On Sunday night, Metallica performed songs off of their first two albums on Sunday night at the Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida. Their performance was dedicated to Jonny and Marsha Zazula, two figures in the Metal scene who were among the first to hear Metallica’s demo tape, No Life ‘Til Leather. They also played […]
Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks are set to hit the road together next year, performing three joint concerts together. The first show will take place in Los Angeles on march 10th, followed by Arlington, Texas, on April 8th and Nashville on May 19th. Tickets for all three joint shows will be available on November 11th. […]
Springsteen recently revealed while on The Howard Stern Show that he listened to Taylor Swift’s Midnights and gave somewhat a review of it. Springsteen stated, “My daughter, a Taylor Swift fan to the max, the other day ago I pick her up at the airport, She says, ‘Dad, Taylor Swift has got a banging new […]
Iggy Pop recently released a new single titled, Frenzy, available through his new partnership between Atlantic Records and Gold Tooth Records. “Frenzy” marks the star’s debut release as part of a new label deal between Atlantic Records and producer Andrew Watt’s recording agency. While speaking of the joint venture Pop stated, “I’m the guy with […]
Keith Urban recently celebrated Loretta Lynn’s country roots at her public Nashville memorial on Sunday, October 30th. Urban performed a rendition of “You’re Looking at Country,” Lynn’s Top 10 hit from 1971, during the CMT broadcast event, titled Coal Miner’s Daughter: A Celebration of the Life & Music of Loretta Lynn. Keith Urban brought out […]
On The Graham Norton Show Bono was promoting his new book, Surrender, while Swift was also invited to the show to speak about her new album, Midnights. Norton asked them, “Have you worked together?” To which Swift responded, “Not yet, We’re gonna talk about it later.” Bono then announced that, “I’m a Swiftie,” touched by […]
Bruce Springsteen released a version of “Don’t Play That Song,” off of his upcoming album of soul covers titled Only the Strong Survive. Originally released in 1962, by Ben E. King, the track reached Number two on R&B chart and number 11 on the Hot 100 upon its initial release. Aretha Franklin had her own […]
According to ultimateclassicrock.com, Peter Frampton is preparing to take his Finale, The Farewell Tour across the ocean just next month, and he is also talking about his next record, which he states will be “the album that should have followed Frampton Comes Alive!” It will be a set of original songs written entirely by himself […]
According to ultimateclassicrock.com, last weekend’s London screening of the new King Crimson documentary, In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50, brought bandleader Robert Fripp out to address topics for the audience, including his schism with former guitarist Adrian Belew in recent years. Belew first joined King Crimson in 1981 after the […]
According to ultimateclassicrock.com, former REO Speedwagon bassist Gregg Philbin, who played for the band’s first six studio albums and also appeared on 1977’s Live: You Get What You Play For, has passed away. Singer Kevin Cronin paid tribute to Philbin in a statement made by the band that read, “No one should underestimate the Philbin […]