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On This Day, May 27, 2017…Gregg Allman, frontman and founding member of the Allman Brothers Band, died at his home in Richmond Hill, Georgia, after a battle with liver cancer. He was 69.Allman Brothers Band was founded in 1969 with Gregg and his brother Duane, as well as Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks and Jaimoe. They released their self-titled debut that year.They went on to be considered one of the pioneering […]

L-R: Liam Stewart, Renee Stewart, Kimberly Stewart, Ruby Stewart, Sean Stewart, Rod Stewart; Ethan Miller/Getty Images Rod Stewart received a heartwarming surprise at the 2025 American Music Awards when five of his eight children appeared onstage to help present him with a Lifetime Achievement Award.On Monday night, the British rock legend was honored ahead of his upcoming tour. His children -- Kimberly, Ruby, Renee, Sean and Liam -- joined forces […]

Frontiers Music Srl Former Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers drummer Stan Lynch's new band, The Speaker Wars, is set to drop their self-titled debut album on Friday, and Lynch tells ABC Audio the project started when he was set up on a "blind date" in Nashville with singer/songwriter John Christopher Davis.“It starts innocently enough, like most projects for me, everything in my life is pretty much friend- and joy-related,” he says. He notes that when he met Davis, "I just […]

Billy Joel, Alexa Ray Joel and Christie Brinkley in 2011; Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic Billy Joel's ex-wife Christie Brinkley is showing support for the Piano Man following news of his recent brain diagnosis.The supermodel, who shares daughter Alexa Ray with the legendary singer, posted a video on Instagram Saturday, one day after Joel revealed he had been diagnosed with normal pressure hydrocephalus.In the clip, Brinkley's daughter, Sailor Brinkley Cook -- whom she shares with ex-husband Peter […]

Disney/Randy Holmes Lenny Kravitz has released a collection of new remixes of his song "Let It Ride."The set includes eight different takes on the track, which originally appeared on Kravitz's latest album, 2024's Blue Electric Ride. You can listen to it now via digital outlets.Kravitz previously put out a group of "Let It Ride" remixes in April alongside the premiere of the song's video, which the "Fly Away" rocker directed himself.Kravitz will […]

Disney/Abigail Nilsson Elton John's album Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy was first released on May 23, 1975 — 50 years ago Friday.In honor of the milestone, Elton has shared an Instagram post reflecting on the significance of the record, which was the first-ever album to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200. It also spawned the hit "Someone Saved My Life Tonight.""An autobiographical album telling the story of how [lyricist] […]

ABC/Paula Lobo Green Day has premiered the video for "One Eyed Bastard," a track off the band's latest album, Saviors.The clip features Billie Joe Armstrong and company providing the soundtrack to a group of kids who kidnap a man and bury him neck-deep in dirt.The "One Eyed Bastard" video is available on YouTube.Saviors, which also includes the singles "The American Dream Is Killing Me" and "Dilemma," was released in 2024. A deluxe […]

Geffen Records This bird you cannot change, but this bird now has a video.UMe has premiered the first-ever official video for Lynyrd Skynyrd's classic epic, "Free Bird." The clip arrives over 50 years after the original song was released in 1973 on the album (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd).The video begins with an older man walking through his house when he's startled by a bird tapping at a window. That makes him notice an […]

Mireya Acierto/FilmMagic You may find yourself at a beautiful wedding, with a beautiful bride, with David Byrne performing, and you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"If you're Andrew Kuo, you got here by marrying Malu Byrne, the daughter of the Talking Heads frontman. According to The New York Times, the couple tied the knot during a May 2 ceremony that David officiated. As they walked down the aisle, Papa […]