Category Archives: Classic Rock

That Time Bono and the Edge Co-wrote a Euro Championship Song

In 1960, the very first UEFA European Football Championship was held. It’s taken place every four years since then and is, at the time of this writing, the second-most watched football tournament in the world after the FIFA World Cup. (That’s European football, by the way, referred to as soccer by American audiences.) Since 1992, each championship […]

Rock Stars React to Donald Trump Assassination Attempt

Rock stars have reacted to last night’s attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump with a mixture of shock, sadness and anger. Trump was shot in the ear while delivering a speech at a campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania. Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old kitchen worker from nearby Bethel Park, is alleged to have opened […]

Watch Stevie Nicks and Harry Styles Perform Together in London

Stevie Nicks brought out a special guest at her concert on Friday night at Hyde Park in London: Harry Styles. When Nicks appeared for her encore, she performed “Rhiannon” and then introduced Styles who joined her for “Landslide.” It was dedicated to Nicks’ late Fleetwood Mac bandmate Christine McVie, who would have been celebrating her […]

See Inside Jimmy Buffett’s $7.25 Million Palm Beach Home

Another of Jimmy Buffett‘s sunshine-filled homes located in Palm Beach is up for sale, this time for $7.25 million. The three-bedroom residence, which dates back to 1925, is located just a short walk from the beach. Though the house itself is not enormous, the compact space offers privacy with tall hedges and a white picket […]

Elvis Costello Gets Creative With Band Lineup Following Illnesses

Elvis Costello is rolling with the punches on his 2024 joint tour with Daryl Hall. After two of his band members, Davey Faragher and Charlie Sexton, recently fell ill, Costello performed with just drummer Pete Thomas and pianist Steve Nieve. “Elvis Costello would like to announce that, as two members of the ensemble are indisposed, Mr. Costello will initially […]

Frank Zappa’s ‘Apostrophe’ Celebrates 50th Anniversary With Box

Frank Zappa‘s only Top 10 album, 1974’s Apostrophe (‘), will be released as a six-disc set for its 50th anniversary later this summer. The expanded reissue – which includes the original album remastered as well as live tracks and session rarities from the era – will be released on Sept. 13. Following the release of […]

Zombies Founder Rod Argent Retires From Touring After Stroke

Rod Argent, a founder and longtime keyboardist for the British Invasion band the Zombies, has announced his retirement from touring following a stroke. The group’s management announced in a statement that said: “We are saddened to report that Rod Argent, founder, keyboardist and primary songwriter of the Zombies, has suffered a stroke. Rod had recently returned home […]

Shelley Duvall, Star of ‘The Shining,’ Dies at 75

One of the most distinctive screen presences in the history of movies has died. Shelley Duvall, best known for a string of films she made with director Robert Altman in the 1970s, and her unforgettable performance in Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining passed away this week. She was 75 years old. Her longtime partner, Dan Gilroy, told The […]

Bruce Kulick Wouldn’t Have Rejoined Kiss as the Spaceman

Bruce Kulick reflected on his departure from Kiss in a new Guitar World interview and said he was fine with not being invited back into the fold in the early 2000s, as the conditions of his return would have invalidated his tenure with the band. Kulick played in Kiss from 1984 to 1996, holding down lead guitar duties […]