The classic song “All You Need Is Love,” from the Beatles, a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney in 1967 will be a children’s book with a release date of January 2019. This beautiful hardbound book will feature artwork, lyrics, and more. The publisher is Little Simon, part of the Simon & Schuster […]
Category: Classic Rock
Foreigner Wants You to Take a Cruise Next Year
The two hottest spaces for rockers consist of either taking a ‘Vegas Residency’ and or ‘Cruise’ with their fans. It seems now that the ’70s Rock & Romance Cruise’ is about to finalize their star power, as Foreigner has just agreed to be on the March 25th to March 30th, 2019 cruise. Also scheduled to […]
Tina Turner Suffers a Personal Tragedy, Readies No Hold Bars Documentary
There was very sad news to report regarding one of Tina Turner’s close family members. The rock and roll Hall of Famer and music legend’s oldest son, Craig Turner, committed suicide Juy 3rd, and friends and family are now very concerned about Tina and and her frame of mind. There is news that Tina has […]
Showtime Embraces ELO
If you’re an ELO or Jeff Lynne fan, you’ll want to write down this day and time; Friday July 27th, 9pm on the Showtime network. The network will debut the 2017 concert video ‘Wembley or Bust,’ and the recording of the live 2017 Wembley concert will allow you to sit in the crowd with 60,000 […]
The Greatest of All Time?
According to Rolling Stone, Black Sabbath’s ‘Paranoid’ from 1970 is the “Greatest Metal Albums of All Time”. Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford called it “the blueprint for metal”, saying “It led the world into a new sound and scene”. ‘Paranoid’ was the sound of Black Sabbath’s reality, a plea for understanding that would resonate with millions of […]
Flea Is At It Again
Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea is at it again following up last year’s ‘Baby Driver’ with Focus Features upcoming movie Boy Erased. The movie is based on the memoir of the same name that tells the story of Garrard Conley’s experiences in a gay-conversion therapy program, where he was sent after his Baptist pastor father and his […]
On This Day in Music History – July 19th
1954, Sun Records released the first Elvis Presley single, ‘That’s All Right’, a cover of Arthur Crudup’s 1946 tune ‘That’s All Right, Mama’. Only about 7,000 original copies were pressed, but the disc became a local hit in Memphis. 1967, The Beatles were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘All You Need Is […]
U2, Coldplay, & Ed Sheeran Reach Forbes Top-10
Floyd Mayweather may capture the top spot on Forbes’ 20th annual Celebrity 100 ranking of the world’s highest-paid celebrities, but there are a few big name musicians right there in the Top-10. Coming in at #6, U2 with total earnings of $118 million. Right behind in the #7 spot with total earnings of $115 million. […]
The Boss on Broadway Goes Netflix
The Boss, Bruce Springsteen has partnered with Netflix to take his one-man show, Springsteen on Broadway, to a global audience. The Netflix premiere of the performance is scheduled to hit the streaming service on December 15th, the same day that Springsteen on Broadway ends its run at the Walter Kerr Theatre. “We are thrilled to bring Bruce Springsteen – […]
Top-100 Worldwide Tours
Concert industry trade publication, Pollstar, has published their annual mid-year report of the Top-100 worldwide tours based on ticket sales. Pop superstars usually top the chart, but here are rock acts that made the cut. The Foo Fighters came in at No. 12 with $53.6 million, while Metallica followed close behind at No. 19 with $40.6 million. Additionally, Iron Maiden came in at No. 52, […]