Tag: Classic Rock

Today in Music History: February 15th

1964 – The Beatles scored their first U.S. No. 1 album with Meet The Beatles! The album stayed at No. 1 for eleven weeks. 1965 – The much loved and respected crooner/jazz singer and pianist Nat King Cole died of complications following surgery for lung cancer in Santa Monica. He was 48. First famous for his jazz […]

Eric Clapton has Announced A North American Tour in September

Eric Clapton has officially announced that he will be performing for a run of shows in North America that will happen in September and feature support from Jimmie Vaughan. Clapton will begin the brief tour in Pittsburgh on September 8th, followed up by performances in Toronto, Canada, St. Louis, Missouri, St. Paul, Minnesota, and Denver. […]

Bruce Springsteen, Gladys Knight, and Others Received National Medals of Art

Gladys Knight and Bruce Springsteen recently received the National Medal of Arts from President Joe Biden on Tuesday, March 21st, marking the highest honor that is given to artists by the United States government. Alongside Springsteen and Knight Jose Feliciano, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Mindy Kaling, Judith Francisca Baca, Fred Eychaner, the Billy Holiday Theatre, and Antonio […]

Michael Anthony Teamed Up With Aerosmith and Bon Jovi Members to Work on New Music

Michael Anthony, a former Van Halen bassist recently unveiled he is working on a new project along with members of Aerosmith and Bon Jovi. Anthony stated on SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation that, “I wasn’t going to mention anything about it, but there is a little side project thing that I’ve kind of been speaking to some […]

YES Has Just Postponed Their Relayer European, U.K. Tour

YES has recently announced that their 2023 Relayer European and U.K. Tous have been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances that the band has no control over. The band’s official statement reads. “YES and their management have explored every possible avenue to arrange insurance cover for the tour in the event of COVID-related exemption or Act […]

Neal Schon Just Announced The ‘Journey Through Time’ Live Album and DVD!

Neal Schon recently revealed the release of Journey Through Time, a career spanning live concert that features Journey’s classic hits and deep cuts on May 19th. The sold out show originally took place on February 9th, 2018, at the Independent in San Francisco in order to raise money for the victims of the October 2017 […]

Bono and The Edge of U2 Covered ABBA’s “S.O.S.”

Recently, Bono and The Edge of U2, covered ABBA’s classic track, “S.O.S.” during BBC Radio 2’s “Piano Room.” During their performance along with BBC Concert Orchestra at the BBC Maida Vale studio, they also performed their track “Vertigo.” During an interview on BBC Sounds the Edge stated, “We’re big fans of this Scandinavian band, appreciators […]

Nikki Sixx Recently Made Digs at Carmine Appice Over Mick Mars Claims

Nikki Sixx recently spoke against Carmine Appice’s claim that guitarist Mick Mars was in a dispute with his bandmates prior to his retirement from Motley Crue. Mars’ leaving the group was announced after the completion of their 2022 Stadium Tour, with John 5 replacing him soon after. The official reason listed for his departure was […]

Buckcherry Has Announced Their Tenth Studio Album and the Release of Single, “Good Time”

Buckcherry has revealed their tenth studio album, Vol. 10, and also have released a video for the album’s lead single, “Good Time.” The video itself was directed by Tom Flynn and Mike Watts, and was recorded in Los Angeles. While Vol. 10, will release on CD and digitally on June 2nd. The 11 track album […]

Brian May Was Just Knighted by King Charles at Buckingham Palace

Brian May recently was knighted by King Charles at Buckingham Palace on march 14th. The guitarist of Queen received the honor for his musical contributions as well as his charity work. May was announced as a recipient at the end of 2022 and at the time stated, “This is a kind of license, a kind […]