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The Beach Boys mastermind Brian Wilson has died at age 82. The Beach Boys are known for their hit singles, but also for one particular album – 1966’s Pet Sounds – which changed music forever. Composed almost single-handedly by Wilson, it marked the first time a pop-rock group had expanded its sound beyond the standard guitar/drums/bass configuration into something so complex that it was impossible to reproduce live.Giles Martin, who remixed Pet […]

Founding Beach Boys singer, songwriter and creative mastermind Brian Wilson has died. He was 82."We are heartbroken to announce that our beloved father Brian Wilson has passed away. We are at a loss for words right now," read a post on Wilson's Facebook page. "Please respect our privacy at this time as our family is grieving. We realize that we are sharing our grief with the world," with the post signed, "Love & […]

Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Crossroads Guitar Festival Eric Clapton is shooting down rumors about his health.A story on Radar claims that the three-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has been using a wheelchair due to a nerve disease, but the report is now being shot down."There is no validity to the false information circulating online claiming Eric is reliant on a handicap-equipped van and wheelchair to attend his shows," reads […]

courtesy of Nancy Wilson There’s good news for Heart’s Nancy Wilson.The Atlantic City Police Department announced on Facebook that they have recovered the rocker's custom purple sparkle baritone Telecaster, which had been stolen from the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City following Heart's performance there May 31.Garfield Bennett was arrested for the theft on June 5. The statement from the ACPD says officers had tracked his movements using surveillance cameras, which […]

On This Day, June 11, 2002…Beatles legend Paul McCartney married his second wife, Heather Mills, a former model and activist, whose leg was amputated in 1993 after she was run over by a police motorcycle in London.The couple wed at Castle Leslie in the village of Glaslough in County Monaghan, Ireland, with the celebration attended by several celebrities, including McCartney’s Beatles bandmate Ringo Starr.The wedding took place four years after […]

Al Pereira/Getty Images R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe is one of the many artists contributing to a new double vinyl compilation called Democracy Forward, dropping July 4.The double album is being released by the legal organization Democracy Forward and The Bitter Southerner, with Stipe's contribution listed as "Invocation."Other artists on the album include Wilco, Brandi Carlile, Brittany Howard, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Jim James, John Prine and Tyler Childers.Proceeds from the […]

Robin L Marshall/Getty Images Back in March KISS announced the KISS Army Storms Vegas fan event, which will feature an unmasked electric performance by Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, but now Stanley says plans for the event may be changing.In a new appearance on the Broken Record Podcast, Stanley says they will still perform, but the plan is to make some changes so it more closely represents a KISS Kruise."It started […]

ABC/Randy Holmes Lenny Kravitz has paid musical tribute to Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Sly Stone, frontman of the legendary group Sly and the Family Stone, whose death was announced Monday. He was 82.Kravitz shared video on Instagram of him playing guitar to Sly and the Family Stone’s classic track "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)," captioning the post, "GOOD MORNING and THANK YOU SLY."Kravitz had previously shared a tribute […]

Gary Miller/Getty Images Bob Dylan appears to be throwing his support behind the upcoming album by Machine Gun Kelly.Mgk just announced his new album, lost americana, will release on Aug. 8. He shared an album trailer, narrated by what certainly sounds like the "Like A Rolling Stone" singer."Lost americana is a personal excavation of the American dream, a journey to find what's been lost," the voice-over says. "This album is a love letter […]