Ozzy Osbourne worried that no one would know who he was when he guested at the Commonwealth Games finale in his hometown of Birmingham last month. His onstage reunion with Black Sabbath bandmate Tony Iommi was a triumphant moment in the singer’s battle back from severe health issues. He’s determined to become fit enough to complete […]
Poison drummer Rikki Rockett argued that the success of the Stadium Tour with Motley Crue, Def Leppard and Joan Jett proved rock music wasn’t dead. The road trip ended on Sept. 9, with plans for similar performances to take place in other parts of the world next year. The North American run is reported to […]
Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee has lashed back at a fan who complained about nudity at the band’s Stadium Tour concert in San Francisco. Lee called Juan Alvarez a “pussy” after a TV news report covered his shock over what had happened at the Oracle Park performance also featuring Def Leppard, Poison and Joan Jett […]
R.E.M.‘s breakthrough 1987 album Document was the culmination of a few things: hard work, experimental tendencies and good old fashioned trial and error. On Document‘s predecessor, Lifes Rich Pageant, R.E.M. had brought in John Mellencamp producer Don Gehman to remove the murkiness that had categorized their first three records. Although Gehman was not brought back for the follow-up, Scott […]
The Time vocalist Morris Day said he’d struggled to complete his new solo album without Prince. He believes his fifth work — Last Call, due Nov. 11 — is the last musical project of his career, unless he reunites with the Time. The funk and soul band, also known as the Original 7ven, featured anonymous but widely […]
Three men accused of stealing and attempting to sell Eagles lyrics handwritten by Don Henley described the case as “non-existent” in a new legal filing. In July, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame curator Craig Inciardi, book trader Glenn Horowitz and rock auctioneer Edward Kosinski were each charged with illegally obtaining then trying to trade […]
Pearl Jam were waiting to play this show for eight years. At least that’s what Eddie Vedder said Saturday night (Sept. 10) in the middle of his band’s set at Harlem’s Apollo Theater. Though the idea of Pearl Jam playing the historic venue may have started long ago, it was first announced in early 2020. As with nearly […]
The day after wrapping up their comeback tour, Motley Crue hinted that fans wouldn’t have to wait very long to see them again. “See you in February,” read a post that appeared on the Instagram pages of both the band and bassist Nikki Sixx. On Friday night in Las Vegas the group completed a highly […]
Disney+ announced that Elton John’s final U.S. concert will be streamed live from Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Nov. 20. With his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour scheduled to end in Stockholm in July 2023, the broadcast will appear alongside a documentary titled Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: The Final Elton John Performances And the […]
R.E.M.‘s bleakest album rumbles to a close with one more roundhouse political punch. They’d broached this kind of topicality on 1986’s Lifes Rich Pageant, while retaining an inherent hopefulness that marked the band’s earliest albums. None of it remained within the dark heart of “Oddfellows Local 151,” R.E.M.’s grinding, ultimately dirge-like exploration of the homeless […]