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The last surviving original member of the Moody Blues, keyboardist, Mike Pinder has died at age 82. Born in Erdington, Birmingham England, he was a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and co-founded the group in 1964. He passed away peacefully at ...
Apr 26, 2024
Sunday, April 28th, marks the 55th anniversary of the release of "Chicago Transit Authority," the debut album by the band we came to know simply as Chicago. The two-LP set reached No. 17 on the Billboard 200 and was eventually certified double-platinum...
Apr 26, 2024
One Hand Clapping, the popular bootlegged live album from Paul McCartney & Wings will be released for the first time on June 14. It was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in 1974 and has been newly mixed and will be available on vinyl, CD, and digital....
Apr 24, 2024
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced its 2024 inductees during Sunday night's episode of "American Idol" on ABC, adding eight new performers to its ranks. Those getting in are: the Dave Matthews Band, winner of the public vote for a second year; Ma...
Apr 22, 2024
Dickey Betts, legendary singer, songwriter, guitarist and co-founding member of the Allman Brothers Band died on Thursday morning (4-18). As reported first by Rolling Stone, his cause of death, was cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. A st...
Apr 19, 2024
Dickey Betts, co-founding member of the Allman Brothers Band has died of cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He passed away at his home in Osprey, Florida surrounded by his entire family. He married his fifth wife, Donna in 1989 and leave...
Apr 19, 2024
Todd Rundgren hits the road again with his Me/We Tour, which kicks off Wednesday, April 17th, at the Uptown Theater in Minneapolis. Rundgren has dates booked into September and will be supported by his usual band, which includes Utopia cohorts Kasim Su...
Apr 17, 2024
Premiering Wednesday, April 18th, in movie theaters is "Chicago & Friends in Concert," an all-star, guest-filled Decades Rock Live performance filmed over two nights last November at the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. The two-and-a-half...
Apr 17, 2024
Let It Be, the1970 film about The Beatles, will launch exclusively on Disney+ on May 8th. This is the first time the film is available in over 50 years. Let It Be, brings viewers into the studio and onto Apple Corps' London rooftop in January 1969 as T...
Apr 17, 2024
Ringo Starr has officially released the first single and video from his upcoming EP, Crooked Boy. "February Sky," is from his fourth consecutive EP, which includes 4 original tracks. The video clip includes never released images from Ringo's archives. ...
Apr 16, 2024
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