Rev Rock Report

On This Day, Feb. 4, 1977…Fleetwood Mac released their 11th studio album Rumours, which became a huge commercial success for the band.The album topped Billboard 200 Albums chart and would go on to spend 31 nonconsecutive weeks at #1, thanks to four top-10 hits: “Dreams,” their only #1 song; “Go Your Own Way”; “Don’t Stop”; and “You Make Loving Fun.”Rumours won Album of the Year at the Grammys in 1978 […]

NBC Universal Dave Grohl has been added to the lineup of Saturday Night Live's upcoming 50th anniversary music special, SNL50: The Homecoming Concert.ABC Audio has confirmed the Foo Fighters frontman's involvement in the show after he was included in a promo circulating online.Grohl, of course, is no stranger to SNL, having long been a member of the Five-Timers Club with the Foos. He also played the show twice with Nirvana, as well as with the […]

Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Grateful Dead was honored for their philanthropy on Friday by the Recording Academy, which named them MusiCares Person of the Year. Now the band's offshoot, Dead & Company, is giving back to the organization.The band just launched a new auction in which the lucky winner will nab a Dead & Company Sphere Experience package for four in Las Vegas.The package includes tickets to any Friday and Saturday show of their Dead […]

Disney/Randy Holmes The Beatles picked up another Grammy Award Sunday night, with their final song “Now And Then” winning best rock performance. Neither Paul McCartney nor Ringo Starr were on hand to accept the award in person, but now Ringo has reacted to their latest honor.“Wow, another Grammy. Well, done everybody,” he shared on Instagram, next to a photo of him giving the peace sign. “I send you peace and love. […]

Dave J Hogan/Getty Images for ABA Bob Dylan is going to be busy on the road this year. The rocker just announced a slew of new Rough and Rowdy Ways tour dates for the spring.Dylan previously announced only four shows, but has now has added several dates to the trek, including stops in Little Rock, Arkansas; Omaha, Nebraska; Peoria, Illinois; Kalamazoo, Michigan; and Toledo, Ohio.The tour is set to kick […]

Noam Galai/Getty Images for Tibet House US Monica Barbaro earned an Oscar nomination for playing Joan Baez in the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, and it sounds like Baez herself thinks the actress is deserving of all the praise she’s gotten.“I loved what she did in the film,” Baez tells the Marin Independent Journal. “If I didn’t think she was good at it, I probably wouldn’t have enjoyed it in […]

Mary Ellen Matthews Rock memorabilia from Paul McCartney, Stevie Nicks and more sold for big bucks at Julien’s Auctions' annual MusiCares Charity Relief Auction on Sunday.Over 60 items were donated to the auction. McCartney’s signed copy of his 2021 book, The Lyrics: 1965 to Present, personalized to the winner, brought in the most money — $63,500, which was more than 15 times over the initial estimate. The lot included an Abbey Road Studios experience […]

Musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and “The Big Bopper” J. P. Richardson died in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.The trio was touring together as part of the Winter Dance Party tour. In order to not have to travel on a cold tour bus, Holly chartered a plane to the next venue. Richards got his spot on the plane because he had the flu, and Valens got the last spot […]

Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for Janie's Fund After fracturing his vocal cords during Aerosmith’s 2023 Peace Out tour, frontman Steven Tyler was back on the stage Sunday night performing at his sixth annual Jam for Janie Grammy Awards Viewing Party in Los Angeles, backed by a variety of A-list musicians.According to Consequence, while it was announced that Tyler would be reuniting with his Aerosmith bandmates Joe Perry and Tom Hamilton, only […]