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UMG Nashville Ringo Starr recently released the new country album Look Up, co-written and produced by T Bone Burnett. It features 11 songs, with special guest appearances by Molly Tuttle, Billy Strings, Lucius, Larkin Poe and Alison Krauss.This isn’t Ringo’s first foray into country music, and he recently told reporters that he loves the genre because it’s “emotional music.”“I'm quite an emotional person myself,” he said, joking that “in the '50s, every […]

Stefan M. Prager/Redferns British guitarist John Sykes, a member of both Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake, has passed away at the age of 65. His death was announced in a post on his official Facebook page. “It is with great sorrow we share that John Sykes has passed away after a hard fought battle with cancer,” read a message on the site. “He will be remembered by many as a man with exceptional […]

Taylor Hill/Getty Images for Dayglo Presents Photographer Danny Clinch is helping to raise money for victims of the country’s recent natural disasters.The Transparent Clinch Gallery has just launched a new fundraiser that will benefit the Soulshine Fund, helping those in Florida and Western North Carolina who were impacted by hurricanes Helene and Milton.The gallery is offering up three different 8-by-10 fine art photography prints taken by Clinch at the Soulshine […]

Denise Truscello/WireImage Def Leppard returned to the stage Saturday, but they were without one of their key band members.Guitarist Vivian Campbell did not perform at the band's show at Feria Estatal De León in León, Mexico, and instead Phil Collen's guitar tech John Zocco filled in.Fan-shot video posted to YouTube shows Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott telling the crowd that Campbell had to miss the concert because “he's just recovering from some treatment […]

Debra L Rothenberg/Getty Images Bruce Springsteen hit the stage for the first time in 2025 Saturday night, making a surprise appearance at the 25th anniversary Light of Day concert at the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank, New Jersey, the Asbury Park Press reports.Springsteen made his first appearance of the night joining New York City punk fixture Jesse Malin onstage, performing Malin’s tracks “Broken Radio” and “Glitter in the Gutter.”Malin, who had a […]

courtesy of Julien's Auctions An early draft of Bob Dylan’s lyrics to “Mr. Tambourine Man” sold for $508,000 at the Celebrating Bob Dylan: The Aronowitz Archive, T Bone Burnett & More auction conducted by Julien’s Auctions over the weekend.The typewritten lyrics came from the archive of the late music journalist Al Aronowitz and were expected to sell for between $400,000 and $600,000.The auction included 60 Dylan items from the Aronowitz collection […]

On This Day, Jan 20, 1988...The Beatles and Bob Dylan were among the artists inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, in a ceremony held in New York.The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger inducted the band into the Rock Hall. George Harrison and Ringo Starr were on hand to accept the honor, along with Yoko Ono, Julian Lennon and Sean Lennon, accepting on behalf of John Lennon.Paul McCartney did not attend, citing “still-existing […]

More artists have joined the lineup of the FireAid benefit show, taking place Jan. 30 at two venues in Inglewood, California, the Intuit Dome and the Kia Forum.The Black Crowes and Rock & Roll Hall of Famers John Fogerty and Graham Nash are now set to perform at the event. Nash’s addition sets up the possibility of a reunion with his Crosby, Stills & Nash bandmate Stephen Stills, who was already confirmed to […]

Sony Music There’s a ton of talk about Bob Dylan these days thanks to the biopic A Complete Unknown, but there’s another reason people should be celebrating the legendary performer.Monday, Jan. 20, marks the 50th anniversary of Dylan’s 15th studio album, Blood on the Tracks, which is often revered by critics as one of Dylan’s best albums.Dylan began working on the record as he was experiencing turmoil in his marriage to wife Sara. […]