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Paul McCartney’s long-lost Höfner bass has been returned

ABC/Heidi GutmanAfter being missing for more than 50 years, Paul McCartney’s long-lost Höfner has been found. The Lost Bass Project has been searching for McCartney’s bass since 2018. Back in September it took the search global, determined to find the instrument, which has been described as “the most important bass in history.” McCartney purchased the bass in Hamburg, Germany, in 1961 and used it to write such classics as “Love Me Do” and “She Loves You.” Initially it was believed to have last been […]

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Joan Jett featured in Rock Hall’s upcoming ‘Revolutionary Women in Music’ exhibit

Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for The Michael J. Fox FoundationJoan Jett is one of the many female musicians featured in an upcoming Rock & Roll Hall of Fame exhibit titled Revolutionary Women in Music: Left of Center. In addition to Jett, who was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with her band The Blackhearts in 2015, the exhibit will showcase artifacts and items related to such artists as Meg White, Natalie Merchant, Siouxsie Sioux, Liz Phair, Beyoncé, Pink, Queen Latifah, Ani DeFranco, Sleater-Kinney, Christina Aguilera and Suzanne Vega. "As the saying goes, well-behaved women […]

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Neil Young & Crazy Horse detail new album

Reprise RecordsWhen Neil Young & Crazy Horse announced their upcoming tour, they revealed they’ll be releasing a new album, FU##IN’ UP. Well, now we know a little bit more about the record. The release has Young and his legendary band, currently made up of Billy Talbot, Ralph Molina, Micah Nelson and Nils Lofgren, sharing nine new recordings of old Young & Crazy Horse tunes. All the songs have been given new titles, with the exception of  "Farmer John," a song originally recorded in 1959 by Don "Sugarcane" Harris and Dewey Terry and then covered by The Premiers in […]

todayFebruary 15, 2024

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Crowded House announces new album, ‘Gravity Stairs’

BMGCrowded House recently released the new single “Oh Hi,” and there’s more new music where that came from.  The Aussie band, now made up of Neil Finn, Nick Seymour, Mitchell Froom, and Finn’s sons Elroy and Liam, just announced they’ll release the eighth studio album, Gravity Stairs, on May 31. It’s their first album since 2021’s Dreamers Are Waiting. “It’s a metaphor for getting a little older and becoming aware of your own mortality, your own physicality,” Neil says. “Things are getting a little harder, and there’s more determination […]

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Record Store Day 2024 releases announced

Geffen RecordsRecord Store Day has announced the list of exclusive releases for its 2024 event, taking place in independent record stores on April 20. Here are some of the offerings that will be available this year: Two George Harrison albums, Wonderwall Music and Electronic Sound, will be released in limited Zoetrope picture disc pressings, part of a Dark Horse Records and Record Store Day partnership that plans to release Zoetrope picture disc pressings of the late musician's entire catalog. The Who is releasing the 1976 compilation The Story of The Who on […]

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Hits by Cher, Celine Dion, Whitney Houston to be featured in musical about Diane Warren

JC Olivera/Getty ImagesThe life of hitmaking songwriter Diane Warren is coming to the Broadway stage — along with the hits she's written over the years. The musical, called Obsessed, has started production and will include Diane's hits for artists like Cher, Aerosmith, Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Lady Gaga and Toni Braxton, plus Taylor Swift's "Say Don't Go," the recently released "From the Vault" track from 1989 (Taylor's Version). The story will follow Diane, who was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome early in her life, as she grows up in suburban LA with a strict […]

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Ian Hunter to drop second guest-filled album, ‘Defiance Part 2: Fiction’

Sun Records/Cover art by Johnny DeppIan Hunter released his guest-filled album Defiance Part 1 last April, and now, almost a year later, he’s ready to unleash Part 2. The Mott The Hoople frontman will release Defiance Part 2: Fiction on April 19 — and just like with his last record, he’s enlisted some of his A-list friends for the project.  Defiance Part 2 will once again feature the late Jeff Beck and the late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, as well as Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott, Stone Temple Pilots’ Dean and Robert DeLeo and Johnny Depp, who also created the album's cover. New guests on […]

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Queen to release limited-edition “Cool Cat” 7-inch for Record Store Day

Hollywood RecordsQueen has announced a special Record Store Day release of the track “Cool Cat,” a B-side from their 10th studio album, Hot Space. The tune, written and performed solely by Freddie Mercury and John Deacon, will be released as a limited-edition, 7-inch pink vinyl for Record Store Day, April 20, with a previously unreleased instrumental version of the song on side B. It will be the first time the tune’s ever been released as a single.  "Cool Cat" has recently seen a resurgence thanks to its […]

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Rod Stewart sells rights to his songs to Iconic Artists Group

Todd Owyoung/NBCRod Stewart is joining artists like The Beach Boys, Cher, Linda Ronstadt, Stephen Stills and The Beach Boys on the roster of Iconic Artists Group, which acquires and manages the rights to artists' music and brands. Iconic's CEO is music industry veteran and manager Irving Azoff. Rod has sold the rights to his recordings to Iconic, as well as his interest in his music publishing and other rights. Financial details of the deal were not announced, but sources tell the Wall Street Journal that the figure is close to $100 million. In […]

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