On Tuesday (December 31), Neil Young shared a message with fans on Neil Young Archives announcing that he would be backing out of performing at the 2025 Glastonbury Festival. The 79-year-old Canadian music legend explained his decision to not perform at the celebrated UK music festival in a short but scathing post simply titled, “Glastonbury.”…… read more »
Sammy Hagar took to Instagram over the weekend to look back on his time in Van Halen, while also voicing his anger about Alex Van Halen not acknowledging that era of the band in his recent memoir, Brothers. The post features a photo from 1991 of Hagar and late guitarist Eddie Van Halen heading to…… read more »
The Beatles’ recent single, “Now and Then,” was nominated for two Grammy Awards, receiving nods for both Record of the Year and Best Rock Performance. But the Fab Four’s last song together – which features Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison adding contributions to a previously unfinished 1977 John Lennon home demo – will…… read more »
Los Angeles’ historic Morrison Hotel, made famous by the Doors‘ 1970 album of the same name, was destroyed by a fire on Thursday (December 26th). The 110-year-old, four-story residence had previously sat vacant for more than a decade, though dozens of squatters were occupying the building at the time of the fire. Everyone on the…… read more »
Billy Joel celebrated New Year’s Eve by performing in front of a sold-out crowd at UBS Arena in Elmont, New York. Jason Bonham‘s Led Zeppelin Evening served as the Piano Man’s opening act, and Jason – the son of legendary Zeppelin drummer John Bonham – joined Joel halfway through his hits-filled set to lead his…… read more »
George Harrison’s Resonet Futurama guitar, which the musician played during the early years of the Beatles, sold for $1.27 million last week at a Nashville rock & roll memorabilia auction house in Nashville. Harrison originally purchased the Futurama in 1959 from a music store in Liverpool, and used it during over 324 Beatles live performances,…… read more »
The top of the Billboard chart has been dominated by pop, country, and hip-hop throughout 2024 and beyond. You have to dig deep on Billboard’s year-end best-selling albums list to find the first rock record, and when you do it’s a classic album released 47 years ago. Fleetwood Mac’s 21x-platinum 1977 album, Rumours, is the…… read more »
A new study conducted by the tattoo shop LLTattoo in Switzerland has found that Pink Floyd has inspired the most rock-band tattoos, followed by Guns ‘N Roses and Rammstein. The study was conducted by examining search volume data from Google Keyword Planner. Pink Floyd came out in first place with over 13,000 monthly searches worldwide,…… read more »
Billboard Boxscore revealed its ranking of the Top 10 highest-grossing rock tours of the last 12 months. Veteran acts dominate the entire list, with the origins of all of the groups dating back to the 20th century. The lone exception is Dead & Company, which formed in 2015 but celebrates the music of the Grateful…… read more »
Sam Goody, the one time giant record store chain that shaped music, video, and entertainment retail in the late-20th century, is set to close its last two remaining stores in early 2025. Sam Goody was once a staple of malls and shopping centers throughout North America, but their business declined rapidly with the advent of…… read more »