A second song from the upcoming box set “Rock ‘n’ Roll Star”, out June 14, has been released. This one is an alternative version of ‘Lady Stardust’, recorded in 1971, during sessions for the classic album “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.” LINK: https://tinyurl.com/3usy6n2n
Pet Shop Boys want to record with Cardi B. Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe were thrilled to learn that Cardi is a fan of their music, when she mentioned them during an appearance on “The Tonight Show”. But if a collab is going to happen, Tennant said she needs to get in touch: “The ball’s in her court.”
Madonna capped her Celebration Tour with a free show at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, and set a record while doing it. Her team claims the show drew 1.6 million fans, the largest audience ever for a stand-alone concert by any artist in history. The previous record of 1.5 million was set by the Rolling Stones in 2006.
Lenny Kravitz after going viral with a post that showed him lifting weights in boots and leather pants, he has now explained his unusual choice of attire. Quote: “I’m coming from somewhere or I’m going somewhere…I’m gonna pop in, I’ve got 45 minutes, we’re gonna hit it and I’m gonna go run to where I’m going….I didn’t do that to be like…“let me be just different and wear leather pants and glasses.”
A few weeks ago, Maroon 5 reposted a video that Mick Jagger had shared, showing him dancing to the band’s hit ‘Moves Like Jagger’. Now, frontman Adam Levine has reposted video of the Toronto Raptors’ star Scottie Barnes singing the 2004 hit ‘This Love’ at karaoke in Cancun. He tagged Barnes, who reposted, adding the comment: “So Cool”.
On May 11, the concert film “Music of the Spheres: Live at River Plate” will stream for free on Veeps.com. It was shot during the group’s 10 sold-out shows at Buenos Aires’ River Plate stadium last spring, and a resulting 2-night theatrical event was previously the only chance for fans to see it.
Deep Purple has dropped a music video for ‘Portable Door’, the first single from the album “+1”, out July 19. It’s the group’s 23rd studio album, and first with new guitarist Simon McBride.
The first official preview for the new, restored version of the “Let It Be” film has been released. The 1970 film from Michael Lindsay-Hogg chronicled the era of tumult during creation of the group’s final album “Let it Be”. It drops May 8 on Disney+.
76-year-old Ron Wood battled drugs and booze for years, but with the group having kicked off its “Hackney Diamonds” tour over the weekend, what does his backstage preparation consist of these days? Quote: “I like to have my green juices now and I do workouts with my trainer…I like to have my quiet time. I’m addicted to (Netflix series) Ripley.”
Ozzy Osbourne is one of several notorious artists to join the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class of 2024. Though this is not his first time being inducted into the Hall of Fame, he was also selected in 2009 The inductee ceremony will take place on October 19th at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, OH.
The other groups who will be inducted this year include:
Fresh off his announcement of a 13-city Canadian tour with Platinum Blonde this summer, he has put the word out that he has a new album coming. He wrote on X: “Did a photo shoot yesterday some of which will be used for the new Idol album coming in October…”
Did a photo shoot yesterday some of which will be used for the new Idol album coming in October…
— Billy Idol (@BillyIdol) April 11, 2024
“Let It Be,” the film that documented their final performance before spending 5 decades in the vault, is getting a new life on Disney+, after a restoration job by Peter Jackson. It’ll debut on May 8. It follows Jackson’s Emmy-winning 2021 docuseries “The Beatles: Get Back,” which used footage originally shot for “Let It Be.”
Bandmembers’ relatives are dueling in lawsuits in a long-simmering feud that threatens to torpedo a planned Netflix movie starring Pete Davidson as singer Joey Ramone. Guitarist Johnny Ramone’s widow is suing Joey’s brother for allegedly trying to cut her out of the film and the band’s merchandising deals. The brother, Mitchel Hyman claims the movie isn’t a band biopic.
Dave Matthews Band is atop the leaderboard in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame fan voting, which ends today. At last check, DMB had over 563,000 votes, with Foreigner second, less than 1,000 votes ahead of Peter Frampton’s 506,000.
[***UPDATES: https://vote.rockhall.com/standings ***]
Rolling Stone Ron Wood made a surprise appearance at their Friday show in LA, joining them for a rendition of Faces’ ‘Stay With Me’. Before bringing him onstage, Chris Robinson told the audience they were about to be joined by a man who “doesn’t need an introduction but he’s going to get one.”
Deep Purple and Yes have joined forces for a North American run, starting Aug. 14, a part of Purple’s “One More Time” tour. Both acts will visit material from all eras of their 50-plus years together, as well their most recent albums. Tickets go on sale tomorrow.
Check it out here:
Deep Purple announce US dates for their = 1 MORE TIME TOUR
— Deep Purple (@_DeepPurple) April 9, 2024
CELEBRATING OVER 50 YEARS OF SMOKE ON THE WATER
WITH YES
VIP Packages and Fan Pre-sale available starting at 12pm local time today. Use password SMOKE
General on sale begins Friday, April 12th at 10am local pic.twitter.com/fwa9ZGy19q
Ozzy Osbourne and Billy Morrison (of Billy Idol’s band) have announced their new internet TV show, “The Madhouse Chronicles”. Launching this month, Morrison said on Osbourne’s podcast that the pair will “sit back in the Osbourne madhouse, reacting to the wildest Internet clips and diving into topics like aliens, drugs, conspiracies, and rock and roll.”
Check it out here: https://theosbournespodcast.com/
Dee Snider claims that offers for the band to reunite have become close to impossible to reject. He said light-heartedly that band members have begun “very general discussions…involving personal trainers, diets, hair extensions.” They last toured in 2016.
“Shameless” star Jeremy Allen White will play him in the upcoming film “Deliver Me From Nowhere”, chronicling the making of the Boss’ stark 1982 album ‘Nebraska’. It’ll be written and directed by Scott Cooper. Shooting will begin this fall.
Foreigner will not be completely done at the conclusion of its current farewell tour. Bassist Jeff Pilson said in an interview that the group will be doing “some shows” in 2025. In addition, the group recorded a new live album last week. No word on a release date for that.
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A never-before-heard Michael Hutchence solo single ‘One Way’ has just been released, put together by friend and producer/musician Danny Saber, he said it is “the culmination of nearly 2 decades of work” on unreleased material, including demos and song ideas that were discovered in a locker in London in 2006.
Axl Rose sings on an upcoming charity song also featuring Elton John, and a bevy of other stars. The Who drummer Zak Starkey posted that he and GNR bassist Duff McKagan “cut bass for a cover of t.rex children of the revolution”. Later, his dad (Ringo Starr) added drums and Slash played guitar, before “Axl killed it – amazing vocals”. There are plans for an entire album.
The rare B-side “United States of Division” has been released digitally for the first time, to mark the 20th anniversary of his “Musicology” album. It is a protest tune written during the Iraq War era, which came out in 2004 as a virtual B-side for ‘Cinnamon Girl’.
For the first time ever, fans will be able to see never-before-published photographs of Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love and their daughter. A new photo book, “Family Values: Kurt, Courtney & Frances Bean” comes out June 4, featuring about 90 unseen shots taken at their home for a SPIN cover story shoot in 1992. Only 6 of the photos were ever previously published.
Bonnie Tyler's 1983 hit ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’ saw Spotify searches skyrocket by 50% in the US in the past week, leading up to todays solar eclipse. Also, as of Saturday, the song ranked #62 in iTunes downloads. During the 2017 eclipse, she sang the song aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship with the band DNCE, featuring Joe Jonas.
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