Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox took their popular home video series to the stage with a recent performance at the annual Isle of Wight festival. The show also doubled as a preview of the couple’s upcoming U.K. tour. The married pair performed several covers, including Billy Idol‘s “Rebel Yell” and David Bowie‘s “Heroes.” Fripp memorably played lead guitar on Bowie’s […]
If there’s one thing Aerosmith knows how to do, it’s drugs. If there’s another thing Aerosmith knows how to do, it’s writing a killer power ballad. Weepy, lovesick mega-ballads became the band’s stock-in-trade when they launched their miraculous comeback in the late ’80s, spearheaded by the No. 3 hit “Angel” from 1987’s Permanent Vacation. A slew of supersized […]
When Def Leppard’s Pyromania was released in 1983, the Sheffield band was still playing club-sized venues in the U.K. As radio and MTV leaned heavily into the album’s singles, the band’s popularity exploded, and, in turn, the venues they played expanded, too. Four decades years later, the group is looking back at its career, starting with its earliest […]
The countryside mansion formerly owned by Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones has been put on the market for £9.75 million (approximately $12.5 million USD). The eight-bedroom home, called Old Rectory, sits on 5.75 acres of land in Dittisham, Dartmouth, Devon, an oceanside community roughly 200 miles southwest of London. See pictures of the home […]
Dee Snider admitted he doesn’t miss the days of touring rigorously with Twisted Sister. In an interview with drummer Kenny Aronoff, Snider detailed how the demands of the road wore him down. “I would be a mental case. When it came to touring, it was such a grind,” he said. “And people, I’m not complaining. It’s […]
Bruce Springsteen has recorded a follow-up to his 2022 soul covers album Only the Strong Survive, keyboardist David Sancious said. In a recent interview with Mojo, the original E Street Band member revealed that a tour was being planned in association with the release, expected in 2024. “I’ve just worked on Bruce’s sequel to Only […]
Pat Benatar delivered a two-word reaction to politican Ted Cruz’s attempt to associate her with child murder. In a TV interview Cruz – Republican junior senator for Texas, and former solicitor general for the state – was discussing U.S. President Joe Biden’s popularity among Democrats in the Senate. He told host Joe “Pags” Pagliarulo: “I […]
Carlos Santana has opened up about alleged sexual abuse suffered as a child, saying he now looks at his abuser with “understanding and compassion.” He said his perspective on what happened to him has changed over time. “My son and I were talking about this yesterday, how acceptance and forgiveness are really spiritual,” Santana tells People. […]
It’s obvious that Ted Nugent and Patti Smith don’t share many socio-political views, so disagreements between them seem very likely. One instance stands out, however, because it took place while on the air with the Evansville, Ind., station WABX. Nugent made this June 16, 1978, appearance on the Lunch with Lubin program to discuss his […]
Movie and pop culture history would have looked dramatically different if producers had stuck with the original actor cast to play Marty McFly in Back to the Future: Eric Stoltz. In the early ‘80s, director Robert Zemeckis spent several years developing the time-travel story that became the Back to the Future trilogy. The script was reportedly […]