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Report: Talking Heads turned down $80 million to reunite for festivals

Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for BAMEver since the members of Talking Heads — David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison — reunited for September's Toronto Film Festival celebration of the 40th anniversary of Stop Making Sense, fans have been hoping it would lead to a musical reunion. Well, it turns out some promoters tried to make that happen but were unsuccessful.  Billboard reports that Paul Tollett, president of Goldenvoice, the promoters behind Coachella and other festivals, went to Toronto with the hope of getting the band to reunite onstage for the Indio, California, […]

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Auction of Mark Knopfler’s guitars brings in more than $10 million

Francesco Prandoni/Getty ImagesDire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler has made a pretty penny cleaning out his guitar closet.  The BBC reports that a recent auction of over 120 of the rocker’s guitars and amps brought in over $10 million, with a quarter of that money set to go to charity.  Knopfler's 1959 Vintage Gibson Les Paul Standard was sold for the highest bid, at over $880,000, which wound up being a world auction record for that model of guitar. Another big seller was the guitar Knopfler played at Wembley […]

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The Band classic “The Weight” featured in Budweiser’s Super Bowl Clydesdale ad

Ron Pownall/Getty ImagesThe Band’s classic tune “The Weight” is featured in Budweiser’s Clydesdale ad, set to run during Super Bowl 58, which airs February 11 on CBS. The clip, called "Old School Delivery," is set around a snowstorm that closes all the major highways, with a stuck trucker using the Clydesdales to help him deliver his kegs of Bud to their destination: a bar running low on the brew. It ends with the tagline “delivering since 1876.” "The Weight" is one of the most well-known songs […]

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On This Day, February 1, 2009: Bruce Springsteen headlines halftime show at Super Bowl XLIII

On This Day, February 1, 2009 … Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band headlined the halftime show at Super Bowl XLIII at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.  The Boss performed four songs — “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out," "Born to Run," "Working on a Dream” and "Glory Days” — which were each edited to fit into the allotted 12-minute performance. According to a video put out by the NFL, they had been trying to get Bruce to play the halftime show for years, […]

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Dead & Company release details of ‘Dead Forever – Live at Sphere’ Las Vegas residency

Courtesy Sphere EntertainmentDead & Company have now released all the details of their upcoming residency at Sphere in Las Vegas.  The band will do 18 shows over six consecutive weeks, starting May 16. The shows, which run through June 22, feature the group playing on Thursday, Friday and Saturday each weekend. According to a press release, the shows will feature "never-before-seen visual storytelling" from the band, and each weekend's three performances will have a different setlist. Fans can now register for the presale, which starts February […]

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Listen to Billy Joel’s first pop single in 17 years, “Turn the Lights Back On”

Columbia RecordsBilly Joel is back. The Piano Man's first pop single since 2007's "All My Life" is now available on all streaming services and there's a lyric video on YouTube.  The ballad, featuring some classic Billy Joel piano flourishes, finds him singing about regretting his behavior in a relationship and promising he's ready to mend his ways. "It's been a long winter of indifference/And maybe you love me, maybe you don't/Maybe you'll learn to, maybe you won't/You've had enough, but I won't give […]

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Lenny Kravitz talks making music on his terms

Disney/Randy HolmesIt’s been over 30 years since Lenny Kravitz burst on to the scene with his debut album, Let Love Rule, but if he listened to what music execs were telling him, fans may never have heard it. “I was told my music wasn’t Black enough or wasn't white enough," Kravitz tells People, noting that record execs insisted he needed to choose a specific style if he wanted to be successful. "I was told that I need to make the music that Black people commercially […]

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ZZ Top’s Billy F. Gibbons launching cigar brand

Photo by Blaine ClausenZZ Top star Billy F. Gibbons is turning his love of a good cigar into a new business venture.  The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has teamed with BandKandy to launch his first-ever cigar brand. He's starting out with two new products: Virtu, an ultra premium cigar line developed in the Dominican Republic by Debonaire, and Twin Turbo, a two-pack rough-cut style cigar brand. “I always enjoy seeing what a cigar brings to a party, even better when I’ve […]

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Pink Floyd releasing ‘The Dark Side of the Moon Collector’s Edition’ on clear vinyl

Sony MusicPink Floyd is releasing yet another version of The Dark Side of the Moon. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers just announced a 50th anniversary The Dark Side of the Moon Collector's Edition, featuring the 2023 remastered version of the iconic album on crystal clear vinyl. The two-LP, 180 gram set will feature UV artwork printing on the non-groove side of the LP, the first time they’ve used the UV printing process on vinyl. The artwork is of the iconic prism spectrum from the album's cover, which can be […]

todayFebruary 1, 2024

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