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UMe/Courtesy of Queen Brian May has shared another video giving insight into his 1983 side band Star Fleet Project, this time introducing folks to his bandmates, Eddie Van Halen, Alan Gratzer, Phil Chen and Fred Mandel. In the clip, May calls Van Halen “a phenomenon,” sharing that they met through Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi and that he saw him play for the first time when Van Halen opened for Sabbath. May says his first reaction to seeing Eddie play guitar was, “Wow, what is this, […]

Ian Gavan/Getty Images Paul Simon has made another catalog deal. The two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has sold the royalty rights to his Simon & Garfunkel music to BMG. The deal also includes neighboring rights income, which refers to the performance and broadcast of recordings. The deal includes albums like Sounds of Silence, Parsley Sage, Rosemary & Thyme, Bridge Over Troubled Waters and more, with such songs as “The Boxer” and “Mrs. Robinson." “In any list of the true greats, Paul […]

(NEW YORK) -- Saturday marks one year since the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that guaranteed the right to an abortion. As a result, the landscape of abortion access has shifted dramatically over the past year, with the decision of access left up to each state. Some states had trigger laws banning abortion that went into effect once the decision came […]

(NEW YORK) -- Washington state has overtaken California as the state with the highest gasoline prices. The average price of regular gas in Washington is $4.93 a gallon, up 33 cents from the same time a month ago, according to AAA. California's average price for regular gas is $4.86 a gallon, 7 cents cheaper than Washington, AAA data shows. The price of gas in the state is up 6 cents […]

Travis Denning is releasing his new song, "Things I'm Going Through," on Friday, June 23. Hear a snippet of the track on Travis' Twitter now.Ashley Cooke's debut album, Shot in the Dark, will arrive on July 21 via Big Loud Records. The expansive 24-track project will feature as-yet-unreleased collaborations with Nate Smith, Jackson Dean and Colbie Caillat, as well as Brett Young on "Never Til Now," which is out now. Ian Munsick's hitting the road this fall on his headlining The Buffalo Roams Tour. Randall […]

Capitol/UMe Billy Idol is celebrating the album that started it all for him. The rocker is releasing an expanded edition of his 1982 self-titled debut, with lots of new goodies for fans. The new release, dropping July 28, will feature a previously unreleased 12-minute Clubland Extended Remix of his classic tune “White Wedding.” In addition, the two-CD set will feature a separate album with a previously unreleased concert, recorded August 12, 1982, […]

Cattle Track Road Records/painting by Ed Mell Nils Lofgren’s new solo album, Mountains, is due out in July, and he’s just shared another track from the record: a song inspired by the late Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, who passed away in August 2021. “Won’t Cry No More (For Charlie Watts)” is described as "a song about loss and perseverance." “Without the Beatles, Stones, (Jimi) Hendrix, this music of mine wouldn’t exist,” Lofgren shares. “I was so furious […]

(NEW YORK) -- A submersible carrying five people has gone missing while on a tour of the underwater wreckage of the Titanic off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. The deep-sea vessel, operated by OceanGate Expeditions, lost contact about an hour and 45 minutes after submerging on Sunday morning with a 96-hour oxygen supply. The United States Coast Guard, in coordination with the Canadian Coast Guard and the Canadian Armed Forces, immediately […]

Downton Abbey alum Dan Stevens has joined the cast of Hulu's Solar Opposites' fourth season as the new voice of grouchy alien Korvo, replacing series co-creator Justin Roiland who was ousted from the show amid domestic violence charges against him that were later dismissed. The streamer promises the upcoming season will "pack up the sci-fi and get normal ... for a second. Then it’s back to classic Solar chaos, mayhem in the Wall, […]