Rod Stewart and Cyndi Lauper will spend the summer on the road together on a co-headlining tour that will see the two veteran singers sharing a stage in 18 cities across the United States. 7/06 — Hard Rock Casino — […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Neil Young’s beleaguered Pono, a name that covers both his high-resolution listening device and a digital music store, has been struggling since its January 2015 launch, and most recently was taken offline this July after its provider, Omnifone, went into administration […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Fans of Roy Orbison’s all-star A Black & White Night certainly won’t be “Crying” over the major expansion it’s getting for its 30 anniversary. Roy Orbison: Black & White Night 30 comes out Feb. 24 via Roy’s Boys/Legacy, re-edited to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
U2: The Joshua Tree 2017 Tour Dates 5/12 – Vancouver, BC – BC Place 5/14 – Seattle, WA – CenturyLink Field 5/17 – Santa Clara, CA – Levi’s Stadium 5/20 – Los Angeles, CA – Rose Bowl 5/24 – […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Tickets for all shows go on sale Friday, Jan. 13 at 10AM local time, with a pre-sale for American Express cardholders beginning Jan. 9 at 10AM local time. You can get full details on these shows, and all of Joel’s […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Stevie Wonder and Ariana Grande are set to perform on the Tuesday night (Dec. 13) season finale of NBC’s The Voice. Wonder and Grande join Bruno Mars, Sting and The Weeknd for the two-hour show, which airs from 9 p.m […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
An all-star cast of former band members will pay tribute to David Bowie on the one-year anniversary of his death with a show at New York’s Terminal 5 on January 10. Mike Garson, Earl Slick, Adrian Belew, Mark Plati and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
North America July 27 — St. Louis, MO @ The Dome At America’s Center July 30, 2017 — Minneapolis, MN @ U.S. Bank Stadium August 2 — Denver, CO @ Sports Authority Field at Mile High August 8 — Miami, FL @ Miami Marlins Stadium August 11 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Singer-songwriter James Taylor has announced a summer tour of four baseball parks, culminating in a date at Fenway Park, home of his beloved Boston Red Sox. Taylor and his All-Star Band will open the tour July 14 at Nationals Park in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The members of Journey are hoping that if they’re inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017, current singer Arnel Pineda will be able to go in with them. Journey received its first Rock Hall nomination earlier […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Bon Jovi is releasing a live version of This House Is Not For Sale just in time for the holidays, Billboard can exclusively reveal. Recorded at the London Palladium last October, the album is set for global release on Dec. 16. This House Is Not For […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Social media today was filled with the news that Vice President-elect Mike Pence had attended a production of Hamilton, the smash Broadway musical about Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, with the cast delivering a post-show message to Pence about his policies […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Vince Neil is set to perform at the Presidential inauguration of Donald Trump in Washington D.C. on January 20. The singer tells Billboard he was asked about his availability “months ago.” The longtime Motley Crue frontman will be performing with his own […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yes have been through a lot since the release of their most recent LP, 2014’s Heaven and Earth — and a growing number of veteran acts no longer see the point in releasing new material even under the best of circumstances. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There’s a new Guns N’ Roses release coming in time for Christmas — sort of. Toy manufacturer Funko has announced that GNR will be the next rock act to be immortalized in the company’s ever-expanding line of Funko Pop! […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Gregg Allman‘s getting ready to put out a new solo record — and entertaining the possibility of a reunion tour with the Allman Brothers Band. Allman opened up about both topics during a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Roger Waters capped his Saturday (Oct. 22) set at the Bridge School Benefit concert with an all-star cover of Bob Dylan’s “Forever Young.” As part of the former Pink Floyd singer/songwriter’s set at the annual acoustic benefit show organized by Neil […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Back in August of 2015, Billy Joel bid Long Island’s Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum farewell as he delivered the final performance at the arena before it closed for $130 million worth of renovations. His performance marked the end of an era, so it’s […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When Elton John released Songs From the West Coast on Oct. 1, 2001, the music press made a big deal of how much the album sounded like Elton’s early ’70s work. But the rock legend wasn’t so much inspired by […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Most artists resist labels. The Police were one of the few bands that were truly able to distance itself from them by making music that couldn’t be classified, no matter how hard fans and critics tried. On their 1978 debut […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The 1966 Live Recordings, which will be released in several formats on Nov. 11, features concerts played in the U.S., the U.K. and Europe. Sources include CBS Records mobile recordings, audience tapes and soundboards. Read More: Bob Dylan Set to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hoarders take note: A little bit of closet — or in this case, vault — cleaning is what led to ZZ Top’s new Live: Greatest Hits From Around The World, a collection that, as the title indicates, features concert cuts from […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Stevie Nicks is confirmed to perform on Wednesday night’s (Sept. 14) season finale of America’s Got Talent. Nicks — who is kicking off a fall tour with the Pretenders on Oct. 25 — is promoting her 2014 solo album 24 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Lewis Merenstein, the producer who helmed Van Morrison‘s Astral Weeks and served as executive producer for his Moondance LP, has died at the age of 81. News of Merenstein’s death was first reported by writer and musician Ryan Hamilton Walsh, who […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
FEW SONGS HAVE RESONATED MORE in recent pop culture than Journey’s 1981 hit single, “Don’t Stop Believin’.” The Chicago White Sox adopted it as an anthem during the team’s 2005 march to its first World Series victory since 1917. The […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band treated their fans in Philadelphia on Wednesday night to their longest U.S. show in history. Clocking in at 4 hours and 4 minutes, with 34 songs played, the concert at Citizens Bank Park surpassed the previous record of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Santana fans will receive an extra memento from the classic lineup’s recent reunion with the multi-disc concert recording and film Live at the House of Blues, Las Vegas later this year. Scheduled for release on Oct. 21 and available […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
With more and more classic rockers feeling the pull toward country music these days, there’s one old-school singer who has no interest in heading down that path: Ozzy Osbourne. “Not me, thank you,” he tells Rolling Stone in a new interview. “Personally, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Barry Gibb BIRTHDAY September 1, 1946 (age 70) BIRTHPLACE Isle Of Man AGE 70 years old BIRTH SIGN Virgo
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band celebrated the 41st birthday of the classic album Born to Run by breaking the record for its longest show ever in the United States. Clocking in at four hours even, the band on Thursday […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
John Lennon‘s murderer has seen his ninth parole hearing end the same way the previous eight did: with his request for freedom denied. The New York Daily News reports that Mark David Chapman, who shot Lennon to death on Dec. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Styx and former Eagles guitarist Don Felder are going to set up camp in Las Vegas for a series of shows early next year, calling their residency Renegades in the Fast Lane. Shows are scheduled on Jan. 6-7, 11 and 13-14, 2017, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Robert Plant will join an 80th-birthday concert celebration for former Rolling Stones co-founder Bill Wyman this fall. The event, held in conjunction with BluesFest at Indig02 in London, will also include guest appearances by Mark Knopfler, Bob Geldof and others. “This […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Three more vinyl reissues from Pink Floyd‘s past will be released next month. The trio of albums leading up to the band’s mainstream breakthrough LP The Dark Side of the Moon — Atom Heart Mother, Meddle and Obscured by Clouds — […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
OMCheese, you guys. Pizza Hut printed a bunch of turntable mechanics onto a cardboard pizza box, and thanks to a partnership with printed electronics company Novalia, you can actually sync it to your laptop and use it with DJ software. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Bruce Springsteen is giving fans an early glimpse into his forthcoming autobiography, Born to Run. Springsteen shared the foreword to the book — due on Sept. 27 — on his website today (Aug. 16). The opening lines begin with a bit of embellishment, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The NFL is celebrating the start of preseason football in song. In a new ad spot released Thursday, past and present NFL players, fans, coaches and more members of the sports community can be seen singing along to the lyrics […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Phil Collins will make his way back to the concert stage later this month. The former Genesis frontman, who’s stayed largely out of the public eye while battling a variety of debilitating health maladies in recent years, has been booked […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
James Liverani still can’t talk about it without getting emotional. On Sunday, at the Paul McCartney concert at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, he was invited up onstage to play a song with the former Beatle during the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Blue Traveler announced Friday (Aug. 5) that the band will postpone a series of shows due to an urgent health issue for frontman John Popper. Popper released a statement revealing that he has to undergo emergency surgery due to a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
David Bowie is favorite to win Britain’s prestigious Mercury music prize for Blackstar, the haunting album released days before his death. Bowie, who died in January aged 69, is among 12 finalists for the 20,000-pound ($26,000) album of the year prize. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…