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Queen’s Brian May to make guest appearance with Jean-Michel Jarre at STARMUS Festival concert

Miikka Skaffari/Getty ImagesQueen’s Brian May is set to join French new age performer Jean-Michel Jarre for a special concert to kick off this year’s STARMUS Festival.The one-off show, Bridge from the Future, will take place May 12 at Incheba Bratislava, Slovakia, under the backdrop of the SNP (UFO) Bridge. The concert is free to attend and will also stream on Jarre’s YouTube channel.The concert will kick off the seventh edition of STARMUS Festival, which is described as “the globe’s preeminent gathering […]

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Billy Idol planning to release new album later this year

Medios y Media/Getty ImagesWhile Billy Idol is getting ready to release a 40th anniversary deluxe expanded edition of Rebel Yell on April 26, it seems when it comes to music he isn't stuck in the past.In an interview with the Calgary Herald, Idol revealed he has a new album coming out later this year, which will be his first in almost a decade; his last album was 2014’s Kings & Queens of the Underground.“We don’t just do old stuff. We’ve got an […]

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Jethro Tull’s first live album, ‘Bursting Out’, getting expanded reissue

RhinoJethro Tull’s first live album, Bursting Out, is getting reissued with a whole host of extras for fans. Originally released in September 1978 as a double album, Bursting Out was recorded during the band’s Heavy Horses European tour, featuring performances from shows that took place in May and June of that year.The reissue, Bursting Out (The Inflated Edition), will be released as an expanded three-CD/three-DVD set, remixed by Steven Wilson. It will feature previously unreleased performances, a CD of an edited version of […]

todayApril 11, 2024

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Crowded House announces North American tour; drops new ‘Gravity Stairs’ single

BMGCrowded House is getting ready to hit the road in support of their upcoming album, Gravity Stairs, which will be released next month. The band just announced dates for the 15-city North American Gravity Stairs tour, set to kick off August 29 in St Augustine, Florida, and wrap September 28 in Paso Robles, California.  Tickets go on sale to the Crowded House fan club starting Friday, April 12, at 10 a.m., with the general public getting a crack at them starting Friday, April 19, at 10 […]

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Paul Simon performs “Graceland” at White House State Dinner

Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesPaul Simon was the musical entertainment at the White House State Dinner for Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Yuko Kishida, hosted by President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden on Wednesday.Video posted to social media shows Simon performing an acoustic version of his Grammy-winning song “Graceland” at the event, which former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Robert De Niro, Apple CEO Tim Cook and more attended.Simon revealed last May that he had lost hearing in his left […]

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On This Day, April 11, 1981: Eddie Van Halen married Valerie Bertinelli

On This Day, April 11, 1981 …Eddie Van Halen married One Day at a Time actress Valerie Bertinelli eight months after meeting her at a concert in Shreveport, Louisiana. They welcomed their first and only child, Wolfgang, in 1991, but the marriage didn't last, and Bertinelli filed for divorce in 2005. Despite the end of their marriage, the pair remained close over the years. In fact, Bertinelli and Van Halen's second wife were both at his side when he died on October 6, 2020, at the age […]

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Adam Levine calls Mick Jagger’s “Moves Like Jagger” video surreal

ABC/ Craig SjodinLast month, Mick Jagger posted a video of him dancing to a band playing Maroon 5’s hit “Moves Like Jagger,” and Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine still can’t believe it. “It’s really surreal,” Levine shared during an appearance on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. “It’s just one of those things you’re like, ‘Oh my, like how is this possible. What is happening. It’s bizarre.’” Jagger posted the video with the caption, “Moves like who!” and Maroon 5 shared their […]

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Jon Bon Jovi recalls first paid recording job on the ‘Star Wars Christmas Album’

RhinoJon Bon Jovi's first hit was "Runaway," but as many fans know, his first paid job as a singer was on Christmas in the Stars: Star Wars Christmas Album. He discussed the latter on April 10 during his appearance on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live!Jon was working as a gofer at the studio where the Star Wars Christmas Album was being made. The man in charge of the album needed a young-sounding guy to sing on a track called "R2-D2 We Wish You a Merry Christmas" and tapped Jon for the […]

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Ahead of all-star tribute concert, Sheryl Crow remembers Jimmy Buffett as a “great man”

Tim Mosenfelder/Getty ImagesSheryl Crow is just one of the big names performing at Keep The Party Going: A Tribute to Jimmy Buffett, a concert in honor of the late singer taking place April 11 at the Hollywood Bowl. Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, the Eagles and Jackson Browne are also on the bill. Sheryl says she and Buffett met even before she was famous: He hired her to sing backup vocals on a project after her two-year stint […]

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