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Daniel Knighton/Getty Images Sunday, Jan. 26, would have been guitarist Eddie Van Halen’s 70th birthday, and his family and bandmates marked the occasion on social media.The late rocker’s son, Mammoth WVH frontman Wolfgang Van Halen, shared a photo of his dad with his finger up his nose, captioning the shot, “70. That’s a lot of candles. Happy Birthday, Pop. Love and miss you more than you could ever know.”Former Van Halen frontman […]

On This Day, Jan 27, 1970…John Lennon wrote and recorded the single “Instant Karma” in one day, at one point telling reporters he “wrote it for breakfast, recorded it for lunch, and we’re putting it out for dinner.”The song, produced by Phil Spector, featured his Beatles bandmate George Harrison on acoustic guitar and piano, with Lennon’s wife Yoko Ono and Billy Preston contributing background vocals.The inspiration for the tune came […]

Courtesy of Live Nation/photo by: Anton Corbijn Simple Minds is returning to North American for a new tour this spring.The Alive & Kicking tour, featuring special guests Soft Cell and Modern English, will hit arenas and amphitheaters across the U.S. and Canada starting May 16 in Ridgefield, Washington, and wrapping June 22 in Noblesville, Indiana."Been a while but absence makes the heart grow fonder,” says frontman Jim Kerr. “Simple Minds […]