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On This Day, May 29, 1971 ...The Rolling Stones hit #1 with "Brown Sugar," the opening track and lead single from their ninth studio album, Sticky Fingers.The tune, written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, spent two weeks at #1 in the U.S., but failed to reach the top spot in the U.K., peaking at #2.Previously a staple at The Stones' live shows, in 2021 the band announced they’d be […]

Sony Music Bruce Springsteen is offering up another preview of his upcoming box set, Tracks II: The Lost Albums.The latest is the song "Adelita," from the album Inyo, described as a "ten-song thematic collection set throughout the border states of California and Texas (plus one detour to New Jersey).""Inyo was a record I wrote in California during long drives along the California aqueduct, up through Inyo County on my way […]

Concord Records John Forgerty turned 80 on Wednesday but age isn’t slowing him down.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer just announced he’ll release a new album, Legacy: the Creedence Clearwater Revival years, on Aug. 22, featuring a track list made up of newly recorded versions of his classic CCR tunes.Forgerty announced the new album onstage during his 80th birthday celebration at New York’s Beacon Theatre Wednesday night. He returns […]

Disney/Randy Holmes Bono has been talking a lot lately about the new U2 album they've been working on, and it sounds like it took a lot for them to get back in the studio.In a new interview with Esquire to promote his Apple TV+ documentary, Bono: Stories of Surrender, Bono discusses some of the issues U2 dealt with in recent years, including drummer Larry Mullen Jr.’s back issues."We were a little broken," he […]

Gary Miller/FilmMagic The Rock for Ronnie tribute concert honoring the late Ronnie James Dio raised $100,000 for the Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund. The event took place on May 18 at Griffith Park in Los Angeles, and was headlined by Sebastian Bach. In between all the music, Dr. David Wong of the UCLA School of Dentistry was presented with a $25,000 check to be used towards the development of a saliva swab test […]

Carsten Koall/picture alliance via Getty Images Drummer Zak Starkey is clarifying his recent Instagram post in which he suggested he was "retired" from The Who, making it clear he was indeed fired by Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey."This is f**** total bollox," he writes in a new Instagram post. "I was fired. Roger’s new word for it is 'retired' to complete my other musical projects."Starkey, son of Beatle Ringo Starr, says he told […]

Disney/Eric McCandless KISS rocker Gene Simmons is set to be celebrated at Operation Smile’s annual Smile Fiesta gala.Simmons will be honored with the Universal Smile Award.Also being honored at the gala is actor Harrison Ford, who’ll receive the Dr. Randy Sherman Visionary Award, named after the late founder of Operation Smile’s Southern California chapter.Operation Smile, founded in 1982, is a nonprofit that provides cleft lip and palate repair surgeries to children worldwide. […]

Courtesy of Jason Bonham Drummer Jason Bonham has extended his latest tour celebrating the 50th anniversary of Led Zeppelin’s classic album Physical Graffiti.Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening will launch the second leg of the tour, dubbed An Evening with JBLZE Celebrating 50 Years of Physical Graffiti, on Aug. 1 in Omaha, Nebraska. Dates run through Aug. 31 in Vancouver, Canada."This is my favorite Led Zeppelin album of all time. Being able […]

Blackened Recordings Metallica's 1991 self-titled record aka The Black Album has been certified 20-times Platinum by the RIAA.The milestone signifies 20 million units certified, which also means The Black Album has now gone double-Diamond. It first achieved Diamond status, which signifies 10 million units certified, in 1997.A landmark record, The Black Album brought metal to the mainstream with singles including "Enter Sandman," "Nothing Else Matters," "The Unforgiven," "Sad but True" and "Wherever I May Roam." Metallica celebrated its […]