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On This Day, Dec. 19, 2012 ...Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason opened his wallet to save the London music store where he bought his first drum kit. The store, Foote’s, was about to go out of business, so Mason provided the funding it needed to continue.“One of my great memories of being a young, budding drummer was going to the original [Foote’s] ... and buying my very first kit for £7.50,” he told […]

Britta Pedersen/picture alliance via Getty Images While Genesis has plenty of fans out there, it turns out their lead singer, Phil Collins, isn’t necessarily one of them.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer is the subject of a new Drumeo documentary, Phil Collins: Drummer First, and in it he reveals how he really feels about the band that made him famous.During the doc, Phil revisits the music he’s made with Genesis and […]

Robert Altman/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Grateful Dead has announced details of the next release in their Dave’s Picks bootleg series.Dave’s Picks Vol. 54, coming out May 1, will feature the band’s March 26, 1973, concert at the Baltimore Civic Center, which is one of the longest concerts the band played that year. The 31-song show stands out for its second-set jam, which included such songs as “He's Gone,” "Truckin'," "Weather […]

Dominik Bindl/Getty Images Blondie’s Chris Stein has revealed some new information about the next Blondie record.Back in November, Stein announced that the band had a new album in the works, sharing a black-and-white photo of Blondie frontwoman Debbie Harry in the studio, along with the caption, “New Blondie album next year.”Now he’s shared another photo of Harry in the studio, this time on the social media site BlueSky, and in this one […]

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy Violet Grohl, the eldest daughter of Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, is working on her debut album, The Hollywood Reporter reports.Sources who've apparently heard the material tell THR that Violet is "very talented" and that her "vocals are tremendous."The report also says Violet is collaborating with producer Justin Raisen on the record. Raisen recently produced Kim Gordon's new solo album, The Collective.Violet, 18, has sung backup live […]

Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures Ed Norton stars as folk legend Pete Seeger in the new Bob Dylan movie A Complete Unknown, and he realizes many people may not know how influential Seeger was to music.In an interview with IndieWire, Norton says he hopes the film is “an opportunity to put a light on this period and how amazing these artists were and get reconnected to them,” and that’s particularly true for […]

Baroque Folk Records Bangles frontwoman Susanna Hoffs has teamed with Elvis Costello to release a cover of The Rolling Stones’ “Connection” in celebration of Stones guitarist Keith Richards' 81st birthday on Wednesday."I did the Keith part,” Hoffs shares in a press release. “We both wanted to do the Keith part, but I won!"She notes of the collaboration, "I had the great honor of singing with Elvis at a couple of his shows, […]

Photo Credit: Thomas Morgan @mrtmorgan Elton John is offering up some Christmas cheer with the release of a new video for his classic holiday track "Step Into Christmas."The new video features model/actress Cara Delevingne as Elton and reimagines the behind-the-scenes action during the making of the original '70s video as his team attempts to make the clip “Christmassy enough.”Elton says the idea to work with Cara came after he saw her at Glastonbury last […]

ABC/Randy Holmes The Beatles’ final song “Now and Then” is nominated for a Grammy for Record of the Year and Ringo Starr is hoping they win.“I’d love to win a Grammy," Ringo tells Music Week. "That’s the business I’m in – and the track is good. The last track ever by the boys." The song used vocals John Lennon recorded on a demo in the late '70s, along with guitar the late George Harrison recorded […]