NEWS PLUS:
What’s the latest info about about rock music and the most interesting and momentous events in its past? You can find it all here: breaking news, sales and airplay charts from the past, notable occasions, and our appreciations of recently departed artists and other musical figures of note
Tears For Fears Announce 2023 Tour
The British duo were one of the most iconic bands of the ‘80s with such hits as “Shout,” “Everybody Wants To Rule the World,” and “Mad World”
Read More
Madonna, Talking Heads Pay Tribute to Sire Records Chief Who Signed Them
They were just two of the stars signed by Seymour Stein during his decades-long tenure with the label that he co-founded in 1966
Read More
Paul Rodgers, Billy Gibbons Lead Tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd at CMT Music Awards
The tribute comes on the 50th anniversary of Skynyrd’s first album. Slash and Warren Haynes will also perform on a pair of timeless hits
Read More
Sire Records Founder Seymour Stein, Who Signed Talking Heads, Madonna, and The Ramones, Dies
The much-honored exec was an early champion of the punk and new wave music that was breaking out of the downtown New York City clubs
Read More
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Play First NYC Concert in 7 Years
The band performed at Madison Square Garden, their first of five area concerts this spring. The tour began Feb. 1 and continues into December
Read More
Ray Shulman, One of 3 Brothers in Prog Rock Band Gentle Giant, Dies at 73
With his brothers Derek and Phil, and several other members, the band released 11 studio albums during the 1970s
Read More
1 Dead, Dozens Injured as Roof Collapses at Concert
The Illinois city was in an indirect path of dangerous tornadoes. Roughly 260 people were attending the metal concert
Read More
Classic Rock Stars Booked For October Festival
Three days… an incredible lineup featuring some of music’s biggest stars of all-time! Check your calendar!
Read More
Joni Mitchell Joined By All-Stars at Library of Congress Gershwin Prize Concert
The lineup included James Taylor, Graham Nash, Annie Lennox, Brandi Carlile, Herbie Hancock, and Mitchell herself
Read More
Keith Reid, Procol Harum Lyricist, Dies at 76
“We skip the light fandango”: The man who wrote the words for “A Whiter Shade of Pale,” , and all of the British band’s songs, has passed.
Read More