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Disney World announces closing date for Rock ‘n’ Roller featuring Aerosmith Disney World has announced the last date of operation for the Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith.It was previously reported that Aerosmith’s video intro for the ride, which featured Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, had been removed in order for construction to start on a Muppets revamp of the roller coaster. Disney World’s website has since revealed that the last […]

American keyboardist, singer and songwriter Billy Preston (1949-2006), circa 1975. (Photo by Watal Asanuma/Shinko Music/Getty Images) A documentary on Grammy winner Billy Preston is coming to theaters in February.Billy Preston: That's The Way God Planned It was directed by Emmy winner Paris Barclay and premiered at South by Southwest. It's set to open Feb. 20 at the Film Forum in New York City, with plans to release it in select theaters in North […]

Cover of Freddie Mercury's 'Mr Bad Guy'/(Hollywood Records) The second episode of the three-part YouTube series looking back at Freddie Mercury’s debut solo album, Mr Bad Guy, has just been released.Archival footage of Mercury’s 1985 interview with journalist David Wigg looks at the Queen frontman's approach to songwriting, with Mercury noting “the actual structure of the melody comes easy to me, it’s the lyrical content I find hard.”“I like to write nice little catchy tunes, […]

"When Love Comes to Town" cover single artwork. (KTBA Records) Slash and his Conspirators bandmate Myles Kennedy are featured on a new cover of U2 and B.B. King's collaborative 1989 single, "When Love Comes to Town."The cover is part of blues rocker Joe Bonamassa's King tribute album, B.B. King's Blues Summit 100. It also features blues singer Shemekia Copeland, who handles King's vocals while Kennedy sings Bono's parts."We knew early on we wanted to […]

Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder. (ABC) Rock stars including Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, Anthony Kiedis of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Slash and Duff McKagan of Guns N' Roses and Yungblud all performed at a private company party Thursday at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York.The night's house band was Smith & Watt Steakhouse, which features RHCP drummer Chad Smith and producer Andrew Watt.You can watch footage of a Yungblud-fronted cover of […]

Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones attend the premiere of 'Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day' at Ziegfeld Theatre on October 9, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images) On Dec. 10, 2007, the surviving members of Led Zeppelin — Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones — reunited for their first concert together in 19 years at the Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert at London’s O2 Arena. And Page […]

On This Day, Dec. 12, 2012 ...12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief was held at New York’s Madison Square Garden to raise money for the victims of Hurricane Sandy, which struck portions of the Northeastern United States, the Caribbean and the Mid-Atlantic in late October 2012.The concert featured performances by Bruce Springsteen, The Who, Bon Jovi, Eric Clapton, Billy Joel, The Rolling Stones, Roger Waters with Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, […]

Lenny Kravitz on Jimmy Kimmel Live!/(ABC/Randy Holmes) Lenny Kravitz is set to appear in the upcoming James Bond action adventure video game 007 First Light, from IO Interactive.Kravitz will play the villain Bawma in the game, which will be a Bond origin story. Bawma is described as “the largest black-market dealer in the Western Hemisphere who’s as charismatic as he is unpredictable,” with the description adding, “He rose from nothing, broke […]

Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' artwork/(Hollywood Records/EMI) Queen’s iconic #1 hit "Bohemian Rhapsody" has reached a new milestone on YouTube.The video for the 1975 song has just surpassed 2 billion views on the site, making it the oldest song to ever reach such a milestone.This has been a big year for "Bohemian Rhapsody," as Queen celebrated the song's 50th anniversary in October. To mark the occasion they released the single on transparent blue heavyweight 12-inch vinyl, as a […]