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Courtesy of Mötley Crüe Mötley Crüe kicked off their Hollywood takeover Monday night, and they certainly made quite an entrance.The rockers shared video of highlights from night one at The Troubadour on the Sunset Strip, which shows them getting dumped out of the back of a green garbage truck, much to the delight of their gathered fans. According to setlist.fm, the band treated the crowd to a set filled with hits, including “Shout at […]

Harper Collins Van Halen fans are getting their first preview of Alex Van Halen’s upcoming memoir, Brothers, with a 4 1/2-minute audio sample shared on Spotify.In a clip titled “Overture,” Alex talks to and about his late brother and Van Halen bandmate, Eddie Van Halen, sharing, “Without my brother I would not be ... there is a bond and unconditional love very few people ever experience in their lifetime.”“Music was our heart and soul. That's […]

On This Day, Oct. 9, 1985 ...John Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono, joined The Beatles fans for the opening of Strawberry Fields in New York’s Central Park, a memorial to the late Beatle named after the Lennon-penned track “Strawberry Fields Forever.”Located on Central Park West at 72nd Street, the 5-acre plot of land features a circular memorial with a mosaic of stones with the word “Imagine,” the title of Lennon’s iconic tune. It is located […]

Joy Malone/Getty Images R.E.M. has contributed a song to a new compilation album aimed at helping those devastated by Hurricane Helene.Cardinals at the Window: A Benefit for Flood Relief in Western North Carolina is out now on Bandcamp, with R.E.M. contributing a live performance of the Document track “King of Birds,” recorded in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1989.The album features 136 songs and was put together by three North Carolina […]

courtesy of Kino Lorber The new documentary Daytime Revolution is in theaters now, giving fans a look at the surprising week in February 1972 when John Lennon and Yoko Ono produced and co-hosted the popular daytime talk show The Mike Douglas Show. The film’s director, Erik Nelson, tells ABC Audio the music superstars “in essence hijacked” the show, calling it “an amazing piece of cultural and political history.”“In my opinion, it represented the high watermark of the entire '60s, as […]

Bobby Bank/Getty Images Graham Nash has set his first shows for 2025.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has announced dates for the spring leg of his More Evenings of Songs And Stories tour. The leg kicks off with a two-night stand, March 29 and March 30, in Easton, Maryland, and wraps with a two-night stand in San Francisco, April 22 and April 23.Tickets for all shows go on sale Friday.Nash is currently on […]

Courtesy of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello will induct MC5 into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.The influential proto-punk outfit is included in the 2024 class with the Musical Excellence Award. The honor comes after the 2024 deaths of band members Wayne Kramer and Dennis Thompson, who were the final surviving members of the classic Kick Out the Jams lineup.Morello has long spoken of MC5's […]

ABC/Randy Holmes Lenny Kravitz is taking a trip down memory lane on social media, giving fans a tour of some of the places he lived while growing up in New York.Back in September, Lenny took fans to the apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side where he lived with his parents, and now he’s giving folks a tour of Bed-Stuy Brooklyn.“Here we are in Bed-Stuy Brooklyn on the corner of Troop and Kosciusko,” he says in a new […]

Taylor Hill/WireImage Joni Mitchell is set to headline two nights at the Hollywood Bowl, her first time playing the venue in 24 years, and it sounds like fans are in for some surprises.The shows, dubbed Joni Mitchell & The Joni Jam, are happening Oct. 18 and Oct. 19, with Brandi Carlile among the artists joining her onstage. During an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Carlile teased fans with what […]