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Previously unseen footage from David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust tour released
Parlophone RecordsPreviously unseen footage of David Bowie has just been released to help promote the upcoming Dolby Atmos release of The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars.The ...
Jill Lances Aug 27, 2024

On This Day, Aug. 27, 1967: The Beatles manager Brian Epstein died
On This Day, Aug. 27, 1967 ...The Beatles manager Brian Epstein died at the age of 32.Epstein died from a drug overdose and was found by his butler in his London home, although his staff removed ...
Jill Lances Aug 27, 2024

Patti Smith fights to save New York garden from demolition
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Gordon Parks FoundationPatti Smith is one of several famous New Yorkers fighting to save a public garden in Manhattan, and it’s a location that...
Jill Lances Aug 27, 2024

Joey Ramone’s brother sues Johnny Ramone's widow for trademark infringement for using the Ramones name
Sire Records/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesThe battle between Joey Ramone’s brother Mitchel Hyman (better known as Mickey Leigh) and Johnny Ramone’s widow Linda Cummings-Ramone continu...
Jill Lances Aug 26, 2024

Steve Miller on success of Eminem collaboration: “I’d never seen anything like it”
Nicholas Hunt/Getty ImagesEarlier this year, Eminem sampled Steve Miller Band’s '80s classic “Abracadabra” for his track "Houdini," and Miller says he’s amazed at how fast...
Jill Lances Aug 26, 2024

Metallica fans are still turning down free Snake Pit passes
ABC/Randy HolmesDuring the first U.S. leg of their M72 tour in 2023, Metallica uploaded a video of fans being offered free passes to the exclusive Snake Pit section of the crowd, only to turn them dow...
Josh Johnson Aug 26, 2024

David Gilmour changes his mind about playing Pink Floyd songs on tour
Roberto Panucci/Corbis via Getty ImagesPink Floyd’s David Gilmour is set to launch a solo tour this fall in support of his upcoming solo album, Luck and Strange, and it seems he’...
Jill Lances Aug 26, 2024

Tom Petty website launches countdown to “something special”
Jason Merritt/FilmMagicLooks like Tom Petty fans have something to look forward to.The late rocker’s official Instagram account just teased that they have some big news to share and folks w...
Jill Lances Aug 26, 2024

On This Day, Aug. 26, 1970: Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Lady Studios opened in New York City
On This Day, Aug. 26, 1970 ...Electric Lady Studios, a recording studio commissioned by Jimi Hendrix, opened in New York’s Greenwich Village. It was the first commercial studio owned by an artis...
Jill Lances Aug 26, 2024

Bruce Springsteen shuts down retirement talk at Philly show
Justin Berl/Getty ImagesBruce Springsteen is turning 75 in September, and he wants fans to know that he has no plans to slow down.During his show in Philadelphia Friday night, The Boss addressed any s...
Jill Lances Aug 26, 2024
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