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Courtesy of Whitesnake Here’s wishing a very Happy 70th Birthday to Whitesnake frontman David Coverdale. Asked how he plans to celebrate the milestone, the British rocker tells ABC Audio, “I’m going to ignore it,” adding with good humor, “It’s not 70, by the way, it’s 69 plus one, so you can stick that in your …
Warner Bros. Ten years ago today, it felt like the end of the world for R.E.M. fans, as the college radio favorites-turned-rock icons broke up for good. On September 21, 2011, the group — down to a trio of Michael Stipe, Mike Mills and Peter Buck following the 1997 departure of Bill Berry — posted …
The Rolling Stones No Filter 2021 photo, taken prior to Watts’ death/Credit: J. Rose As previously reported, The Rolling Stones on Monday night played a private event at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, MA hosted by New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, which was the group’s first gig without their late drummer, Charlie Watts, who died …
iStock/Michail_Petrov-96 Geddy Lee made good use of his time in quarantine: He wrote a memoir that’ll be out next year. The Rush bassist/vocalist writes on Instagram that during the year and a half he spent in lockdown due to COVID-19 — “the longest time I’d spent in Toronto since I was nineteen,” he notes — …
Mercury/Island Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora may no longer be band mates, but the songs they wrote together will live forever. That’s why the U.K.’s prestigious Ivor Novello Awards have honored both of them this year. Jon and Richie were jointly honored with the Special International Award at the ceremony, held Tuesday in London, …
HBO Entertainment In a chat with Marc Maron on his WTF with Marc Maron podcast, Sopranos creator David Chase explained how Journey ended up soundtracking the show’s controversial finale — and how the rest of his team loathed the idea of using that song. As you may remember, in the finale, James Gandolfini‘s Tony Soprano …
Yusuf/Cat Stevens performs his contribution to “Peace Train” around the world live outside in Istanbul, Turkey; Credit: Playing for Change Cat Stevens, the legendary singer/songwriter now known as Yusuf, is celebrating the International Day of Peace — September 21 — with a new version of his 1971 classic, “Peace Train.” Yusuf has teamed up with …
The Rolling Stones No Filter 2021 photo, taken prior to Watts’ death/Credit: J. Rose A series of videos uploaded to YouTube Tuesday morning shows the Rolling Stones performing their first concert since 2019, and their first show without late drummer Charlie Watts. According to the Boston Globe, the band performed Monday night at a private …
BMG Carlos Santana has teamed up with Steve Winwood for the third single from the legendary guitarist’s upcoming album, Blessings and Miracles: a cover of Procol Harum‘s 1967 classic “A Whiter Shade of Pale.” The idea for the two to record the song together came from Santana, who suggested it to Winwood when they were …
Golden Robot Records Earlier this month, Vanilla Fudge released a new cover of the classic 1965 Supremes hit “Stop in the Name of Love” that featured the final recording of original Fudge bassist Tim Bogert, who died of cancer in January of this year. Vanilla Fudge drummer Carmine Appice tells ABC Audio that it was …
