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Shirlaine Forrest/Getty Images Bruce Springsteen has paid tribute to one of his early managers, who recently passed away.The New Jersey rocker shared a post about Carl Virgil "Tinker" West, who was the manager of Springsteen’s late '60s/early '70s band Steel Mill, which also included E Streeters Stevie Van Zandt and Danny Federici.In his post, Springsteen calls Tinker "one of the most important people of my young life.""In 1970 when I had nothing, […]

Carsten Koall/picture alliance via Getty Images Former The Who drummer Zak Starkey is setting the record straight about where he stands with the band.After being fired from The Who in April following their March Royal Albert Hall shows, and subsequently rehired, Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey announced on May 18 that Starkey, son of The Beatles' Ringo Starr, had once again been let go. But in a new post on Instagram, Starkey is now suggesting that […]

On This Day, May 27, 2017…Gregg Allman, frontman and founding member of the Allman Brothers Band, died at his home in Richmond Hill, Georgia, after a battle with liver cancer. He was 69.Allman Brothers Band was founded in 1969 with Gregg and his brother Duane, as well as Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks and Jaimoe. They released their self-titled debut that year.They went on to be considered one of the pioneering […]

L-R: Liam Stewart, Renee Stewart, Kimberly Stewart, Ruby Stewart, Sean Stewart, Rod Stewart; Ethan Miller/Getty Images Rod Stewart received a heartwarming surprise at the 2025 American Music Awards when five of his eight children appeared onstage to help present him with a Lifetime Achievement Award.On Monday night, the British rock legend was honored ahead of his upcoming tour. His children -- Kimberly, Ruby, Renee, Sean and Liam -- joined forces […]

Frontiers Music Srl Former Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers drummer Stan Lynch's new band, The Speaker Wars, is set to drop their self-titled debut album on Friday, and Lynch tells ABC Audio the project started when he was set up on a "blind date" in Nashville with singer/songwriter John Christopher Davis.“It starts innocently enough, like most projects for me, everything in my life is pretty much friend- and joy-related,” he says. He notes that when he met Davis, "I just […]