Rev Rock Report

On This Day, June 26, 1965…The Byrds hit #1 on the Billboard singles chart with their debut single, a cover of Bob Dylan’s "Mr. Tambourine Man." It became the first recording of a Dylan song to reach number one on any pop music chart.The track would be one of two #1 hits for the group. The other, "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)," would top the chart […]

Lead singer Michael Hutchence (back row, left) with INXS band members, clockwise from top right: Andrew Farriss, Tim Farriss, Garry Gary Beers, Kirk Pengilly, and Jon Farriss. (Photo by Lynn Goldsmith/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images) The music of INXS is going to be the subject of a new ballet opening in the band’s native Australia.The Queensland Ballet has teamed with HOTA, Home of the Arts, Gold Coast, for the new contemporary […]

Cover of 'Desmond Child Rocks The Parthenon – The Live Concert Album' (DESTON/BMG) Songwriter Desmond Child has released a live performance of the KISS classic “I Was Made For Lovin’ You,” a song he co-wrote with KISS’ Paul Stanley.The song is the first track released from Child’s upcoming live album, Desmond Child Rocks The Parthenon – The Live Concert Album, a recording of his June 2022 concert at the historic Odeon of […]

Covers of Whitesnake's 'Slide It In,' 'Slip of the Tongue' and 'Whitesnake'(Craft Recordings) Whitesnake’s career took off in the '80s, and now the albums that helped launch the David Coverdale-fronted band to superstardom are set to be reissued on vinyl.The band’s three mid-'80s albums — 1984’s Slide It In, 1987’s Whitesnake aka 1987 and 1989’s Slip of the Tongue — will be reissued on standard black vinyl on Sept. 18.Each album will also get color […]

Billy Joel 'Piano Man' cover (Columbia Records) Billy Joel’s iconic track “Piano Man” is back on the Billboard chart.The rocker’s signature tune, the title track to his 1973 sophomore album, is #1 on the Billboard Top TV Songs chart thanks to its appearance in the Prime Video series The Boys.The song appeared in the show’s series finale, although Joel has often been referenced throughout the series because he’s the favorite artist of […]

The Rolling Stones' 'Foreign Tongues' (Capitol Records) The Rolling Stones are giving fans another preview of their upcoming album, Foreign Tongues.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers have released two new songs from the album, including the new single “Jealous Lover,” which features special guest Steve Winwood on organ.They also premiered a new video for the track on Amazon Music, starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Beef’s Charles Melton.But that’s not all. The Stones […]

Global Beatles Day (© 1967 MPL Communications Ltd / Photographer: Tony Gale Thursday is Global Beatles Day, which celebrates the anniversary of the legendary band’s 1967 live performance of “All You Need is Love” on the BBC’s Our World special. Now fans at home can relive the performance.This year marks the first time Apple Corps Ltd, the company founded by The Beatles, has officially recognized the fan celebration, which was launched in 2009 […]

On This Day, June 25, 2022…Paul McCartney headlined the U.K.’s Glastonbury Festival in Somerset, England, performing a 38-song set on the Pyramid Stage.The concert took place one week after McCartney turned 80, making him the oldest solo headliner ever to play the festival.McCartney’s set opened with The Beatles’ “Can’t Buy Me Love” and was filled with Beatles and Wings tracks, as well as solo material.It also included a special guest […]

David Clayton-Thomas, lead singer and songwriter of the jazz rock group Blood, Sweat & Tears, died Wednesday at 84, the singer's publicist confirms to ABC News.According to the publicist, Clayton-Thomas “died peacefully” at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto.Born David Henry Thomsett in Surrey, England, on September 13, 1941, Clayton-Thomas joined Blood, Sweat & Tears in 1968, following the departure of the band's original frontman Al Kooper. He landed the gig after folk […]