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Billy Idol declares It’s A Nice Day To … Tour Again, with trek featuring Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

courtesy of Live NationBilly Idol is hitting the road this summer with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts.Idol just announced dates for a new trek, dubbed It’s A Nice Day To … Tour Again, with Jett and the Blackhearts along for the ride as special guests.Idol announced the tour with a video featuring comedian Matt Rife, with appearances by Idol’s longtime collaborator and guitar player Steve Stevens and Jett. In it, Rife keeps subtly dropping the lyrics to Idol's most popular tunes, leading the rocker […]

todayJanuary 21, 2025

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Dead & Company, Mick Fleetwood, Stewart Copeland set for Grateful Dead MusiCares Person of the Year tribute

Grateful Dead's Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir and Mickey Hart at the Kenedy Center Honors/ photo credit: Paul Morigi/Getty ImagesA group of A-list artists have signed up to celebrate the Grateful Dead at the Recording Academy’s upcoming MusiCares Person of the Year gala, taking place Jan. 31 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.Fleetwood Mac’s Mick Fleetwood, The Police’s Stewart Copeland, Sammy Hagar, Dave Matthews, and former Dead collaborator and friend Bruce Hornsby are set to honor the band with performances, as are Norah Jones, […]

todayJanuary 21, 2025

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On This Day, Jan. 21, 1966: George Harrison married model Pattie Boyd

On This Day, Jan. 21, 1966...Beatle George Harrison married model Pattie Boyd, with his bandmate Paul McCartney serving as best man.Harrison and Boyd met on the set of the 1964 movie A Hard Day’s Night.The couple separated in 1974 and divorced in 1977, with Pattie blaming the split on Harrison’s infidelity.During her marriage to Harrison, his good friend, Eric Clapton, actively pursued her. He even wrote the song “Layla” about his secret love for Pattie. Boyd and Clapton would eventually marry in […]

todayJanuary 21, 2025

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Garth Hudson, last surviving member of The Band, dead at 87

Garth Hudson on accordion with The Band at 'The Last Waltz'; Michael Montfort/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesGarth Hudson, the keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist who was the last surviving member of Rock & Roll Hall of Famers The Band, has died. He was 87.The Band's official Instagram confirmed Hudson's passing, writing, "Today, we sadly say goodbye to Garth 'Honey Boy' Hudson, the last living original member of The Band. A musical genius and cornerstone of the group’s timeless sound, Garth once said, 'I found […]

todayJanuary 21, 2025

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Ringo Starr hopes to spread ‘joy’ with new country album, ‘Look Up’

UMG NashvilleRingo Starr recently released the new country album Look Up, co-written and produced by T Bone Burnett. It features 11 songs, with special guest appearances by Molly Tuttle, Billy Strings, Lucius, Larkin Poe and Alison Krauss.This isn’t Ringo’s first foray into country music, and he recently told reporters that he loves the genre because it’s “emotional music.”“I'm quite an emotional person myself,” he said, joking that “in the '50s, every country song was either the wife left, the dog's dead or […]

todayJanuary 21, 2025

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Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake guitarist John Sykes dies

Stefan M. Prager/RedfernsBritish guitarist John Sykes, a member of both Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake, has passed away at the age of 65. His death was announced in a post on his official Facebook page. “It is with great sorrow we share that John Sykes has passed away after a hard fought battle with cancer,” read a message on the site. “He will be remembered by many as a man with exceptional musical talent but for those who didn’t know him personally, he […]

todayJanuary 20, 2025

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Photographer Danny Clinch raising funds for hurricane victims with Dave Matthews, Warren Haynes prints

Taylor Hill/Getty Images for Dayglo PresentsPhotographer Danny Clinch is helping to raise money for victims of the country’s recent natural disasters.The Transparent Clinch Gallery has just launched a new fundraiser that will benefit the Soulshine Fund, helping those in Florida and Western North Carolina who were impacted by hurricanes Helene and Milton.The gallery is offering up three different 8-by-10 fine art photography prints taken by Clinch at the Soulshine Benefit concert in November at New York’s Madison Square Garden. The […]

todayJanuary 20, 2025

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Rod Stewart reunites with former bandmate at his surprise 80th birthday party

Jim Dyson/RedfernsRod Stewart turned 80 on Jan. 10, but the two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer is still celebrating.After Rod and his family celebrated together on a cruise, Rod's wife, Penny Lancaster, threw him a party on Jan. 18 to allow his friends to mark the milestone with him. One of the guests was Ron Wood, current Rolling Stones guitarist and Rod's former bandmate in The Faces.Wood posted photos on his Instagram posing with Rod and their wives and […]

todayJanuary 20, 2025

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Vivian Campbell misses Def Leppard show in Mexico due to cancer treatments

Denise Truscello/WireImageDef Leppard returned to the stage Saturday, but they were without one of their key band members.Guitarist Vivian Campbell did not perform at the band's show at Feria Estatal De León in León, Mexico, and instead Phil Collen's guitar tech John Zocco filled in.Fan-shot video posted to YouTube shows Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott telling the crowd that Campbell had to miss the concert because “he's just recovering from some treatment for his cancer."Campbell revealed in June 2013 that he had Hodgkin’s […]

todayJanuary 20, 2025

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