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Disney/Michael J. Le Brecht II In his classic song "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters," Elton John sang, "Now I know that rose trees never grow in New York City." But London is another story.An Elton John-branded rose will make its debut May 20 at London's Chelsea Flower Show, organized by the Royal Horticultural Society, the U.K.'s leading gardening charity. The flower, created by Harkness Roses, is a hybrid tea rose with […]

Fans at Jim Morrison's grave with bust, 1983; Illustré/RDB/ullstein bild via Getty Images A sculpture of Jim Morrison, which went missing from his Paris gravesite in 1988, has been found.French police found the marble bust of the singer while carrying out a search in an unrelated fraud case. A photo on Instagram shows the sculpture much as it appeared when it disappeared: It's covered in graffiti and is missing a piece […]

Gary Miller/Getty Images When drummer Josh Freese revealed the news Friday that he'd been let go from Foo Fighters, he signed off by writing, "Stay tuned for my 'Top 10 possible reasons Josh got booted from the Foo Fighters' list." As it turns out, he wasn't kidding.Freese has now unveiled a David Letterman-esque list of 10 explanations for his Foos departure, including "Once whistled 'My Hero' for a week solid on […]

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images Welcome to the Guns N' Roses Instagram, it's got footage of Axl Rose falling down.The rock icons have shared a video compiling clips of their lead singer wiping out onstage over the years, set to their hit "Welcome to the Jungle." The footage ranges from GN'R's early days in the '80s to their more recent tours with Slash and Duff McKagan back in the band."Guns N' Roses […]

Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic A movie about the life of Ozzy Osbourne will have its theatrical premiere in the Prince of Darkness' hometown, a day before his final concert with Black Sabbath.The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne will screen July 4 at Millennium Point in Birmingham. There will be two screenings, with all profits donated to charity. Ozzy's son, Jack Osbourne, will also be doing a live Q&A after the later screening.The film traces […]

Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images Soundgarden bassist Ben Shepherd has revealed the name of a song off the band's unreleased album, which they'd been working on leading up to the 2017 death of frontman Chris Cornell.In an Instagram post marking the anniversary of Cornell's May 18 death, Shepherd shares that he's been thinking of a song called "The Road Less Traveled," which Chris and drummer Matt Cameron had written "for our album that […]

Shirlaine Forrest/Getty Images After Bruce Springsteen denounced President Donald Trump onstage in the U.K., Trump fired back on Truth Social, warning The Boss to "KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT until he gets back into the Country."  Now, Trump is calling for an investigation into Springsteen's support of Kamala Harris, as well as the support of other celebrities.According to Rolling Stone, on Saturday at his second concert in Manchester, England, Springsteen once again criticized […]

On This Day, May 19, 1986 ...Former Genesis frontman Peter Gabriel released his fifth solo album, So, produced by Daniel Lanois.The album became Gabriel’s biggest commercial success, moving over 5 million copies in the U.S. and peaking at #2 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart.So featured the #1 song "Sledgehammer," as well as hits like "Big Time," "In Your Eyes" and “Don’t Give Up” with Kate Bush."Sledgehammer" earned Gabriel three […]

Astrida Valigorsky/Getty Images In case it needed to be said, Dave Navarro has confirmed that Jane's Addiction is indeed done for good.You probably already thought that when frontman Perry Farrell threw a punch at Navarro onstage during a September 2024 show in Boston, after which the band announced that they were taking "some time way as a group."In an interview with Guitar Player about the best and worst gigs of his […]