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‘Bob Marley: One Love’ resulted in streaming bump for Marley’s catalog

Paul Natkin/WireImageThe success of the Bob Marley biopic, Bob Marley: One Love, has motivated a lot of music fans to rediscover the reggae legend’s music. The film was released on Valentine’s Day, bringing in $160.5 million worldwide, with a U.S. opening weekend of $28.7 million, and lots of those moviegoers followed up their viewing by streaming Marley’s tunes. According to Luminate, in the week after the film’s release, Marley’s catalog saw a 150% increase in global on-demand streams, compared to numbers during the week […]

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Queen to drop “Let Me Entertain You” video from ‘Queen Rock Montreal’

Photo: Courtesy Queen Rock MontrealQueen is set to release a new video of a performance from their recent IMAX release, Queen Rock Montreal.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers will drop the video for “Let Me Entertain You” on their YouTube channel on Thursday, March 14, at 12 p.m. ET."Experience the electrifying energy of Queen live at the Montreal Forum in 1981, remastered for an unforgettable performance of ‘Let Me Entertain You,'" reads a description of the video. "This exhilarating live concert from […]

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Bon Jovi will unveil new song, “Legendary,” on March 14

Disney/Picture GroupDuring the first week of March, Bon Jovi launched a countdown website, BonJoviForever.com, with announcements in various cities promising that 2024 would be "legendary." Now we know what the band is counting down to.It's a song called, you guessed it, "Legendary," which will arrive March 14 at 9 a.m. ET. There's a teaser of Jon singing the track, an upbeat number that features the lyrics, "Friday night comes along like a song/ 'Sweet Caroline' and we all sing along/ got […]

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Blue Öyster Cult drops new ‘Ghost Stories’ track, “Don’t Come Running To Me”

Frontiers Music SrlBlue Öyster Cult has shared another preview of their upcoming album Ghost Stories, which is due out April 12. The band has released the second single from the album, “Don’t Come Running To Me,” along with a video for the track.Ghost Stories features a collection of “lost gems” the band recorded between 1978 and 1983. There's also one track, “If I Fell,” that was recorded in 2016 and a live cover of the MC5 classic “Kick Out the Jams,” the only known […]

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On This Day, March 12, 1971: The Allman Brothers Band headlines iconic shows at the Filmore East

On This Day, March 12, 1971…The Allman Brothers Band kicked off a two night stand at the Filmore East in New York City.The shows were recorded and later released as the double live album At Filmore Live, which featured extended jams of such Allman Brothers tunes as "Whipping Post," "You Don't Love Me" and "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed.” The album became a breakthrough hit for the band, with many critics considering it one of the best live albums of all time.  […]

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Chic’s Nile Rodgers wins 2024 Polar Music Prize

Disney/Chris WillardChic’s Nile Rodgers has been named Laureate for the the 2024 Polar Music Prize. He will be honored at a ceremony held May 21 in Stockholm, with the Swedish royal family in attendance.“Dance music has been played for thousands of years. However, there are few in history, if any, who have composed dance music as sophisticated and subtly arranged as Nile Rodgers,” reads the announcement by the Polar Music Award committee. “It is fitting that his group was named […]

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Warren Haynes announces Now Is The Time tour dates

Photo Credit: Emily ButlerWarren Haynes has announced a trio of shows, dubbed the Now Is The Time Tour, which will have the Gov't Mule frontman backed by the Warren Haynes Band and The Dreams and Songs Symphonic Experience.The shows will consist of three sets: two featuring symphonic music, with Rich Daniels of Chicago’s City Lights Orchestra conducting local orchestras in each market, and a third featuring the new Warren Haynes Band, made up of John Medeski, Govt Mule's Kevin Scott and previous WHB member Terrence Higgins.The tour will […]

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Eric Carmen, “Hungry Eyes” and “All By Myself” hitmaker, dead at 74

Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesEric Carmen, best known for hits like "Hungry Eyes" and "All By Myself," has died, his wife Amy announced on his official website on March 11. He was 74."It is with tremendous sadness that we share the heartbreaking news of the passing of Eric Carmen," she wrote. "Our sweet, loving and talented Eric passed away in his sleep, over the weekend. It brought him great joy to know, that for decades, his music touched so many and […]

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Sean Ono Lennon reveals who he’d like to see play his dad in Sam Mendes biopic

Sean Lennon, Charlotte Kemp Muhl, Photo credit: Disney/Scott KirklandIt was recently announced that Sam Mendes would be directing four different Beatles biopics, one for each member of the group. Sean Ono Lennon has an interesting idea about who he’d like to see play his dad, John Lennon, on the big screen. “I’m hoping that Emma Stone might consider it because she did such a good job in ‘Poor Things,’” Lennon joked with Variety on the Oscars red carpet. “I think if you’re gonna reach […]

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