Jack Russell, former singer for Great White, has announced on social media that he will be retiring from touring on account of his health. “To my fans and friends, it is with the heaviest of hearts that I must announce my retirement from the road,” he wrote online. “After a recent diagnosis of Lewy body […]
Foo Fighters‘ U.S. summer tour leg got off to an inauspicious start on Wednesday when the band was forced to cut its performance at New York’s Citi Field short and evacuate the venue due to lightning storms. The rockers, who are in the middle of their Everything or Nothing at All tour, only played for an hour and 20 […]
Even after David Bowie became a star in the ’70s with a string of albums that helped seal his legend, he still made records that were intended only for single release. Some of his best-known songs from the era – the original version of “Rebel, Rebel,” “John, I’m Only Dancing” – never made it onto […]
A new box set will collect all of Faces‘ BBC Recordings from the early ’70s. The eight CD and one Blu-ray box, Faces at the BBC — Complete BBC Concert & Session Recordings 1970-1973, includes the band’s surviving BBC Recordings, more than 80 tracks with most of them previously unreleased. The Blu-ray features newly restored footage […]
Bruce Springsteen has found his way onto the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the first time in his lengthy career, and he has Zach Bryan to thank for it. The legendary rocker is featured on Bryan’s song “Sandpaper,” which debuted at No. 26 on the list — a first for the music veteran who has been putting […]
Rod Argent has responded to the support he received following news of his recent stroke, and revealed that he plans to keep recording music despite his retirement from touring. His management issued a statement last week announcing his stroke, noting that the cofounding Zombies singer and keyboardist would “need several months of rest and recuperation. Rod has asked us […]
When Yes released Drama in 1980, it took some fans by surprise. Vocalist Jon Anderson and keyboard legend Rick Wakeman were gone. In their place, Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes of the Buggles stepped in on vocals and keyboards respectively. As jarring as it might have been at the time, the Drama album turned out […]
The Black Crowes have announced more tour dates for their Happiness Bastards Tour. The new shows – titled Happiness Bastards Tour (The Reprise) – follow a run of dates that concluded last month after starting in April, a month after the release of their latest album, Happiness Bastards. The upcoming shows will begin on Sept. […]
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 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 […]