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Little, Brown Former J. Geils Band frontman Peter Wolf is the latest musician revealing his story on the page.The rocker, best known for such songs as “Freeze Frame” and “Centerfold,” has written his first-ever memoir, Waiting on the Moon: Artists, Poets, Drifters Grifters and Goddesses, which will be released March 11.According to a press release, in the book Wolf will share “a treasure trove of vignettes, musings and recollections of his fascinating life […]

Disney/Randy Holmes In a very full-circle moment, Billy Corgan could end up winning the handwritten lyrics to the Hole song "Violet."As previously reported, Courtney Love contributed the lyrics to a raffle benefiting Ellis Park, a wildlife sanctuary in Indonesia founded by Warren Ellis of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. As for why Corgan would be interested, "Violet" has long been thought to have been about Love's relationship with the Smashing Pumpkins […]

Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Alex Van Halen has revealed that there is indeed plenty of unreleased Van Halen music in their so-called vault, but whether the material will ever see the light of day is another story.Alex recently sat down for an interview with Chris Jericho's Talk is Jericho podcast, where he shared that there are likely “three or four" albums' worth of material — “if not more” — in the vault.“On the one end of […]

Katja Ogrin/Redferns Pete Townshend is opening up about his personal battles with what he describes as “chemical depression” and the unconventional way he deals with it.In an interview with the U.K. paper The Times, The Who legend shares that he stopped going to counseling after three years, noting, “I realized that the woman counseling me had only said about three words. I was just listening to myself.”Instead, he says he writes […]

ABC/Heidi Gutman Paul McCartney wrapped the latest leg of his Got Back tour on Sunday with a performance at the Corona Capitol Festival in Mexico City, and he brought out a couple of special guests to end the evening.Fan-shot footage posted to YouTube shows McCartney performing The Beatles track “The End” with the help of rockers Jack White and St. Vincent on guitar. Both White and St. Vincent were on the […]

Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures  Timothée Chalamet and the cast of A Complete Unknown recently talked to Rolling Stone about the making of the Bob Dylan film, and Chalamet shared some insight into his commitment to what he calls a “role of a lifetime.”“It was something I would go to sleep panicked about, losing a moment of discovery as the character — no matter how pretentious that sounds — because I was on my phone or […]

courtesy of Live Nation Rod Stewart will be hitting the road in 2025.The two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer will launch his One Last Time Tour with special guest Cheap Trick on March 7 in Austin, Texas, and wrap up Aug. 15 in St. Louis, Missouri. Rod and Cheap Trick last toured together in 2022.A fan club presale starts Nov. 19 at 10 a.m. via RodStewart.com. Citi cardmembers can get […]

courtesy of Live Nation As he recently teased, Sammy Hagar is doing more The Best of All Worlds shows, and this time he’s heading  to Las Vegas.The rocker just announced dates for The Best of All Worlds Tour – The Residency at Dolby Live at Park MGM. The Vegas residency consists of nine shows, running from April 30 to May 17.Joining Sammy will once again be Michael Anthony and Joe Satriani, with Kenny […]

On This Day, Nov. 18, 1991 ...U2 released their seventh studio album, Achtung Baby, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 Album chart, making it the band’s third #1 album.Produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno, the band began recording the album in Germany, although the sessions were marred by tension within the band. The record was eventually finished in Dublin.The album took influences from alternative rock, electronic dance and […]