Tag "best classic bands"
When Patti Smith Joined U2 After 2015 Paris Terrorist Attacks
U2 chose her “People Have the Power” as their entrance song on their tour. Watch her live performance with them on an emotional night
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Oct 19, 2017: ‘Free Fallin’ Inspires Tom Petty Fans on Ventura Blvd
On the eve of what would have been his 67th birthday, fans organized a Tom Petty Memorial Vampire Walk
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Oct 19, 2020: Spencer Davis, Leader of Britain’s “Gimme Some Lovin”’ Band—Obituary
The band that bore his name was best known for a pair of 1967 top 10 hits, both sung by Steve Winwood, who wrote, “He was like a big brother to me”
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Oct 19, 2010: Elton John Slams Current Music
The musician took aim at what he felt was the sorry state of contemporary pop songwriting and how TV singing contests don’t yield lasting musical acts
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Happy Birthday, Chuck Berry!
One of the founding fathers of rock ‘n’ roll did a stint in prison in the early 1960s after an astonishing run of now-classic hit singles
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Eddie Murphy’s Mister Robinson’s Christmas… FTW!
The comedian’s parody of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood on Saturday Night Live offered a Christmas-themed sketch with the comic genius dressed as Santa
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When Led Zeppelin Were Moved to Tears
With John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant in attendance in 2012, Ann and Nancy Wilson with full band and orchestra, and Jason Bonham, performed “Stairway to “Heaven”
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October 17, 1969: Kinks’ First U.S. Show in 4 Years
For reasons that are unclear and complicated, The Kinks were unable to play America from 1965 to ’69, with a first show back at the Fillmore East
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The David Bowie – Bing Crosby Classic ‘Little Drummer Boy’
Years after the unlikely duo taped their 1977 collaboration, Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly did a note-for-note version of the holiday classic
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Oct. 17, 2017: Tragically Hip’s Gord Downie—Obituary
The beloved Canadian band’s frontman went out on one last tour after he was diagnosed with cancer. He lived ‘the life,’ said the band in a statement.
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