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On This Day, March 18, 1972...Neil Young topped the Billboard singles chart with “Heart of Gold,” his first, and to this day, only solo #1 single.The track featured backup vocals from Lind...

Dave Benett/Getty ImagesQueen has been named Laureate for the 2025 Polar Music Prize. The band will be honored, along with jazz pianist Herbie Hancock and soprano/conductor Barbara Hannigan, at a cere...

Jim Dyson/Getty ImagesHaving the support of Paul McCartney seems to go a long way. At least that was the case for PETA’s latest campaign to get Peet’s Coffee to stop charging extra for pla...

Jesse Colin Young in 1975; Ed Perlstein/Redferns/Getty ImagesJesse Colin Young, the voice heard on the Youngbloods' iconic hit "Get Together," died Sunday at his home in Aiken, South Carolina. He was ...

Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagicThe Beach Boys’ Al Jardine is planning to head out on the road this year backed by his former bandmate Brian Wilson’s longtime backing band, Rolling Stone rep...

Nicholas Hunt/Getty ImagesJames Taylor’s music could soon be at the center of a new stage musical.A new musical is in early development that will be based around the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame...

Disney/Michael Le Brecht II; Jim Dyson/Getty ImagesWhen Dua Lipa sang that she can take you for a ride in her hit "Levitating," perhaps she was referring to a ride on the "Highway to Hell."The po...

Denise Truscello/Getty Images for Palms Resort & CasinoFormer Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant is heading out on another tour with his acoustic band, Saving Grace, featuring Suzi Dian.Dubbed the...

courtesy of Live NationEarth, Wind & Fire are heading back to Las Vegas in the fall.The R&B group has announced nine new residency dates at The Venetian Theatre inside The Venetian Resort Las ...

Sonja Flemming/CBS via Getty ImagesStevie Wonder has been added as a headliner to the BST Hyde Park concert series in England this summer. The series takes place in London's famous Hyde Park...