Foo Fighters have released a year-end statement confirming that they plan to continue as a band following the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins. Hawkins died at age 50 on March 25 while the band was on tour in Bogota, Columbia. The group canceled their remaining 2022 tour dates a few days later, though they hosted […]
Lindsey Buckingham revealed he’d begun work on a new album during a year that had challenged him in terms of health and grief. In a social media post the former Fleetwood Mac guitarist thanked his fans for their support during the past 12 months and said he was looking forward to the future with a […]
Ian Tyson, the Canadian folk singer best known for penning “Four Strong Winds,” has died at age 89. The news was confirmed via his Facebook page, which noted that the singer passed away from “on-going health complications” on Dec. 29 at his ranch in Alberta, Canada. Born in Victoria, Canada to British immigrants in 1933, Tyson […]
Vivienne Westwood, who dressed the Sex Pistols and pioneered the fashion trends of British punk, died at the age of 81 on Dec. 29, her colleagues confirmed. “Vivienne Westwood died today, peacefully and surrounded by her family, in Clapham, South London,” a tweet from her official account read. “The world needs people like Vivienne to […]
It wouldn’t be official for another year and a half, but Creed effectively ended Dec. 29, 2002 on stage in suburban Chicago. The quartet’s concert at the AllState Arena in Rosemont, Ill., (formerly known as the Rosemont Arena) has become a legend the band members would just as soon forget. Frontman Scott Stapp was, by his […]
David Lee Roth says his relationship with Eddie Van Halen was one of the best of his life. In the first episode of his new The Roth Show podcast (audio below), the singer looked back on the band’s earliest days before reflecting on the guitarist’s passing in 2020. “Boy, I miss him,” Roth said. “I had a ball with […]
Cliff Burton required months of persuading before he finally agreed to take a chance on Metallica. Still, all parties instantly knew they’d unlocked monstrous new potential when the bell-bottomed bassist took part in his first rehearsal on Dec. 28, 1982. Singer and guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich had founded Metallica in Los Angeles […]
Considering how many breakup songs Journey has recorded over the years, one would think it would be no big deal for co-founder Neal Schon to move on after a series of squabbles with Jonathan Cain. Contractual obligations probably make things much more complex behind the scenes, so the arguments (and billable hours for the lawyers) […]
Wolfgang Van Halen still finds it difficult to perform the song he wrote as a tribute to his late father, Eddie Van Halen. “Distance” became the debut single from his band Mammoth WVH in 2020, and before Van Halen headed out on tour he admitted to concerns about playing it live. Since then, however, it’s […]
With 2023 on the horizon, it’s time to start looking ahead: There’s a lot of potential for new music. Some artists have been teasing fans for the last couple of years. For instance, Robert Plant has allegedly been sitting on material he’s conjured up with this Sensational Space Shifters band since 2019, while George Clinton said […]