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On This Day, Aug. 5, 1980…Pat Benatar released her second studio album, Crimes of Passion, which peaked at #2 on the Billboard 200, a position it held for five weeks.The album featured three singles, the most popular being “Hit Me With Your Best Shot,” which was her first top-10 hit. The other singles included “You Better Run,” which was the second music video ever aired on MTV, and “Treat Me Right,” […]

L-R Roger Daltrey, Zak Starkey and Pete Townshend of the British band The Who perform live on stage during a concert at the Waldbuehne on June 20, 2023 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Frank Hoensch/Redferns) Drummer Zak Starkey has seemingly responded to new comments The Who’s Roger Daltrey has made regarding Starkey’s firing from the band.In an interview with the U.K. publication The Times, Daltrey noted that comments Starkey made after The […]

Joe Elliott of Def Leppard performs onstage during the Summer Stadium tour at Truist Park on July 13, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images) Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott is showing off his piano skills in a new video posted to Instagram, and it looks like he's a little rusty."Allow us to introduce you to Sir Elton Joe," reads the post's caption, an obvious reference to Rock & Roll Hall of […]

Artwork for Scorpions' "Blackout"https://digital.abcaudio.com/Spinefarm Scorpions have released a live video of their track “Blackout,” recorded during the German rockers’ historic hometown show at Hanover Stadium Arena on July 5."Blackout," the title track of their eighth studio album, is one of many songs that will appear on the upcoming album Coming Home Live, which captures their Hanover, Germany, concert that had the band celebrating their 60th anniversary in front of an […]

Official poster for Billy Joel: And So It Goes; Courtesy of HBO Billy Joel’s daughter Alexa Ray Joel says her famous dad isn’t that impressed by his recently released documentary, Billy Joel: And So It Goes, which is currently streaming on HBO Max."You know my father is really funny because [he's] like the most self-effacing person on the planet right?" she tells the New York Post. "He never buys in his own hype.""I’m like, 'You should […]

Ozzy Osbourne and Kelly Osbourne attend the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center on January 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images Kelly Osbourne is sharing her gratitude for those who've supported her and her family following the death of her father, Ozzy Osbourne."I've sat down to write this a hundred times and still don't know if the words will ever feel like enough," Kelly writes in […]

courtesy of The Allman Betts Family Revival The music of the Allman Brothers Band's Gregg Allman and Dickey Betts will once again be celebrated at the ninth annual Allman Betts Family Revival, a 20-date tour launching in November.The trek will be hosted by Gregg's son Devon Allman and Dickey's son Duane Betts and feature a performance from The Allman Betts Band. The lineup will also include special guests Robert Randolph, Amanda Shires, Eric Johnson, Cody Dickinson and […]

Disney/Eric McCandless Roger Daltrey is setting the record straight about the events that led to The Who’s firing of drummer Zak Starkey.Problems arose with Starkey during The Who's Teenage Cancer Trust shows at London's Royal Albert Hall in March, with Daltrey appearing to call out Starkey’s playing during "The Song is Over." In an interview with The Telegraph, Starkey suggested that Daltrey was actually the one who "got it wrong," and Daltrey was not happy […]

Mathew Tsang/Getty Images Rod Stewart paid tribute to Ozzy Osbourne during a recent concert, and he got a little help from AI to do so.NME reports that during his Aug. 1 concert in Alpharetta, Georgia, near Atlanta, Stewart projected images of Ozzy on screen during his performance of "Forever Young," but the Black Sabbath frontman wasn’t alone in them.Fan shot footage shows that the tribute included AI-generated images of Ozzy posing for selfies with several other dead celebrities, including Prince, Tina […]