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On This Day, Dec. 18, 1983 ...The Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards celebrated his 40th birthday by marrying 27-year-old model Patti Hansen. The couple first met in 1979.They have two daughters together, Theodora Dupree, born in 1985, and Alexandra Nicole, born in 1986, and are still together to this day.Although the marriage was the first for Richards, he had previously been involved with Italian-born actress Anita Pallenberg from 1967 to 1979. The couple had three children together: son Marlon, born […]

Ki Price/WireImage Pretenders frontwoman Chrissie Hynde has shared an end-of-the-year message on social media, and in it she sort of apologizes to fans for some of her behavior.“What a year! We had a great tour thanks to you, our audience, for coming to see us. Thank-you SOOOOO much! We can’t do this without you and we cannot thank you enough for being there for us,” she begins the message, before […]

Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures The Bob Dylan movie A Complete Unknown, starring Timothée Chalamet, tells the story of a 19-year-old Dylan as he arrives in New York in the early '60s and gets immersed in the folk music scene, through his controversial electric performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965.Chalamet tells ABC News looking at footage of Dylan’s performance at the festival, it’s easy to see an artist coming into his […]

Island Records U2 is giving fans a peek inside the studio with some never-before-seen footage of a recording session for their 2004 album, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb.The video, shared on Instagram, shows the band working on the track “Original of the Species” at Air Studios Lyndhurst Hall in London. In one clip they are backed by a full orchestra. “I have a lot of fun putting songs together, you know, for […]

Mercury Records Eighty-nine songs were eligible to be nominated for Best Original Song at the Academy Awards in 2025, but only 15 of them have made the short list — and one of them is by Elton John."Never Too Late," written by Elton, his friend Brandi Carlile, Bernie Taupin and producer Andrew Watt, is now officially eligible for an Oscar nomination. The song plays over the end credits of the documentary […]

Courtesy of Sweet Relief Musicians Fund Legendary folk singer and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Joan Baez will be celebrated with a tribute concert in February, featuring Bonnie Raitt, Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello, Hozier, Lucinda Williams and more.The event, A Night to Honor Joan Baez, will take place Feb. 8 at Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco, with Baez expected to perform. Other artists on the bill include Emmylou Harris, […]

Jim Bennett/Getty Images A docuseries about the history of heavy metal is in the works with Hulu, Deadline reports.The eight-part series is set to premiere in 2025. Its working title is Into the Void, a reference to Black Sabbath's Master of Reality song."The sonic worlds created by the genre's boldest icons are rich with untold history and unimaginable trials and tribulations," executive producer Evan Husney writes in an Instagram post. "We're excited […]

courtesy of Julien's Auctions With everyone talking about Bob Dylan and the upcoming movie A Complete Unknown, Julien's Auctions is getting in on the interest, announcing a new auction of Dylan memorabilia in January.Celebrating Bob Dylan: The Aronowitz Archive, T Bone Burnett & More will take place Jan. 18 at Nashville’s Music Hall of Fame and feature a whole host of collectibles, including an early draft of Dylan's classic tune “Mr. Tambourine […]

On This Day, Dec. 17, 1958 ...R.E.M. bassist and founding member Mike Mills was born in Orange County, California. He is best known for his songwriting and harmonizing backing vocals.After becoming a huge local success in Athens, Georgia, R.E.M. recorded their first single, “Radio Free Europe,” in 1981, which became a hit. They recorded their debut EP, Chronic Town, in October 1981. It was released on I.R.S. records in August 1982, with […]