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On This Day, March 8, 2016: The “fifth Beatle,” Sir George Martin, dies at age 90

On This Day, March 8, 2016...Legendary music producer Sir George Martin, often referred to as the “fifth Beatle,” passed away at age 90. With a career that spanned more than six decades, Martin produced all but one of The Beatles' albums, including 1967’s Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, which became the first rock album to win the Grammy for Album of the Year.Martin won six Grammys throughout his career and had 23 #1 singles in the U.S. In addition to The Beatles, he produced works by […]

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Actor cast to play AC/DC’s Bon Scott in upcoming movie

Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesA film about the late AC/DC frontman Bon Scott is in the works, and now, we know who’ll be playing the iconic rocker. Actor Lee Tiger Halley, who appeared in the Australian Netflix series Boy Swallows World, has been cast to play a young Scott in the film The Kid From Harvest Road, which producers warn is not a straight-up biopic.Halo Films’ description of the movie calls it a “fictionalized narrative set in the 1960s” capturing “the essence” of […]

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U2 shares Sphere cover of Crowded House’s “Don’t Dream It’s Over” for International Women’s Day

ABC/Michael YadaU2 is celebrating International Women’s Day by sharing a live cover of the Crowded House classic “Don’t Dream It’s Over" on their Instagram. The cover has them singing along to a new recording of the song sent to them by Crowded House frontman Neil Finn. The performance was recorded during the final night of U2’s Las Vegas residency, U2: UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere, and it was dedicated to Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.“Neil Finn beamed in to Sphere […]

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Detroit Symphony Orchestra to perform the music of Pink Floyd next month

Brillullstein bild via Getty ImagesPink Floyd fans in the Detroit area will be able to experience their music in a whole new way next month.The Detroit Symphony Orchestra will be holding a special event, The Music of Pink Floyd, at Orchestra Hall. It’s being held on April 20 aka 4/20, which just happens to be a holiday celebrated by weed smokers across the U.S., which seems a bit appropriate for Pink Floyd fans.The event will have the orchestra, backed by […]

todayMarch 8, 2024

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Chicago sets record with 50th Las Vegas residency show at The Venetian

Photo credit: The Venetian Resort Las VegasChicago has hit a new career milestone.The band headlined the 50th show of their Las Vegas residency at The Venetian Theatre inside The Venetian Resort Las Vegas on Tuesday, March 6, earning them the honor of being the longest-running residency artist in the venue's history.Chicago has been playing The Venetian for the past seven years and has sold more than 80,000 tickets. The new milestone was marked with a plaque that was presented to them onstage, along […]

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Peter Gabriel to appear in documentary ‘Resynator’ premiering at SXSW

Scott Legato/Getty ImagesPeter Gabriel is set to appear in a new documentary, Resynator, which is set to premiere at SXSW. The film has director Alison Tavel trying to learn about her late father, Don Tavel, through the synthesizer prototype he created, the Resynator.Tavel tells Variety that she reached out to several musicians, including Jon Anderson and Fred Armisen, to talk about the synthesizer, telling Variety, “I’m so grateful that so many musicians were interested and down to experiment. Everyone’s experiences were unique and helped me gain insight into […]

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Wolfgang Van Halen announces Adopt a School campaign with Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation

Disney/Randy HolmesWolfgang Van Halen has teamed up with the Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation music education charity to announce a new campaign called Adopt a School.The initiative aims to connect donors with schools across the U.S. in need of musical instruments, supplies and education programs. To launch the program, Wolf and the Van Halen family are donating $1,000 to 100 schools.Wolf's father, the late Eddie Van Halen, was a longtime supporter of Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation and left a donation to […]

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The Black Crowes celebrating ‘Happiness Bastards’ with Amazon Music City Sessions performance

Silver Arrow RecordsThe Black Crowes will be celebrating the release of their new album, Happiness Bastards, with an intimate live performance. The band will headline a special show for Amazon Music’s City Sessions on release day, Friday, March 15, playing tunes from the new album as well as some classic hits. The show will take place at the 650-capacity Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, New York, and fans will be able to enjoy the concert from home via Amazon Music’s twitch channel, starting […]

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Bon Jovi shares new trailer for ‘Thank You, Good Night: The Bon Jovi Story’

Courtesy of HuluBon Jovi has shared another look at their upcoming four-part Hulu documentary, Thank You, Good Night: The Bon Jovi Story.The new trailer for the series features interview footage with Jon Bon Jovi, former guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist Dave Bryan and drummer Tico Torres, as well as fellow New Jersey rocker Bruce Springsteen, who shares, “Jon’s choruses demand to be sung by 20,000 people in an arena.” Toward the beginning of the trailer, Richie jokes, “I’m excited, are we telling the […]

todayMarch 7, 2024

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