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Courtesy of The Coda Collection The Grateful Dead and the Rhino label have partnered with Amazon Prime’s music-themed streaming The Coda Collection to launch a series of archival concert films. Three professionally filmed Grateful Dead performances from the latter part of the band’s career have been confirmed as part of the series. The first, which …
Kevin Mazur/VF20/WireImage Joni Mitchell will be honored as the 2022 MusiCares Person of the Year at the charity’s 31st annual Person of the Year benefit gala, which will take place at the Los Angeles Convention Center on January 29, two nights before the 64th Annual Grammy Awards. “I’m honored to be chosen as Person of …
ABC Audio; BG017/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images Gene Simmons has apologized to David Lee Roth after making some insulting comments about founding Van Halen frontman during a recent Rolling Stone interview while discussing why Roth, who was KISS‘ 2020 support act, wasn’t opening for them on the band’s 2021 U.S. tour. In the Rolling Stone interview, Simmons seemingly …
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for FF Apparently, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross aren’t the only rockers contributing to Halsey‘s new album. The “Without Me” star’s upcoming record, If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power, which was produced by the Nine Inch Nails duo, reportedly features the one-and-only Dave Grohl. According to Stereogum, which obtained the …
Golden Robot Records Vanilla Fudge had their biggest hit in 1967 with a psychedelic cover of The Supremes‘ classic “You Keep Me Hangin’ On,” and now the veteran rockers are set to release a rendition of another chart-topping smash by the legendary Motown group — “Stop! In the Name of Love.” The band’s new version …
Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Spencer Elden, who was photographed as a baby for the cover of Nirvana‘s Nevermind, is suing the band for child pornography. The suit, which was obtained and posted by Pitchfork, alleges Nirvana committed “commercial child sexual exploitation of [Elden] from while he was a minor to the present day” with the album artwork, …
Neil Lupin/Redferns via Getty Images Following the death of Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts on Tuesday, the group’s three surviving current members — singer Mick Jagger and guitarists Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood — all posted online tributes to their longtime band mate. Jagger took to his social media pages to post a fairly recent …
Daniel Knighton/Getty Images Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford, the Metal God himself, celebrates his 70th birthday today. Halford’s gritty banshee wail is one of the defining voices of heavy metal. He joined Judas Priest in 1973, just in time to record the Birmingham, U.K., band’s debut album — 1974’s Rocka Rolla. Halford co-wrote most of the band’s songs, helping them …
Craft Recordings R.E.M. has announced a reissue of the band’s 1996 album New Adventures in Hi-Fi in honor of its 25th anniversary. The expanded collection, which includes the original album remastered, accompanied by 13 B-sides and rarities, is due out October 29. One of the bonus tracks, an alternate version of the song “Leave,” is …
Yuliya Christensen/Getty Images Alice in Chains‘ Jerry Cantrell has teamed up with Gibson to create his own signature guitar. The Wino Les Paul Custom is based on the grunge rocker’s own Les Paul, complete with a wine-red finish. Only 100 instruments were made, and each one was signed by Cantrell on the headstock. “The Wino …
