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Kevin Kane/Getty Images for The Rainforest Fund As announced earlier this month, Eurythmics are among the 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees, who will be honored at a November 5 ceremony in Los Angeles. Multi-instrumentalist Dave Stewart who along with singer Annie Lennox make up the U.K. duo, tells ABC Audio that when …
Jason Koerner/WireImage The Rolling Stones were among the early winners of Sunday night’s Billboard Music Awards, held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The Stones’ No Filter tour won both the Top Tour and Top Rock Tour awards, beating out fellow double nominees Genesis for their The Last Domino? farewell trek, and …
Morne de Klerk/Getty Images The Rolling Stones were among the early winners of Sunday night’s Billboard Music Awards, held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The Stones’ No Filter tour was nominated for both Top Tour and Top Rock Tour, winning both and beating out fellow double nominees Genesis for their The Last Domino? farewell trek, and Green …
Paul Natkin/Getty Images A museum dedicated to late Metallica bassist Cliff Burton opened on Saturday, May 14, in Ljungby, Sweden, near the site where the musician was killed in 1986 at age 24 in a bus accident while the band was on tour there. The attraction, called The Cliff Burton Museum & Memorial Stone, also …
Judas Priest in 2008, KK Downing on far left; Stefan M. Prager/Redferns After last week’s announcement that Judas Priest will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hal of Fame in conjunction with receiving the Musical Excellence Award this year, fans immediately began wondering whether former guitarist KK Downing will take part in the ceremony. …
Blue Élan Records America‘s Gerry Beckley has released the title track of his upcoming album Aurora as the latest advance single from the record, which is due out on July 1. “Aurora,” which kicks off the album, is a love song that, according to Beckley, uses the phenomenon of the colorful lights seen in the …
Courtesy of The Zappa Band The Zappa Band, a group mostly made up of former members of the late Frank Zappa‘s backing bands, will launch its first-ever headlining tour in June, a series of dates in the Northeast that will follow a trio of concerts in California. First up for The Zappa Band are California …
Sony Music Entertainment This Saturday marks the 40th anniversary of the release of The Clash‘s fifth and most commercially successful studio album, Combat Rock. Released on May 14, 1982, the album was the final Clash studio effort recorded by the lauded British punk band’s classic lineup of singer/guitarists Joe Strummer and Mick Jones, bassist Paul …
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Pearl Jam Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron missed the band’s show in Oakland Thursday after testing positive for COVID-19. Frontman Eddie Vedder explained Cameron’s absence ahead of a performance of the song “Why Go,” proclaiming that the drummer is a “true artist and…a force of nature.” Vedder then added, “However, even …
Gus Stewart/WireImage Founding Talking Heads singer/guitarist David Byrne has led a wild, wild life, and this Saturday, May 14, the talented, quirky and prolific musician celebrates his 70th birthday. Byrne was born in Scotland, and his family moved to Canada when he was two, then subsequently relocated to the Baltimore area when he was eight …
