In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde revealed how she was inspired by Bob Dylan’s new songs to bring out her eight-part “Dylan Lockdown Series.” Hynde said the folk legend’s recent song “I Contain Multitudes,” off his 39th LP, Rough and Rowdy Ways, was the major inspiration for her cover series.…… Continue Reading
U2 have reportedly donated $1.5 million to provide relief for the live music industry, which is suffering financially due to the closure of live music venues amid the coronavirus pandemic. According to Billboard, this new amount also includes the ?200,000 (£180K) that the rock band raised in a recent fundraiser for Ireland’s music industry. In…… Continue Reading
The Go-Go’s have released “Club Zero,” the new wave band’s first song after a gap of nearly two decades. The song was written and recorded during the shooting of a new documentary about the music group. The new track was written via email exchanges between band members and recorded in San Francisco and Los Angeles.…… Continue Reading
Robert Plant has shared previously unreleased song “Charlie Patton Highway (Turn It Up – Part 1)” from his upcoming career-spanning two-CD set Digging Deep: Subterranea. The song will also be featured on soon-to-be-released album Band Of Joy Volume 2. Two other previously unreleased tracks – “Nothing Takes the Place of You” and “Too Much Alike…… Continue Reading
Stevie Nicks called on her fans to become “spiritual warriors” by wearing face masks and staying inside to combat the coronavirus pandemic. The Fleetwood Mac vocalist and songwriter shared on Twitter on Wednesday a recent journal entry describing her thoughts and worries about the pandemic. “If everyone could just wear a mask and stay in…… Continue Reading
The Rolling Stones have announced a film based on the band’s performance in 1989 during their Steel Wheels tour stop in Atlantic City. The concert Film, titled Steel Wheels Live, premieres on September 25 via Eagle Rock Entertainment. It was the band’s first U.S. tour in seven years, in support of their fresh album, Steel…… Continue Reading
Guitarist Doug Aldrich recalled in a new episode of the “Three Sides Of The Coin” podcast his “awkward” audition to replace KISS co-founder Ace Frehley while he was still in his teens. “One day, a girl came in and said her boyfriend was [Kiss drummer] Eric Carr and that they were looking for a guitar…… Continue Reading
Rhino will reissue Lou Reed’s 1989 album New York that includes a newly remastered version of the original album on CD and double 180-gram audiophile vinyl. The set also includes 26 unreleased studio and live recordings of album tracks from the Lou Reed Archive, as well as the DVD-debut of “The New York Album,” a…… Continue Reading
Journey’s Jonathan Cain and country star Brad Paisley lead an all-star band in an instrumental collaboration, titled “Quarantine,” to raise funds for the MusiCares’ COVID-19 Relief Fund. Former Allman Brothers Band member and longtime Rolling Stones touring keyboardist Chuck Leavell, Luke Bryan’s band, sax player Jeff Coffin (Dave Matthews Band), Steve Wariner, and Eric Clapton…… Continue Reading
Marking the 50th anniversary of the Glastonbury Festival this year, R.E.M.’s historic headline set from the Pyramid Stage in 1999 will be released globally on August 6. The performance will stream on YouTube Music beginning at 8:00 pm BST / 3:00 pm EST. The band performed songs such as “The One I Love,” “Losing My…… Continue Reading