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Century Media Records Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour appears in a new video for the cover of the band's classic “Comfortably Numb” from Ice T’s heavy metal group Body Count.The video features black-and-white footage of Gilmour performing his guitar contribution to the song, cut with footage of Ice T at the mic, the band performing and images depicting the lyrics Ice T is rapping.“Body Count's version of 'Comfortably Numb' is quite radical, but the words really struck me,” […]

courtesy of Live Nation Chicago has announced nine new shows at The Venetian Theatre, running from Feb. 28 to March 15.This will be Chicago’s eighth year headlining a residency at The Venetian. In 2024 they played their 50th show there, making it the longest running residency in the venue’s history.Various presales kick off Oct. 15, with tickets going on sale to the general public Oct. 18 at 10 a.m.Chicago is set […]

On This Day, Oct. 10, 2013 ...Paul McCartney surprised fans in New York City with an impromptu free concert in Times Square, announcing the show on social media about one hour before it occurred.The rocker was promoting his 16th studio album, New, and treated fans to four songs off the record: “Save Us,” “Everybody Out There,” “Queenie Eye” and the title track.Fans who could not make it to the Big Apple were able […]

Jonas Mohr/Wolfie's Whisky Rod Stewart has won a Grammy, been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame twice, received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and been knighted at Buckingham Palace. But his latest honor isn't for his music — it's for his whisky.Rod launched his own brand of whisky, Wolfie's, a little over a year ago, and on Oct. 7 he was honored by the Keepers […]

JoJo Productions The Guess Who founding singer Burton Cummings released A Few Good Moments, his first solo album in over a decade, to digital services back in September, and now physical copies are on the way.The record will be released on CD and two-LP orange vinyl on Nov. 15.“The songs on this album took a while to become the proper collection. I believe in these songs because they are the […]

Fin Costello/Redferns Rush has shared two classic live videos to their official YouTube channel, taken from the 1982 concert film Exit…Stage Left.The clips are performances of “Closer To The Heart” and “Freewill,” both shot at the Montreal Forum on March 27, 1981.Exit…Stage Left was a concert film that originally aired on MTV and was later released in various home video formats, including VHS and DVD. It followed the band on […]

Michael Putland/Getty Images Wednesday would have been John Lennon’s 84th birthday and Paul McCartney took to social media to pay tribute to his friend and former Beatles bandmate.Sharing a photo on Instagram of him performing with video of Lennon in the background, McCartney wrote, “Happy Birthday John. Thanks for being there.” Meanwhile, Yoko Ono’s X account shared a picture of John and a young Sean Lennon blowing out candles on a birthday […]

Disney/Eric McCandless) Gene Simmons was the guest judge for Dancing with the Stars’ hair metal night Tuesday, and it apparently didn’t go over so well with the public.Several folks took to social media to complain that Simmons scored dancers too low, and that his critiques were “creepy” and focused too much on how the dancers looked, not on their actual dancing. “Shame on Gene Simmons for treating this like a beauty pageant,” […]

ABC/Paula Lobo After sharing a mysterious teaser video featuring an answering machine and floppy disk, Green Day has announced Dookie Demastered, a collection of reworked versions of songs off the band's hit 1994 album recorded on "obscure, obsolete, and otherwise inconvenient limited-edition formats."Such formats include the aforementioned answering machine and floppy disk, as well as an original Nintendo Game Boy, a 8-track, a toothbrush and a Teddy Ruxpin. If you ever […]