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Scott Dudelson/Getty Images A happy birthday goes out to ZZ Top guitarist Billy F. Gibbons, who turns 75 on Monday.Gibbons, known for his signature long beard, formed ZZ Top in 1969, recruiting Dusty Hil on bass and vocals, and drummer Frank “Rube” Beard. The trio released their debut album, ZZ Top’s First Album, in 1971, incorporating a variety of musical genres, including blues, hard rock and Southern rock. They went on […]

Rita Barros/Getty Images Art Garfunkel has shared more details about his recent reunion with singing partner Paul Simon.Back in November, the musician shared that he and Simon had an emotional lunch together, noting he cried when Simon told him how much he had hurt him with comments he made in an old interview. Those comments led to their yearslong estrangement.In a new interview with NME, Garfunkel admits he likely said […]

Taylor Hill/WireImage Bruce Springsteen and The Rolling Stones were among the top worldwide touring acts of 2024, according to a new report by Pollstar.While Taylor Swift topped the list with her Eras tour grossing over $1 billion, Springsteen & The E Street Band landed at #5, bringing in over $250 million from 44 shows worldwide, while The Stones are at #6, grossing over $235 mil. Other acts making the worldwide list […]

Capitol Records Fans of The Beatles were out in full force for Record Store Day Black Friday.Billboard reports that the Fab Four’s “I Want To Hold Your Hand”/”I Saw Her Standing There” 7-inch vinyl was the top-selling single on Record Store Day Black Friday, while the 3-inch vinyl release of “All My Loving” came in at #5.Stevie Nicks also had one of the bestselling singles, with the white-colored 7-inch vinyl of her latest […]

Dave Benett/Getty Images for Rachel Fuller and Pete Townshend Pete Townshend is once again sharing some information about the future of The Who. In an interview with Variety, the rocker continued to tease a possible Who tour next year, sharing, “I know that if Roger (Daltrey) and I do tour again, as I’m sure we will, it will probably be one of the last periods that we tour.”Pete made similar comments […]

Frontiers Music Blue Öyster Cult’s new live album, 50th Anniversary Live – Third Night, is out now, and to celebrate the release the band has debuted a new performance video for the track “I Love The Night.”The album features a concert recorded during the final night of the band’s 2022 three-night stand at Sony Hall in New York. The shows had BOC playing their first three albums in their entirety, one each night, […]

Sony Music Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour is giving fans a taste of his most recent solo tour, which wrapped in November. The rocker just released a live recording of “The Piper’s Call,” which was the first single off his latest solo album, Luck and Strange.“The Piper's Call Live Around The World" is a mash-up of performances from throughout his Luck and Strange tour. It features clips from The Brighton Centre in Brighton, England, Rome’s […]

Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic U2’s Larry Mullen Jr. has issues with numbers, and it’s more than just not being good at math.In an interview with the U.K.’s Times Radio, the U2 drummer shared that he’s recently been diagnosed with dyscalculia, a learning disability that results in difficulty learning or comprehending arithmetic, sometimes referred to as “math dyslexia.” “I’ve always known that there’s something not particularly right with the way that I deal with numbers. […]

On This Day, Dec. 13, 2008 ...Joe Walsh married Marjorie Bach in Los Angeles, California. Bach is the sister of actress Barbara Bach, who has been married to Ringo Starr since 1981, meaning the union made Walsh Ringo’s brother-in-law.This was the fifth marriage for the 77-year-old Eagles guitarist. He was previously married to Margie Walsh in the '60s, Stefany Rhodes from 1971 to 1978, Juanita Boyer from 1980 to 1988 and Denise Driscoll from 1999 to 2006.In addition to being related, Walsh and Starr have […]