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Carl Palmer releasing career-spanning box set

BMGThe career of legendary drummer Carl Palmer is being celebrated with a new career-spanning box set. Carl Palmer Fanfare for the Common Man will consist of three CDs of music from Palmer’s various bands, including the Carl Palmer Band; Emerson, Lake & Palmer; and Asia. There will also be a Blu-ray, The Rhythm of Life, featuring a Palmer-narrated documentary, as well as live performances and behind-the-scenes footage from throughout his career. But that’s not all. The box set also comes with a 200-page Palmer autobiography that’s filled with […]

todayFebruary 15, 2024

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On This Day, February 15, 1979: Billy Joel wins Record & Song of the Year at the Grammys

On This Day, February 15, 1979… At the 21st annual Grammy Awards, Billy Joel won Record and Song of the Year for the love song “Just the Way You Are.” The track, written for Joel’s first wife and former manager, was the second single off his fifth studio album The Stranger, and was his first U.S. Top 10 single, with the tune peaking at #3. It was also his first gold single. Over the course of Joel’s career, he has won five Grammy Awards and was […]

todayFebruary 15, 2024

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David Bowie’s ‘Diamond Dogs’ getting 50th anniversary LP & picture disc reissue

RhinoThis year marks the 50th anniversary of David Bowie’s eighth studio album, Diamond Dogs, and the milestone is being marked with a new vinyl release. The record is set to be issued as a limited-edition 50th anniversary half-speed mastered LP and picture disc, both from the original master tapes. They will be released on May 24, 50 years to the day of the original album's release.  The news was announced on the 50th anniversary of the Diamond Dogs' first single, “Rebel Rebel,” which reached […]

todayFebruary 15, 2024

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Def Leppard’s Rick Allen, KISS’ Peter Criss set for Raven Drum Foundation New York benefit concert

Courtesy of Raven Drum Foundation Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen and his wife, Lauren Monroe, are putting on a concert in New York City in March to benefit the city's firefighters. The couple’s Raven Drum Foundation is behind the special show taking place March 14, at The Cutting Room, with the pair scheduled to perform a special set featuring Monroe’s original music. The concert will also include an all-star jam featuring such well-known drummers as KISS’ Peter Criss, Bad Company’s Simon Kirke, Billy Joel's former drummer Liberty DeVitto, Widespread Panic’s Duane Trucks and more. The band will also feature Paul […]

todayFebruary 15, 2024

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Van Morrison announces new U.S. shows

Matt Cardy/Getty ImagesVan Morrison has been slowly adding some shows to his schedule, and he's just announced two new dates in the U.S. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer announced a two-night stand at Bimbo’s 365 club in San Francisco, happening February 25 and 26. Tickets for the two shows go on sale Friday, February 16, at 10 a.m. PT. Morrison is on tour promoting his latest release, Accentuate The Positive, which has him covering some of his personal rock ‘n’ roll favorites. In addition […]

todayFebruary 14, 2024

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Def Leppard to stream 2022 Whisky a Go Go show on YouTube

Don Arnold/WireImageDef Leppard is getting ready to share a classic live concert with fans. The band announced they will premiere their full 2022 Whisky a Go Go concert on their YouTube channel on Friday, February 16. The stream will begin at 10 a.m. PT and will be available for 24 hours. The May 2022 concert saw the band play a rare club show, treating fans to such classic Def Leppard tracks as “Animal,” “Love Bites,” “Photograph,” “Rock of Ages,” “Pour Some Sugar on Me” and […]

todayFebruary 14, 2024

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Rod Stewart sings “Pennies from Heaven” to his real-life Penny in new video

Jonas Mohr/Warner RecordsRod Stewart has released a new song and video from his upcoming album, Swing Fever, a collaboration with former Squeeze keyboard player Jools Holland. The song is "Pennies from Heaven," a standard first introduced by Bing Crosby in the 1936 movie of the same name. In the video, Rod, wearing sparkly shoes and a shiny blazer, sings the song with Holland's big band, which includes another former member of Squeeze, drummer Gilson Lavis. As they perform the upbeat tune, a couple comes out and dances the jive. Then Rod's […]

todayFebruary 14, 2024

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Albums from Billy Joel’s ‘The Vinyl Collection, Vol.1’ to be released individually

Columbia Records/Legacy RecordingsBilly Joel is once again revisiting the albums from the first half of his career. After releasing the box set The Vinyl Collection, Vol. 1. in 2021, Joel is now giving fans a chance to purchase those vinyl albums individually. They include 1971's Cold Spring Harbor, 1974's Streetlife Serenade, 1976's Turnstiles, 1977's The Stranger and 1978's 52nd Street, plus his first live album, 1981's Songs in the Attic. He's also releasing a previously unreleased concert, Live at the Great American Music Hall – 1975, which will be available for the first time outside […]

todayFebruary 14, 2024

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Robert Plant on performing “Stairway To Heaven” after 16 years: “It was cathartic”

Denise Truscello/Getty Images for Palms Resort & CasinoIn October, Robert Plant performed the Led Zeppelin classic “Stairway to Heaven” for the first time in 16 years at a charity event in Oxfordshire, England, and it sounds like it was quite an experience for the rocker.  “It was cathartic,” Plant tells Rolling Stone of the performance. “People go, 'Oh, that’s good. He never was going to do that.' But I didn’t really do it! I just blurted it out.”  Explaining that the song was an important one for him during the time in his life […]

todayFebruary 14, 2024

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