Let’s kick off another work week with your music news headlines… The Eagles have added more 2018 concert dates to the announced schedule from last week, adding New Orleans, Des Moines, Indianapolis and a few Canadian cities to the list. The tour begins in March in Indy. What makes this tour unique are the dates […]
Stevie Wonder’s 21st annual House Full of Toys benefit concert is coming up, December 10 in Los Angeles. Special guests will be Stevie’s friends, contemporary artists Dave Matthews and Pharrell Williams, and the legendary Tony Bennett. The party is planned for the Staples Center, tickets are still available. Stevie is no stranger to giving back, […]
Time flies when you’re having fun, and 1967 seems like the blink of an eye. What were the top albums of 1968 that will be celebrating a 50th birthday in 2018? The Beatles, who enjoyed a 50th birthday party for their LP ‘Sgt. Peppers’ last year, will have another 50th birthday party for “Magical Mystery […]
In London at the Southbank Centre, the ABBA exhibition is one of the hottest tickets in music and entertainment through Christmas. The band ABBA turned out to be one of the hottest bands of all time. ABBA began in the late 60s as Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. There have been […]
Bet you didn’t know this AC/DC fun fact… AC/DC one opened for the ‘Dictators’ and the ‘Michael Stanley Band’ at the Palladium in New York City in 1977. The band was full of surprises in their younger days, but unfortunately, the band (like the rest of us) is getting older. Just this year’s producer and […]
The holidays are filled with shopping, office parties, and wonderful television shows filled with our favorite singers and bands spreading the yuletide magic. Josh Groban and Kelly Clarkson will be the headliners for the upcoming television special, the ‘A Home for the Holidays’ airing December 19th 8 pm eastern on CBS. The winners of the […]
John Oates of Hall and Oates fame is taking a turn towards America’s roots for his latest album, finishing up the project called ‘Arkansas,’ expected to drop February second. The overall sound of the album can be best described as a mixture of Delta blues, Dixieland, and bluegrass. The album was recorded in Nashville, the […]
John is a pretty common first name and in recent times there have been some pretty famous Johns. Here’s our list of the best Johns in rock and roll. The late John Lennon of the Beatles may be the most successful (certainly the richest) John, but if you’re a Led Zeppelin fan you probably chose […]
As if the news of Steely Dan’s founding member Walter Becker’s death wasn’t sad enough, we hear this week that Walter’s widowed wife Delia has asked the courts to allow her to become an officer of the Steely Dan business, requiring a 50% ownership in the legal partnership. It’s starting to get rougher unfortunately. Evidently […]
Elton John’s Las Vegas residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace will end in May of 2018. In the time Elton’s been a semi-permeant performer at the venue, he’s made millions of dollars while living a relatively normal life. As the marriage of Elton and Caesars Palace has proven to be mutually beneficial, the next […]