Bon Jovi made their long-awaited return to the stage on Tuesday with their first of nine sold-out shows at New York’s Madison Square Garden, marking their first public, large-scale concerts since 2022 — and since the band’s titular frontman underwent vocal cord surgery. The momentousness of the occasion was lost on nobody. “Do we got […]
Check out the complete video for U2‘s new song below. “Street of Dreams” was produced by Jacknife Lee and previews U2’s next as-yet-untitled album. Lee boasts co-producing credits on 2004’s How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, U2’s stand-alone 2007 song “The Saints Are Coming” with Green Day and 2017’s Songs of Experience. He later served […]
The first-ever official Black Sabbath book is scheduled to hit shelves later this year. Created by renowned rock photographer Ross Halfin, The Masters of Reality – Why Black Sabbath Matter will chronicle the heavy metal pioneers’ storied career, from their late-’60s origins to their final bow at last year’s Back to the Beginning concert. The 500-page tome […]
Deep Purple has lived and eclipsed every rock ‘n’ roll cliche since their formation in 1968. From revolving-door membership (more than a dozen musicians have passed through their various lineups) to onstage fights to records both great and lackluster, the band has carried on for more than five scarred and laureled decades. From psychedelic-tinged Londoners to heavy […]
George Clinton debuted a new mothership during Parliament–Funkadelic‘s Sunday night performance at the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans. Roughly an hour into the set, Clinton’s group was rocking through a rendition of their classic tune “Mothership Connection (Star Child).” As you can see in the YouTube video from D.S. Craighead below, bright lightings, extraterrestrial […]
Mick Jagger expressed hopes that the Rolling Stones will play live again, and said he was still writing songs for the band. They’ll release their 25th studio album Foreign Tongues on Jul. 10, with a range of guest appearances including Paul McCartney, Steve Winwood, Robert Smith and others. In a recent interview with NME, Jagger […]
You only turn 200 once. In 1976, the United States geared up for a series of boisterous bicentennials celebrations ranging from parades to fireworks to commemorative exhibitions to, of course, concerts. On July 4, the official anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, bands across the country — some not even Americans themselves […]
Stanley Simmons, featuring the sons of Kiss stars Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, have released “Don’t Leave Me Here Like That,” the fifth single off their upcoming debut album, Dancing While the World Is Ending. “Don’t Leave Me Here Like That” finds Evan Stanley and Nick Simmons dabbling in a bouncy, ’80s-inspired pop-rock sound, with […]
If there is something rock stars love almost as much as music, it’s blowing stuff up. Many of rock’s greatest acts have utilized pyrotechnics in their live shows, presenting dazzling spectacles with fireworks, flamethrowers and more. The pyro phenomenon really started taking hold in the 1960s. At the time, competition between aspiring artists was high, […]
Classic rock came along at the right time. The album era was just getting underway. Typically defined as the years between the mid-’60s through the turn of the century, this period saw long-players become the dominant form of sharing music. Three formats led the way, first vinyl records, then cassette tapes and finally compact discs. […]