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On This Day, June 5, 1975...Talking Heads -- David Byrne, Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz -- made their live debut at the New York club CBGB, where they opened for the Ramones.The set consisted of songs like "Psycho Killer," "The Girls Want to Be With the Girls," "I Want to Live" and more.Jerry Harrison joined the group in 1977, the same year they released their debut album, Talking Heads: 77, which included […]

Early in Part One of the new documentary Billy Joel: And So It Goes, which premiered Wednesday night at New York's Tribeca Festival, Billy sits at the piano in his palatial mansion in Long Island, which is being renovated. "It's not finished yet," he says. "And neither am I."Despite the brain disorder which kept him from attending the documentary's premiere, Billy wanted everyone to know that, as the filmmakers told the […]

Ian West/PA Images via Getty Images The Who’s March shows at London’s Royal Albert Hall helped raise a record amount of money for Teenage Cancer Trust.The Teenage Cancer Trust shows, which also included concerts by the Sex Pistols with Frank Carter and The Corrs, raised close to $2.8 million for the organization, which was a new record for the charity concerts, according to Music Week.This year marked the 25th anniversary of the Teenage Cancer […]

Utopia Films The surviving members of The Zombies are set to come together for a special screening of their documentary, Hung Up on a Dream.Rod Argent, Colin Blunstone, Chris White and Hugh Grundy, along with the film’s director, Robert Schwartzman, will be on hand for a June 24 screening and Q&A at Finsbury Park Picturehouse in London.There will also be in-person screenings with Q&As on June 26 in London’s Hackney Picturehouse and on July 5 […]

McCartney & Streisand in 2014; Kevin Mazur/WireImage Barbra Streisand has shared some behind-the-scenes footage of the recording of "My Valentine," her duet with Paul McCartney, which appears on her upcoming album, The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume Two.In the clip, Babs recalls that she and The Beatles started out at the same time, with both of their debut albums coming out in 1963."When I first heard Barbra, we just thought, 'What a […]

Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for BAM Talking Heads have been teasing fans on social media with something coming on Thursday. While some fans were speculating they were going to announce a reunion tour, the band has revealed the news — and it's actually a new video.In a post on social media, Talking Heads shared that they’ll be releasing the first-ever video for their classic tune "Psycho Killer" on Thursday at 12 p.m. ET. The clip […]

David Zonshine Don't stop believin' that you can own something from former Journey singer Steve Perry's personal archives.Handwritten lyrics to the Journey classics "Don't Stop Believin'" and "Faithfully," as well as Perry's solo hit "Foolish Heart," are among the items up for grabs at an auction that will benefit the victims of the Altadena wildfire. Perry is offering multiple items from his own collection, including Gold and Platinum plaques, vintage tour […]

On This Day, June 4, 1984…Bruce Springsteen released what would become one of his most successful albums, Born in the U.S.A.The album, recorded with The E Street Band, spent seven weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart and produced seven top-10 singles: the title track, "Dancing in the Dark," "Cover Me," "Glory Days," "I’m on Fire," "I’m Goin’ Down" and "My Hometown."Springsteen released his first music videos to […]

earMUSIC Alice Cooper has released a new song called "Wild Ones," recorded with his original bandmates for his upcoming album, The Revenge of Alice Cooper."Wild Ones" is inspired by the '50s Marlon Brando film The Wild One. As a press release puts it, "The track channels the same defiant spirit that once rattled middle America and helped define a generation."You can listen to "Wild Ones" now via digital outlets and watch its accompanying […]