Tony Levin has decades of experience playing the music of King Crimson. But you’d be correct to think that the act of performing it is no walk in the park. “It’s some heavy lifting, the bass legend confirms during a conversation with UCR. “It’s a lot of difficult material.” But as he details in the […]
He’s not just a legendary rock star, Jon Bon Jovi is a bona fide hero literally helping a distraught woman off the ledge of a bridge. According to the Good News Movement Instagram page, Jon and his team were in Nashville, Tennessee shooting a music video. It was Bon Jovi himself that noticed the woman on the other […]
In 1972 Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show sang about longing to be on the cover of Rolling Stone, but for rock stars, it’s a much rarer feat to appear on the cover of Time. The popular news magazine launched in 1923 and has been published every week for most of the rock era, switching […]
Kansas turned to a familiar figure when replacing bassist and co-lead vocalist Billy Greer, who retired last week after nearly 40 years in the lineup. Dan McGowan, a recent sub for Greer, will take over. A native of southern New Jersey, McGowan previously played bass with Kansas keyboardist Tom Brislin’s band Gold Rotation. His promotion […]
Judas Priest will release a remixed and remastered version of their debut album Rocka Rolla to commemorate the LP’s 50th anniversary. The digital remaster arrives on Friday, and vinyl and CD copies will hit shelves on Nov. 22. “It’s great to look back and see our future unfurl — from little metal acorns mighty metal […]
One of the towering presences in movies, television, and theater — not to mention one of the most distinctive voices of the 20th century — has died. James Earl Jones passed away on Monday morning at his home in New York. He was 93 years old. His death was confirmed by Deadline. They did not list a […]
Heart has announced rescheduled North American tour dates for 2025 after postponing them in July after it was revealed singer Ann Wilson had undergone an operation to treat a cancer diagnosis. The upcoming tour will start on Feb. 28 in Las Vegas and conclude on April 5 in Quebec. Heart will perform 19 dates in all. You […]
Patti Scialfa, the longtime E Street Band member and wife of Bruce Springsteen, has revealed her ongoing battle with blood cancer. In the new documentary Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Scialfa shared her news publicly for the first time. “In 2018, well, Bruce and I were doing a play on Broadway. […]
Bassist Herbie Flowers, whose long and diverse career including work with David Bowie, Elton John, Harry Nilsson, Cat Stevens and three members of the Beatles, has died of unspecified causes at the age of 86. The BBC reports that Flowers’ death was confirmed on social media by close family members. He is best known for […]
Screamin’ Scott Simon of Sha Na Na has died at the age of 75, following a lengthy battle with sinus cancer. The news was confirmed by his daughter, Nina, in a social media post. “My dad was a rock star. Literally,” she wrote, sharing a photo of her father and family. “A member of Sha […]