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Chris Walter/WireImage Eric Clapton has paid tribute to his “mentor," blues and rock legend John Mayall, who passed away Monday at the age of 90.Before hitting it big, Clapton was a member of Mayall’s band the Bluebreakers. In a video posted to Instagram, Clapton thanked Mayall “for rescuing me from oblivion and God knows what when I was a young man 'round the age of 18, 19 when I decided that […]

ABC/Rick Rowell Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong has released a cover of the Jesse Malin song "Black Haired Girl," recorded for an upcoming tribute album to the longtime New York City punk fixture.As previously reported, proceeds from the record, titled Silver Patron Saints, will support Malin and his recovery efforts after having a spinal stroke in 2023.You can listen to Armstrong's "Black Haired Girl" now via digital outlets. Silver Patron Saints will be […]

On This Day, July 24, 2022 ...Joni Mitchell was the surprise musical performer at the Newport Folk Festival, joining Brandi Carlile for a special set that featured the legendary musician performing with a variety of guests. The so-called Joni Jam was Joni's first public performance since surviving a brain aneurysm in 2015.During the set, a seated Joni was joined by artists like Wynonna Judd, Marcus Mumford and Dawes’ Taylor Goldsmith, performing 13 songs, including […]

Gaelle Beri/Redferns via Getty Images England's Bloodstock Festival is recreating Lemmy's dressing room.The display will include a bust of the late Motörhead frontman containing his ashes, as well as "genuine personal items including his iconic hat, boots, bass guitar, and hand-drawn pictures, as well as handwritten lyrics, dressing room paraphernalia, and a never-seen-before selection of his personal photos."The bust is set to be unveiled during the festival on Aug. 9 on the main […]

Disney/Randy Holmes We are finally getting our first real look at Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan.The first trailer for the upcoming Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, directed by James Mangold, has just been released, and not only do we get to see Chalamet as Dylan, we get to hear him sing as Dylan as well.The clip opens with Ed Norton as Pete Seeger talking about Dylan to an audience.“Let me tell […]

C Flanigan/FilmMagic Dead & Company is giving fans a chance to win a very unique piece of memorabilia.The band just launched a new Prizeo sweepstakes, with a grand prize of a one-quarter-scale functioning recreation of the Grateful Dead’s Wall of Sound. The original Wall of Sound was created by sound engineer Owsley Stanley for The Dead’s 1974 concert tour.The replica stacked sound system, built by Anthony Coscia, has been on display at the Dead […]

Chris Walter/WireImage British blues and rock musician John Mayall passed away Monday at the age of 90.“It is with heavy hearts that we bear the news that John Mayall passed away peacefully in his California home yesterday, July 22, 2024, surrounded by loving family,” read a post on his Facebook page. “Health issues that forced John to end his epic touring career have finally led to peace for one of […]

Sam Tabone/WireImage Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen is stepping into the world of graphic novels.According to The Hollywood Reporter, the rock star has co-authored the new graphic novel Hysteria, which will be released in the spring.The release, which shares a name with Def Leppard's multi-Platinum 1987 album, is descried as “a horror story dealing with the dark side of rock stardom” and follows the frontwoman of an indie band, Darkside, who inherits a demonic guitar […]

ABC/Randy Holmes Green Day has premiered the video for "Corvette Summer," a track off the band's new album, Saviors.As previously reported, the clip features Star Wars icon Mark Hamill, who starred in a 1978 movie also called Corvette Summer, as well as comedian Hannibal Buress."The song was named after one of our favorite cult classic movies, so it only made sense to pay homage to it with the music video," Green Day says. "We […]