David Byrne will be spending a lot of time on the road in 2026. He’s announced another big batch of Who Is the Sky? tour dates for North America and Europe that will be added on to his current schedule, named for his most recent album. This new section of shows will begin with two […]
In the last months of his life, David Bowie appeared frail, but not unhappy. On Dec. 7, 2015 he stepped out in New York City for the opening of his brand new off-Broadway play, Lazarus. Lazarus told the story of Thomas Newton, the alien that Bowie had played in The Man Who Fell to Earth back in […]
In a new interview, Kiss bassist Gene Simmons blames a series of “bad decisions” for contributing to the recent death of his former bandmate Ace Frehley. Frehley, the band’s founding lead guitarist, suffered multiple skull fractures and a brain bleed after a Sept. 25 fall at his home studio. He was placed on a ventilator […]
Jack Douglas was the producer behind John Lennon’s final albums: 1980’s Double Fantasy and 1984’s posthumously-released Milk and Honey. Given his close relationship with Lennon and the musician’s tragic murder, Douglas initially didn’t make a big deal out of the money he was owed for the projects. But as the years went by, and royalty […]
Roy Orbison‘s “Oh, Pretty Woman” came about effortlessly. At home one day, working on some songs with cowriter Bill Dees, Orbison’s first wife, Claudette, passed through the room, announcing that she was on her way out for some shopping. Orbison asked her if she needed any money, but Dees swiftly interjected: “A pretty woman never […]
Foreigner is updating the setlist with co-founding singer Lou Gramm during a string of December concerts. Check out the latest round of headlining U.S. dates, cities and venues on the Foreigner 4 Deluxe Tour below. The group performed “Luanne,” the fifth and final single taken from 1981’s 4, earlier this week at the Capitol Theatre […]
Aerosmith and Yungblud’s recent EP, One More Time, only has five songs, but two of them now have special guest versions. Back in October, they released a version of “My Only Angel” featuring Steve Martin on banjo. Now, they’ve enlisted the help of country star Lainey Wilson for some extra vocals on “Wild Woman.” “I’m […]
From the start, nobody ever really considered the Rolling Stones‘ December’s Children (And Everybody’s) an official addition to the band’s growing catalog. Especially not the group’s members, who saw the 12-song album – which was released on Dec. 4, 1965 – for what it was: product to satiate the Stones’ U.S. fan base during a hectic […]
Guns N’ Roses have released two new songs titled “Nothin’” and “Atlas,” marking their first new music in two years. You can listen to the songs below. Both “new” tracks actually date back to the sessions for 2008’s Chinese Democracy. “Nothin’” blends vintage and modern Guns N’ Roses. After starting on a mellower note with bouncy keyboard melodies and Axl […]
Steve Cropper, the legendary guitarist who was a session musician with Stax Records in the ’60s, has died. He was 84. The Missouri-born guitarist played on dozens of hit records over the decades, including classic songs by Otis Redding, Sam & Dave and the Blues Brothers. Cropper was also a member of Booker T. & […]