum’s emergent and signature honor. Simon will be the sixth honoree and the first musician to receive the award. […]
Barry Manilow Extends Las Vegas Residency Into 2020
Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino announced today, due to overwhelming demand, and fresh off his wildly successful Broadway run and an upcoming sold-out performance in London, GRAMMY®, TONY®, and EMMY® Award-winning singer-songwriter, arranger, producer and musician, Barry Manilow and his MANILOW: LAS VEGAS – The Hits Come Home! has extended his Las Vegas residency […]
Gibson Announces Worldwide Release Of New ‘Slash 1966 EDS-1275 Doubleneck’
Gibson, the legitimate leader in professional instruments proudly presents the Slash 1966 EDS-1275 Doubleneck. A pre-sale is officially underway now for the Slash 1966 EDS-1275 Doubleneck guitars, sold through select Authorized Gibson dealers and available in-store October 1. Visit www.gibson.com for further details. Over the years, SLASH’s rise to rock royalty has featured a variety […]
Frank Zappa is Alive!
Throughout the ’70s and ’80s, the iconoclastic composer Frank Zappa put on a series of spectacular, now legendary, shows around Halloween each year to celebrate his favorite holiday. Before settling on New York in 1974 to host his annual costume-clad festivities, which would continue until he retired the tradition in 1984, Zappa, fronting an exciting […]
Music Icon Kelly Clarkson Godmother To a Ship on the Norwegian Cruise Line
Norwegian Cruise Line, the innovator in global cruise travel, announced today on “The Kelly Clarkson Show” that GRAMMY Award-winning artist and superstar Kelly Clarkson will serve as the godmother to its newest ship, Norwegian Encore, debuting in Miami in November. The cruise line’s President and Chief Executive Officer Andy Stuart appeared on Clarkson’s new nationally […]