Category: Classic Hits

Second show added after first Lionel Richie Hawaii concert sells out

Need a reason to go on a Hawaiian vacation in January? R&B Legend, Lionel Richie, has announced a concert on the island for January 25th, 2019.  The tickets sold out in less than two hours for the concert, according to Promoter Rick Bartalini, so Richie decided to add a second performance for January 26th. Tickets […]

Future Grammy Award Shows Scheduled!

Just so you can book your flights to Los Angeles for the Grammys in Advance, The Recording Academy™ and CBS have generously announced the dates for Music’s Biggest Night® in 2020 and 2021 — The 62nd Annual Grammy Awards® will air on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, and The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards will air on […]

Whitney Houston Exhibition Opens at Grammy Museum in Newark

A new exhibition honoring the life and work of Whitney Houston has opened at the Grammy Museum at the Prudential Center in Newark, the R&B star’s hometown. Organized by the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles in cooperation with the Houston estate, the show, “Whitney!,” features personal artifacts, photographs and footage provided by the singer’s family. […]

“…Baby One More Time” Turns 20

There have been many significant and powerful entries into the music industry. The first offering from a teen from Kentwood, Louisiana, named Britney Spears, the song began with three piano chords and an uncanny voice: “Oh baby, baby…” “…Baby One More Time”, a plaintive lament on loneliness and longing, was a phenomenon. It reached the number […]

Bon Jovi’s Childhood Mischief Inspired him to play Guitar

Jon Bon Jovi recalled a chore-avoiding escapade that led to his discovery of, and his future with, the guitar. Jovi came from a musical family, owned an instrument at an early age, but had no interest, as he told Uncle Joe Benson on the Ultimate Classic Rock NIghts radio show. “My mother actually bought me […]

Paula Abdul Hits the Deck Head-First

Paula Abdul took a tumble during her concert on Saturday.The former “American Idol” judge fell head-first into the crowd at the Hard Rock Live in Biloxi, Mississippi as she sang her 1991 hit “The Promise of a New Day.” A fan recorded the stumble, which shows Abdul nearing the edge of the stage before toppling […]

NSYNC Launches New Merch Capsule Collection

On Thursday, Oct 18 the band announced the launch of their latest capsule merch collection. The band’s first capsule release timed up quite nicely with their Dirty Pop-Up Shop in LA and their Walk Of Fame star ceremony back in April. *NSYNC took to Instagram to announce the release of volume two which contains everything […]

One of the most Shocking Revelations in Tina Turner’s Memoir

Tina Turner’s new memoir, “My Love Story” reveals the full extent of the harrowing ordeals the 78-year-old singer has overcome in her decades in the spotlight. One of those being her encounter with potential suicide. The first half of “My Love Story” is dominated by a relationship that’s quite the opposite of Turner’s book title – her physically, mentally […]

KISS members’ Rock & Brews restaurant chain offering free meals to military members on Veterans Day

Stanley and Gene Simmons will honor members of the U.S. military, veterans and first responders this Veterans Day, Monday, November 12, by offering them free food nationwide at their Rock & Brews restaurant chain. All day long on the holiday, military personnel and veterans will be able to visit participating Rock & Brews locations and […]

Party Songs are ‘tough’ to Write According to Bret Michaels

Poison frontman Bret Michaels says the party songs his band are known for were more difficult to write than tracks with heavier emotional meaning. He made the comparison while discussing surprise hit single “Every Rose Has its Thorn,” which was released in October 1988. While on tour with the band, Michaels had called his then-girlfriend at […]