Christmas tree permit sales and cutting on the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests ends on December 24, 2017 You can purchase your permits at all five Ranger Districts on the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests You can also purchase your permit through the mail Permits are $15 for a tree […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Early into his 21st annual House Full of Toys charity concert, Stevie Wonder declared, “We ain’t playin’ around here, y’all.” And Wonder proved that during a nearly four-hour show that not only featured stars such as Tony Bennett, Pharrell Williams […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Just days after singer/guitarist John Mayer’s emergency appendectomy, Dead and Company have announced the rescheduled dates for the shows that were postponed in the wake of Mayer’s illness. The band featuring the Grateful Dead’s Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann and Bob Weir, along with Mayer, Allman Brothers’ […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Unreleased songs recorded by Jimi Hendrix between 1968 and 1970 will be released next year. Experience Hendrix and Legacy Recordings announced Wednesday that they will release Hendrix’s Both Sides of the Sky on March 9, 2018. The 13-track album includes 10 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Katie Cassidy broke her silence on her father, David’s, death, sharing the last words he said to her in a post on her Twitter account . “Words can’t express the solace our family’s received from all the love & support […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In 2014, the Eagles embarked on their History of the Eagles Tour and broke U.S. box office records — selling out Madison Square Garden five times in what was deemed their final-ever outing. In 2018, however, the iconic California rockers […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Death didn’t stop Tupac Shakur or Michael Jackson from performing — as holograms, that is — but the family of Roy Orbison says a dispute with a vendor is keeping a digital reincarnation of the singer off stage. Suing as […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
David Cassidy, the teen and pre-teen idol who starred in the 1970s sitcom “The Partridge Family” and sold millions of records as the musical group’s lead singer, died Tuesday at age 67. Cassidy, who announced earlier this year that he […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After an expansive five decade career, Ozzy Osbourne is hitting the road one last time for a farewell world tour he swears is the final curtain call. Don’t be fooled by the word “farewell”: – the tour is only beginning in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Neil Young has announced a new album called The Visitor. His first with backing band the Promise of the Real since 2016′s EARTH, the album will features Willie Nelson’s son Lukas, who has previously fronted the Promise of the Real. Source […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Lynyrd Skynyrd have canceled their concert scheduled for tonight because of a “medical emergency” involving Gary Rossington. The 65-year-old guitarist is the band’s only member from the original lineup. According to the Tallahassee Democrat – the hometown Florida paper where Lynyrd Skynyrd were […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Steely Dan guitarist Walter Becker passed away on September 3rd, just a month after playing his final concert with the band he founded with Donald Fagen in 1971. With dates already booked for Steely Dan to return to the road […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Motown legend Smokey Robinson will release his first solo holiday album Nov. 10 via Amazon Originals. Christmas Everyday features 10 songs, including seven seasonal favorites and three Robinson originals. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member co-produced the soulful set […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Fats Domino, the genial, good-natured symbol of the dawn of rock and roll and the voice and piano behind enduring hits like “Blueberry Hill” and “Ain’t That a Shame,” died Tuesday at the age of 89. Mark Bone, chief investigator […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The “Piano Man” is having a third child, with his second wife Alexis Joel. The news was confirmed in a Belfast Telegraph profile that described Alexis as “heavily pregnant” with the baby due next month. The 68-year-old musician has been […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Elton John will be pushing back from his piano at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for the last time next year. John’s last performance of his show “The Million Dollar Piano” will be on May 19, 2018, after more than […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Robert Plant never worked with Tom Petty but the two had met a couple times and the Led Zeppelin frontman tells Billboard the icon’s passing earlier this month at the age of 66 feels like it came far too early. “It’s a tough call to ask […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Tucked away in the special features on the making of the Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales film that came out on DVD and Blu-ray Oct. 3 is a short segment called “Wings Over the Caribbean” that will […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As U.S. Tax Court Judge Mark Holmes gets ready to render a decision in a huge case examining whether money is owed in estate taxes from Michael Jackson‘s death in 2009, the Internal Revenue Service has caught a small break. The […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Carol Peters, Heart’s longtime manager, died from cancer Sept. 18. She was 72. “Carol was a remarkable human being. She poured her soul into everything she was—mother, wife, friend, guiding force, businesswoman and inspiration,” Heart’s Ann Wilson said in a statement to Billboard. “Generous, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A children’s book adapted from Elvis Presley’s 1956 ballad “Love Me Tender” is set to be released this fall. The picture book, titled Love Me Tender, is illustrated by Stephanie Graegin and features an endnote written by Priscilla Presley, the singer’s former wife. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In a statement posted to Steven Tyler’s Twitter account on Tuesday (Sept. 26), the singer announced that Aerosmith would cancel the last four shows of the band’s South American tour due to unexpected, unspecified medical issues. As part of his “immediate care,” […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Showtime announced Monday (Sept. 18) that it will add the new George Michael documentary, George Michael: Freedom, to its growing list of music documentaries and features next month. George Michael: Freedom will cover the singer’s entire career, but will focus particularly […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Steely Dan 2017 Tour OCT. 13 – WinStar World Casino and Resort – Thackerville, OK OCT. 16 – Van Andel Arena – Grand Rapids, MI OCT. 17 – Shea’s Performing Arts Center – Buffalo, NY OCT. 19 – Casino Rama […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Bob Seger will be releasing a new album during November, with a first single out later this month. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer announced both on Saturday night (Sept. 9) during a hometown concert at the DTE Energy […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Madonna is heading overseas to a new home in Portugal. The Michigan native had been living in New York. She said on Instagram Saturday (Sept. 2) that she finds the energy of Portugal inspiring, and it makes her feel creative […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There was plenty of old time rock and roll, and some new wrinkles, as Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band opened their North American Runaway Train tour on Thursday night (Aug. 24) at the Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Albert “Sonny” Burgess, who was an early pioneer of what became known as rockabilly music, has died in his native Arkansas. The Dillinger Funeral Home in Newport says Burgess died Friday (Aug. 18) in Little Rock. He was 88. Burgess was […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Olivia Newton-John has shared an update with fans following the return of her breast cancer, which led her to postpone her tour in May. “I’d like to express my gratitude to all of you who sent such kind and loving messages […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is an ultra-exclusive club with very few members, so it is no wonder that it is notoriously hard to get inducted. Classic rocker and outspoken republican Ted Nugent claims his membership is held up […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ringo Starr’s 19th solo album, Give More Love, is set to be released on Sept. 15 and Beatles fans are rejoicing over its Paul McCartney cameo on the track “We’re on the Road Again.” In an interview with Rolling Stone, the Fab Four drummer reveals how […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Glen Campbell, the indelible voice behind 21 Top 40 hits including “Rhinestone Cowboy,” “Wichita Lineman” and “By the Time I Get to Phoenix,” died Tuesday. He was 81. A rep for Universal Music Group, Campbell’s record label, confirmed the singer’s […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For months, Neil Young fans have been pretty sure about the impending release of Hitchhiker, a solo acoustic album that Young recorded during one drug-fueled night in 1976 and left on the shelf for four decades after that. Now, the news is official: Hitchhiker will arrive Sept. 8 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Yardbirds are getting ready to record their next album — and asking fans to “help preserve one of the founding most influential bands in rock history” along the way. For its first studio effort since 2003’s Birdland, the band […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Foo Fighters’ new album Concrete and Gold is out in September, and Dave Grohl has built a lot of hype surrounding the surprise guests who will be featured on the album. One of them is allegedly “the biggest pop star in the world,” as […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We practically have a column devoted to David Crosby’s incredible, inexhaustible and curmudgeonly Twitter presence, but we rarely take an opportunity to highlight the man’s music, even though he’s making it at a regular, even-prolific pace. The Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash alum’s […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Journey‘s latest venture will see the band spinning its wheels and going in circles — totally on purpose. NBC Sports reports that rookie racecar driver Ryan Norman, who’s already distinguished himself during a breakout campaign by showing “methodical growth and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dave Edmunds is reportedly hanging up his guitar and retiring, according to a Facebook post from his longtime friend, and fellow rocker, Brian Setzer, “It’s with bittersweet announcement that my good friend and guitar legend Dave Edmunds is retiring after […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The much-anticipated reunion of four of the five surviving original members of Foreigner took place at the Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre in Wantagh, N.Y., tonight. Singer Lou Gramm, keyboardist Al Greenwood and multi-instrumentalist Ian McDonald joined Mick Jones and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When he had the chance to work with a couple of buddies, the Beach Boys’ Mike Love had no hesitation about re-recording the group’s 1968 hit “Do It Again.” The new version of the nostalgic, harmony-heavy song features Love singing with […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Fleetwood Mac will be honored at the 2018 MusiCares Person of the Year tribute, set for Friday, Jan. 26. The two-time Grammy-winning band is being honored “in recognition of their significant creative accomplishments and their longtime support of a number […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
At Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium on Saturday for the first night of the ambitious Classic West concert, the Eagles started their show as they had so many times before: standing shoulder-to-shoulder at the front of the stage to beautifully blend […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will be reunited again on Starr’s forthcoming album, Give More Love, coming Sept. 15 on CD and digital formats from UMe, the Beatles drummer announced Friday (July 7), his 77th birthday. A vinyl version of the album will be […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Police are continuing their search by air and on the ground, along the Mogollon Rim for a man they suspect of setting several small fires Monday in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest and subsequently shot at U.S. Forest Service firefighters. Ground […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Def Leppard might perform some 2018 U.S. shows with Journey. “I know that nothing is set in stone,” Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell said. “But negotiations are going on, and one of the acts we’re talking about touring with next […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sir Paul McCartney and Sony/ATV have reached a deal in their duel over The Beatles song rights, settling a case that had the potential to rock the music industry to its core. McCartney sued in January, asking the court for […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Given that we’re at least a decade into the era where every classic album imaginable has been released in a ‘deluxe’ or ‘special edition’ format at least once, you can be forgiven for regarding the just-released Purple Rain (Deluxe) from the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Bono paid a visit to Capitol Hill on Wednesday (June 21) to give his best wishes to House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, who was injured in a shooting in Virginia last week. The U2 frontman was seen signing a “get well” card […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…