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Foreigner to perform with orchestra in Las Vegas
courtesy of Live NationForeigner’s classic tunes are getting an orchestral spin for a new Las Vegas residency.Foreigner: The Hits Orchestral – Celebrating 50 Years Live in Vegas will have ...
Apr 21, 2025
On This Day, April 21, 1984: Phil Collins lands his first solo #1 with 'Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)'
On This Day, April 21, 1984 …Genesis frontman and drummer Phil Collins landed his first-ever solo #1 with “Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)."The track was featured in the rom...
Apr 21, 2025
ZZ Top’s Billy F Gibbons to celebrate July 4 onstage in Ohio
Tim Mosenfelder/Getty ImagesZZ Top rocker Billy F Gibbons will be celebrating our nation’s independence onstage in Ohio.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and his ba...
Apr 21, 2025
The Who brings back Zak Starkey: ‘He's not being asked to step down’
Frank Hoensch/RedfernsThe Who and drummer Zak Starkey have made up.News the band had parted ways with their longtime touring drummer, son of Ringo Starr, came out on Wednesday, but now they&...
Apr 19, 2025
ABBA member says he wouldn't mind if the group's avatar show is still playing in 100 years
ABBA in motion-capture suits; Credit: Baillie WalshABBA's Björn Ulvaeus will turn 80 this month, which raises the question of the future of the AI-created avatar show, ABBA Voyage, which run...
Apr 18, 2025
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 ...
Apr 18, 2025
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 nom...
Apr 18, 2025
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 ...
Apr 18, 2025
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 Re...
Apr 18, 2025
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 ...
Apr 18, 2025