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For years music fans have wondered when Foreigner and Peter Frampton were going to get recognized by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and this year they got their answer.Both Foreigner, which has been eligible since 2002, and Frampton, who's been eligible since 1997, finally got chosen for induction, thanks to not only fan support but the backing of some big-name artists — especially in the case of Foreigner.That was evident when […]

Robin Little/Redferns for ABA The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde is sharing some of her favorite things about 2024."My end of ’24 good wishes to all. I always look forward to a new beginning and here we go. Thanks again to all of you who came to see us on tour," she wrote in a post on social media. "In case anybody is interested - here’s my personal highlights of ’24."Like a lot […]

Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures A Complete Unknown director James Mangold has said in interviews that Bob Dylan gave his input on the film before it began production, and according to one of the film's producers, Peter Jaysen, that included acting out the film with the director before signing off on the project.“Bob Dylan had approval over the script. He had meaningful input. He met with Jim Mangold multiple times,” Jaysen revealed during […]

Taylor Hill/Getty Images for Dayglo Presents Gov’t Mule is once again set to ring in the new year at New York’s Beacon Theatre, with shows set for Dec. 30 and Dec. 31, and the venue is certainly one place frontman Warren Haynes is familiar with.“The Beacon Theater is the place that I played more than any place on the planet,” he tells ABC Audio. “I think I've played there over 300 times now, which […]

Erika Goldring/Getty Images Neil Young has treated fans to another performance of a song he rarely plays live.Following a recent fireside session, in which he shared a performance of “Silver and Gold,” a song he hadn’t played live since 2007, the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has now shared a second fireside session. This time he featured a performance of “Pardon My Heart,” a track from his 1975 album, Zuma.The latest […]

On This Day, Dec. 30, 1999 ...The Beatles' George Harrison and his wife, Olivia Harrison, were attacked in their Friar Park estate by a 34-year-old mentally ill intruder named Michael Abram.Abram punctured George's lung with a kitchen knife and stabbed him more than 40 times. Abram was finally stopped by Olivia, who repeatedly struck him with a fireplace poker and a lamp.In the hospital, George had to have part of his punctured lung removed.Abrams was […]

There certainly were a lot of big things happening in music in 2024. Here's a roundup of some of the other music stories that made headlines this year:- The four members of R.E.M. – Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck and Bill Berry – reunited for a performance of their 1991 hit “Losing My Religion” at their induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York. It was the […]

Rhino A building that once housed the Morrison Hotel, made famous on the cover of The Doors' fifth studio album of the same name, was destroyed by fire on Thursday, Variety reports.According to the outlet, 17 fire companies responded to the blaze at the building, which housed a transient hotel when it was immortalized in a 1969 photo by rock photographer Henry Diltz and was used for the album’s cover. It took […]

CBS The Grammys are coming up on Feb. 2, but before we find out the 2025 winners, CBS is giving viewers a look back at winners past with two Grammy specials, airing Dec. 27 and Dec. 29.Grammy Greats: The Stories Behind the Songs focuses on past winners of the Song of the Year category. Song of the Year and Record of the Year are different because Song goes to the people […]