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Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top performs on stage at Viejas Casino & Resort on November 02, 2025 in Alpine, California. (Photo by Daniel Knighton/Getty Images) ZZ Top’s Billy F Gibbons has confirmed a story that the band members were once offered $1 million to shave off their iconic beards.In an interview with Jay Mohr’s Mohr Stories podcast, Gibbons said it's true that they were offered the money to shave their beards […]

Billy Joel performs at Allegiant Stadium on November 09, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Billy Joel shocked fans on Jan. 2 when he took the stage — for the first time since his brain condition diagnosis — to perform with a Billy Joel cover band in Wellington, Florida. The singer in that cover band is now speculating that the Rock & Roll of Famer is working toward […]

Cover of Peter Frampton's 'Frampton Comes Alive!'/ (A&M Records/UMG Recordings) Peter Frampton took to Instagram Tuesday to mark the 50th anniversary of his iconic live album, Frampton Comes Alive!“I can’t believe today’s the day. It’s now been 50 years since Frampton Comes Alive! was released. Wow, 50 years,” he said. “Thank you all for helping it become such a huge phenomenal success,” he added, before joking, “probably time to buy a new one […]

Elton John performs at the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, November 8, 2025 (Disney/Frank Micelotta) Elton John has announced some details of his annual Elton John Aids Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party.The party will be held Oscar night, March 15, at West Hollywood Park, hosted by Elton and his husband, David Furnish, as well as actor Neil Patrick Harris and his husband, David Burtka.“EJAFOscars has always been about more than […]

Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings perform at the Canada's Walk Of Fame Fundraising Event Music Under The City Stars held at Casa Loma on July 18, 2019 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by George Pimentel/Getty Images) The Guess Who’s Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman are opening up about the lawsuit that helped them get back the rights to the band's name.In October 2023, they filed a suit that accused former bandmates Jim […]

On This Day, Jan. 6, 1987 ...Eric Clapton kicked off a six-night residency at London’s Royal Albert Hall, treating the crowd to such classic songs as “I Shot the Sheriff,” “Wonderful Tonight" and “Cocaine," as well as Cream tracks “White Room” and “Sunshine of Your Love.”The residency became a near-annual event for Clapton. In 1991, he played a whopping 24 shows at Royal Albert Hall, breaking his own record for […]

Cover of David Bowie's 'Heroes'/(Parlophone Records) David Bowie is the latest artist to see a streaming bump thanks to the Netflix series Stranger Things.Bowie’s "Heroes" plays over the closing credits of the show's series finale, and according to Billboard, Luminate data shows that the song saw a 500% increase in streams following its inclusion."Heroes," the title track to Bowie's 12th studio album, saw about 342,000 streams on Jan. 1, the day after […]

Musician Mike Garson, former member of David Bowie's touring band, performs onstage during the second annual Above Ground concert benefiting MusiCares at The Fonda Theatre on September 16, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images) Saturday marks 10 years since David Bowie’s death and his longtime pianist Mike Garson is opening up about the last time he spoke with the rock legend.Garson tells Gold Derby that their last […]

Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones performs with Seasick Steve and Dan Magnusson at the 2014 Bonnaroo Music Festival (Photo by Michael Hurcomb/Corbis via Getty Images) Studio equipment previously owned by Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones is currently up for auction.The equipment comes from Jones’ private studio, and has no Led Zeppelin connection. Gear up for grabs includes amps, digital samplers, equalizers, processors and more."John is still very active musically - writing, recording and […]