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Bon Jovi's 'Slippery When Wet' deluxe and vinyl versions coming in February
UMeIf you've always "Wanted" a deluxe edition of Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet — "Dead or Alive" — your dream has come true.The band will release a deluxe version of their world-beatin...
Andrea Dresdale Jan 07, 2025

Blondie’s Debbie Harry on the downside of turning 80: ‘Everyone’s gone already’
Mike Coppola/Getty Images for The Daily Front RowBlondie's Debbie Harry will turn 80 in July. So, how does she feel about celebrating such a milestone birthday?“I don’t walk arou...
Jill Lances Jan 07, 2025

After more than 300 weeks, Elton John album may finally hit #1
Sonja Flemming/CBSTalk about a slow climb to #1: An Elton John album is looking like it's finally going to top the U.K. chart after hanging around in the Top 40 for more than 300 weeks.Elton's greates...
Andrea Dresdale Jan 06, 2025

Bruce Springsteen to guest on new album from The Waterboys
Sun RecordsBruce Springsteen is set to make a guest appearance on a brand new album from The Waterboys.Life, Death and Dennis Hopper, the band’s 16th record, is set to drop April 14, with S...
Jill Lances Jan 06, 2025

The Black Crowes to play Boston Calling in May
Ethan Miller/Getty ImagesThe Black Crowes are set to play Boston Calling this year. The three-day festival is happening Memorial Day weekend, May 23-25, in Allston, Massachusetts.The band is part...
Jill Lances Jan 06, 2025

U2’s Bono pens essay on freedom following Presidential Medal of Freedom honor
Leigh Vogel/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesU2 frontman Bono received the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Saturday, and in honor of the occasion he’s penned a new essay for The Atlantic, titled T...
Jill Lances Jan 06, 2025

Rush’s Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson reveal biggest regret about final tour
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Comedy CentralRush launched their final tour in 2015, which hit only the U.S. and Canada, and surviving band members Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson reveal they regret they cou...
Jill Lances Jan 06, 2025

AiC's Jerry Cantrell 'kind of' discussed collaborating with Metallica's James Hetfield
Tim Mosenfelder/Getty ImagesJerry Cantrell's new solo album, I Want Blood, features contributions from Metallica's Robert Trujillo. In an interview with Metal Hammer, the Alice in Chains voc...
Josh Johnson Jan 06, 2025

On This Day, Jan. 6, 1987: Eric Clapton kicked off his first Royal Albert Hall residency
On This Day, Jan. 6, 1987 ...Eric Clapton kicked off a six-night residency at London’s Royal Albert Hall, treating the crowd to such classic songs as “I Shot the Sheriff,” “Won...
Jill Lances Jan 06, 2025

Julian Lennon says he isn’t part of The Beatles' ‘inner circle’
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty ImagesWhile The Beatles broke up in 1970, they're still very much part of popular culture, with the past few years seeing the release of Peter Jackson’s Got Back docuserie...
Jill Lances Jan 06, 2025
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