An auctioneer who’d been approached to sell 13 pages of Don Henley’s handwritten lyrics for “Hotel California” said he’d expected the transaction to raise at least $700,000 – giving each page a value of around $54,000. Those pages – and hundreds like them from the Eagles’ Hotel California era – are the subject of a criminal […]
People write songs about people. And that naturally includes one’s own bandmates. In some cases, the purpose of writing a song about a bandmate is to make clear feelings of animosity, whether they’re justified or not. After all, what better way to get a point across than through the very medium that you once found common ground […]
Mick Mars has confirmed he’d be open to working with Motley Crue again. The guitarist retired from touring with the band in 2023 due to his ankylosing spondylitis, a chronic, inflammatory form of arthritis that progressively makes movement more and more difficult. At the time, his relationship with the rest of the Crue seemed good […]
A Tom Petty tribute album, Petty Country, is set to arrive on May 31. Among the contributors is Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Chris Stapleton, Marty Stuart, Margo Price and many more. Two former Heartbreakers, Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench, also appear on the album (“Ways to Be Wicked” and “Don’t Come Around Here No More,” […]
Shocking never-before-seen documents from an ongoing trial concerning allegedly stolen Eagles lyrics shine new light on an infamous night in 1980 when Don Henley was arrested after a teen overdosed at his home. Henley has always maintained that the overdose happened during a going-away party packed with crew members as the band began a lengthy […]
Since leaving Kiss for the first time more than 40 years ago, Ace Frehley‘s solo career has followed an idiosyncratic orbit but one with largely rewarding results. All four members of Kiss famously released solo albums on the same day in 1978, as part of a plan to keep a frustrated Frehley from quitting the group. […]
A sexual assault lawsuit filed against Steven Tyler has been dismissed, after a judge ruled the Aerosmith singer’s actions did not present “serious risk of physical injury” to the plaintiff. The case stemmed from an incident in 1975. Model Jeanne Bellino, who was 17 at the time, claimed that Tyler “stuck his tongue down her […]
Mick Jones of Foreigner has opened up about being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Foreigner is currently traveling North America on their farewell tour, but Jones has not performed with them since 2022. “Fans will have become very aware that for some time now, I have not been performing onstage with the band. Several years ago, I […]
Peter Frampton has revealed the impressive career achievement that “scared the shit out of” him. It was 1976 when Frampton finally broke through as a solo success on the back of his electrifying live double album, Frampton Comes Alive. During a recent appearance on The Bob Lefsetz Podcast, the guitarist recalled conversations with his manager, […]
The four Beatles members will be the subjects of a quartet of upcoming biopics telling the band’s story from each perspective. The upcoming feature films about John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr were conceived by Sam Mendes, who directed American Beauty, 1917 and two James Bond films, Skyfall and Spectre. Mendes will also direct the four […]