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The B-52s’ Kate Pierson on Rock & Roll Hall of Fame recognition: ‘It would be nice to be recognized’

L-R: The B-52s - Cindy Wilson, Fred Schneider, Kate Pierson / Todd Owyoung/Peacock via Getty ImagesThe B-52s have been eligible for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame since 2004, but have never been nominated. And singer Kate Pierson is a bit disappointed by that.“Most musicians say, ‘I don't care,'” she tells Gold Derby, noting that one of those musicians is her bandmate Fred Schneider.“It would be nice to be recognized,” Pierson says. “I’m against the whole idea of it in some […]

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Savage Garden’s Darren Hayes reveals he ‘snapped his jawbone in half’ after fainting

Amanda Edwards/Getty ImagesDarren Hayes of Savage Garden, the Australian duo who scored the late-'90s #1 hits "Truly Madly Deeply" and "I Knew I Loved You," has updated fans on a terrible accident he suffered last month.On Instagram, Hayes wrote that on March 17, he fainted while getting out of bed and collapsed and lost consciousness three times in all. "The blunt force trauma was so severe it snapped my left jawbone in half. I woke up in a pool of […]

todayApril 18, 2025

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Bruce Springsteen on ‘Deliver Me From Nowhere’: ‘It’s fantastic’

Al Pereira/WireImageThe Bruce Springsteen film Deliver Me From Nowhere, starring Jeremy Allen White as The Boss, is due out later this year, and it sounds like Springsteen didn’t have many qualms about the film being made."They pitched the idea, and I said, ‘It sounds like fun,’” Springsteen tells Variety’s Awards Circuit Podcast. “It’s an interesting concept, because it’s only a couple of years out of my life. It’s ’81, ’82, and centered around the creation of that particular record while I […]

todayApril 18, 2025

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Ian Hunter releases ‘Defiance Part 2: Fiction’ to digital services for the first time, with three bonus tracks

Sun Records/Cover art by Johnny DeppIan Hunter has released a deluxe edition of his 2024 album, Defiance Part 2: Fiction, to digital services for the very first time.Initially released as part of a Record Store Day vinyl, the deluxe edition features three bonus tracks: “How’d Ya Like To Meet Henry,” featuring Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott, and Pearl Jam's Mike McCready and Matt Cameron; “Normal Service Will be Resumed as Soon as Possible”; and “Needle Park” featuring The Black Crowes’ Chris […]

todayApril 18, 2025

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On This Day, April 18, 2024: Allman Brothers Band founding member Dickey Betts died

On This Day, April 18, 2024 ...Allman Brothers Band founding member Dickey Betts died at the age of 80.Born Forrest Richard Betts on Dec. 12, 1943, Dickey co-founded Allman Brothers Band in 1969 with brothers Duane and Gregg Allman, Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks and Jaimoe Johanson. They released their self-titled debut that year.They went on to be considered one of the pioneering Southern rock bands and were particularly known for their touring career, which included long shows filled with extended jams.In […]

todayApril 18, 2025

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Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason says band was initially ‘not interested’ in making Pompeii concert film

Dave Benett/Getty Images for Sony Music Vision and Trafalgar ReleasingPink Floyd’s 1972 concert film, Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII, is set to hit theaters and IMAX on April 24, but it sounds like the band almost skipped out on the whole project.During a preview screening of the film in London, Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason revealed that the band initially wasn’t interested in making the film. He credits the director, Adrian Maben, for getting them to do it.“Someone that should be mentioned […]

todayApril 18, 2025

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Some of Robbie Robertson’s final music to appear in new History Channel documentary

Kevin Mazur/WireImageMusic from the late Robbie Robertson will be featured in the new History Channel documentary Sitting Bull, Rolling Stone reports.The score features music Robertson made with his son, Sebastian Robertson, and is among the final pieces of music Robbie worked on before his August 2023 death.“We were thrilled by the prospect and dove right in,” Sebastian tells the mag of the project. “This was a complicated time in our lives as my dad’s health was declining. However, like for a lot of us, the […]

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Simple Minds documentary hitting theaters in June

Javier Bragado/RedfernsA documentary about Scottish rockers Simple Minds is set to hit U.S. theaters in June.Deadline reports that Greenwich Entertainment has picked up the North American rights to Simple Minds Everything is Possible, from director Joss Crowley.“From working-class kids in post-industrial Glasgow to rock stars playing Live Aid, this is the unlikely story of an extraordinary band that continues touring around the world to this day," reads the film description.Simple Minds formed in Glasgow in 1977, with frontman Jim Kerr and […]

todayApril 17, 2025

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Def Leppard to headline inaugural Rock the Tides destination festival

FesticationDef Leppard is set to headline the inaugural Rock the Tides, a new destination festival taking place Nov. 7-9 in Riviera Maya, Mexico.The festival will also be headlined by Mötley Crüe, with Poison's Bret Michaels, Extreme, The Struts, Buckcherry, Dorothy and Living Colour rounding out the bill.Presales begin April 23 at 10 a.m. PT. For more info, visit RocktheTides.com.This isn't the first time Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe have shared a bill. In fact, they co-headlined tours together in 2022 and 2023.Def […]

todayApril 17, 2025

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