Five years later, Steve Perry is still in a holly jolly mood. He’s expanding 2021’s The Season with six additional songs – including “What a Wonderful World,” which you can stream below. He first began exploring Yuletide favorites with the Silver Bells EP in 2019. The Season followed as the former Journey frontman’s first new […]
Skid Row guitarist Dave “The Snake” Sabo fondly recalled the V.I.P. treatment his band received when opening for Van Halen in 1995 — including a particularly affectionate and generous Eddie Van Halen. “They treated us so great,” Sabo recently told radio host Trevor Joe Lennon. “I would see Eddie every day. I made sure — I wanted to see […]
Despite an impressive back catalog and incredible rock history, James Hetfield insists Metallica will never become a “legacy band.” During a recent appearance on the Metallica Report podcast, the frontman discussed what it’s been like adding songs from 2023’s 72 Seasons into their set lists – and why his band will always mix new material […]
Jack Ponti, a producer and songwriter who worked with Bon Jovi and Alice Cooper, has died. The New Jersey-based musician was 66. An obituary from his hometown of Red Bank, New Jersey, notes that he died on Oct. 7 and “while widely recognized for his musical genius, it was his boundless love for his family, […]
The Cure has released “A Fragile Thing,” the newest single from their upcoming album Songs of the Lost World. The track begins with haunting piano before bass and drums kick in, giving it a fuller sound. A gradual build leads to Robert Smith’s opening vocals: “Every time you kiss me I could cry, she said […]
Surely you didn’t think Motley Crue was going to make a subtle entrance just because they were playing a small venue, did you? The self-proclaimed “White Trash Circus” arrived to their Monday show at Los Angeles’ famed Troubadour club in the back of a garbage truck. A new video on their social media shows the rockers […]
Graham Nash has added more than a dozen new tour dates to begin in spring 2025. The new shows are an extension of Nash’s current tour, which plays Quebec City on Tuesday and runs through the end of the month. After a five-month break, concerts will resume at the end of March for a new […]
Cissy Houston, mother of singer Whitney and a backup singer with Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix and others, has died. She was 91. According to the Associated Press, Houston died Monday in her New Jersey home under hospice care for Alzheimer’s disease. She was surrounded by her family. Houston was born Emily Drinkard on Sept. 30, […]
Former Allman Brothers Band member Johnny Neel has died at age 70. No cause of death was immediately reported. He’d suffered a stroke five years ago but recovered and returned to performing. Former bandmate Warren Haynes confirmed Neel’s death. “Aside from being an amazing musician and singer, Johnny was one of the funniest people on […]
Neil Young and Stephen Stills dug deep into their collective history during a charity concert in Lake Hughes, California on Saturday night (Oct. 5). The event – dubbed Harvest Moon: A Gathering – benefited The Painted Turtle, a summer camp for children with life-threatening and chronic illnesses. Additional funds benefitted The Bridge School, an organization […]