Cheers premiered on Sept. 30, 1982, to little notice. NBC’s newest sitcom, created by director James Burrows and writer/producer brothers Glen and Les Charles, would go on to become one of the most successful and beloved TV comedies ever, but the ensemble series about the down but never quite out denizens of a subterranean sports […]
R.E.M. began crafting their follow-up to Out of Time, just as the album was becoming a multi-platinum blockbuster in the spring and summer of 1991. They wanted to do something totally different, from a musical vantage point. Where their seventh full-length studio release had been delicate (mandolins), pastoral (string sections) and often cheery (“Shiny Happy […]
On paper, Alice in Chains had every reason to be a happy band when it began working on its sophomore full-length album. The Seattle quartet had become one of rock’s hottest newcomers with its 1990 debut, Facelift. The slow-building set spawned a Grammy Award-nominated hit single in “Man in the Box,” was the first from […]
“This is the hometown shit, so you’ve got to make it loud,“ Dave Grohl declared as he took the stage in the early moments of the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert in Los Angeles. The audience, unsurprisingly, obliged. The Foo Fighters frontman was addressing a packed crowd Tuesday night at the Forum, as more than 17,000 people […]
Sammy Hagar recently expressed regret that the rumored full-scale Van Halen reunion tour never came to fruition, saying the intergenerational trek “would’ve righted everything.” In a wide-ranging Rolling Stone interview, the Red Rocker discussed the prospect of embarking on a tour that featured Eddie and Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony, David Lee Roth and himself (and, potentially, the […]
Nikki Sixx and Tommy Lee teamed up with Classless Act singer Derek Day to perform “Home Sweet Home” at the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert in Los Angeles last night. “You can’t play a show in LA without Motley Crue,” Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl said before he and his bandmates joined Lee, Sixx and Day […]
Two emblematic figures of the 20th century met for the first time on Sept. 27, 1997: One was Bob Dylan, and the other was Pope John Paul II. This curious moment took place in Bologna, Italy, where the 77-year-old pope was attending a Eucharistic Congress that was billed specifically for young people “and their music.” Roughly 300,000 […]
Not that Nicolas Cage hasn’t always been exceedingly busy, but it’s a shame that the infamously eccentric and unpredictable actor has never come back to host Saturday Night Live. Appearing for the only time on the Sept. 26, 1992, Season 18 premiere, Cage, there to promote the entertainingly silly comedy Honeymoon in Vegas, showed how […]
Jerry Harrison has spent much of the past three decades behind the scenes on various projects. After the 1991 breakup of Talking Heads, the keyboardist and guitarist shifted his attention toward producing other bands, like Violent Femmes, Rusted Root and Kenny Wayne Shepherd, among others. He also co-founded RedCrow in 2015, an investment and marketing […]
Roger Waters has denied reports that he canceled two concerts in Poland amid outrage over his previously published stance on Russia’s war against Ukraine. Polish media reported Saturday that Rogers scrapped two concerts scheduled for April 2023 at the Tauron Arena in Krakow. “Roger Waters’ manager decided to withdraw … without giving any reason,” Lukasz […]