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On This Day, Aug. 4, 1964 ...The Kinks released their third single, “You Really Got Me,” in the U.K., where it became their first #1 hit and stayed on top for two weeks.The tune was released in America that September and became a breakthrough hit for the band, peaking at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100.Guitarist Dave Davies created the distorted guitar sound in the tune by slicing up the […]

Doubleday As Bruce Springsteen's breakthrough album Born to Run turns 50 in August, author and journalist Peter Ames Carlin takes a deep dive into the record in his new book, Tonight in Jungleland: The Making of Born to Run, out Tuesday.While Born to Run was a critical and commercial success for Springsteen, prior to the record he was coming off two commercial failures — Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. and The Wild, The Innocent & the […]

Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc Jerry Garcia would have turned 83 on Friday, and in recognition, his native San Francisco gave the late Grateful Dead founder a big honor.The San Francisco Chronicle reports that on Friday, San Francisco mayor Daniel Lurie led a dedication ceremony as a stretch of Harrington Street, where Garcia spent part of childhood, was renamed Jerry Garcia Street in his honor. The ceremony took place just a few steps […]

Richard Corkery/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images John Lennon took himself out of the spotlight for five years in the 1970s to raise his son Sean Lennon, but during that time he was "insanely jealous" of his former Beatles bandmate Paul McCartney's musical success. That's according to longtime Lennon friend and confidant Elliot Mintz.While appearing on Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan's podcast, The Magnificent Others, Mintz said that Lennon would speak "so […]

Led Zeppelin in 1969; Chris Walter/WireImage Back in 2011, Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and Jake Holmes, who wrote the song "Dazed and Confused" in 1967, settled a copyright infringement lawsuit that would lead to Zeppelin's rendition of the song being credited as "written Jimmy Page, inspired by Jake Holmes."  However, due to events including the release of the film Becoming Led Zeppelin, Holmes sued Page again earlier this year -- and […]

Eric McCandless/ABC via Getty Images A new Las Vegas residency isn't the only thing that Def Leppard has planned for 2026.The band tells USA Today that they're working on a new album for release next year. It'll be their first new studio album since 2022's Diamond Star Halos. And like that record, they're working on the new album remotely, rather than all the members together in a studio. “We’re blessed that […]

Disney/Randy Holmes Ouch! Steve Nicks has been sidelined by an injury and is postponing her August and September concerts.A note on her Instagram says that Stevie requires "recovery time" from "a recent injury resulting in a fractured shoulder." The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer notes that her October dates will be unaffected and her schedule will resume Oct. 1 in Portland, Oregon."Stevie looks forward to seeing everyone soon and […]

Joe Walsh announces VetsAid2025; Fernando Salazar Photography Joe Walsh's VetsAid charity concert is returning this year for its ninth edition, and it'll be held in a place near and dear to the guitarist's heart: his hometown of Wichita, Kansas.VetsAid 2025 will take place Nov. 15 at the INTRUST Bank Arena. The lineup includes country star and Eagles touring member Vince Gill; Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen; and a "super-set" from […]

Courtesy Live Nation If you piled it all up, the amount of marijuana smoked at Grateful Dead and Dead & Company concerts over the years would probably reach from here to the moon. But Deadheads will be indulging legally for the upcoming anniversary shows.Three Dead & Company shows are taking place at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park from Aug. 1 to Aug. 3 in celebration of 60 years of the Grateful […]