Billy Joel dedicated his Friday night concert at New York’s Madison Square Garden to those affected by the Orlando shooting, and to pay tribute to the victims of the “senseless massacre,” Joel performed his optimistic “You’re Only Human (Second Wind)” for the first time since 1987. “We’re gonna do a song I… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
Ritchie Blackmore took the stage Friday at Loreley, Germany’s Monsters of Rock to perform the works of his two pioneering heavy metal groups – Deep Purple and Rainbow – for the first time in 19 years. Performing with a new lineup of Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow –keyboardist Jens Johansson, singer Ronnie Romero and… Source: RollingStone Link: See […]
Christina Grimmie was laid to rest at a private service in her New Jersey hometown Thursday, five days after The Voice singer’s tragic murder at a concert venue in Orlando. On Friday, Grimmie’s family held a public memorial for the singer in Medford, New Jersey, where they shared a video remembrance… Source: RollingStone Link: Christina Grimmie's […]
The surviving members of Led Zeppelin squashed one of the group’s most established and enduring mythologies when the band’s bassist/keyboardist/songwriter John Paul Jones took the stand in day four of the copyright infringement suit “Michael Skidmore vs. Led Zeppelin et al.” It was a rare public reunion for Jones and his former bandmates,… Source: RollingStone Link: Led […]
Tears for Fears have announced their rescheduled autumn tour as well as revealed plans to continue working on their new album, their first LP since 2004’s Everybody Loves a Happy Ending. The band’s summer U.S. tour was postponed in May due to a “family illness,” and while Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal… Source: RollingStone Link: Tears […]
Radiohead have issued a statement after A Moon Shaped Pool album release party in Istanbul, Turkey turned violent when a group of men, angry that the event coincided with Ramadan, accosted employees and customers at Velvet IndieGround Records. “Our hearts go out to those attacked tonight at Velvet IndieGround in Istanbul,” the band… Source: RollingStone Link: Radiohead […]
Attrel “Prince Be” Cordes, founding member of the chart-topping hip-hop duo P.M. Dawn, died Friday in a New Jersey hospital following a battle with renal kidney disease. He was 46. A representative for the group confirmed Cordes’ death to People. “Prince Be Rest In Peace forever more, Pain from Diabetes can’t harm you… Source: RollingStone Link: Attrell […]
Taylor Swift has paid tribute to the 49 victims of the tragic Orlando shooting with a handwritten note posted on Instagram where the singer offered her handwritten condolences to the families of those killed at the Pulse nightclub. “As you bury your loved ones this week, please know that there are millions… Source: RollingStone Link: Taylor […]
It’s fitting that Jon Pardi begins his brand-new California Sunrise album with a track called “Out of Style.” The song is actually about writing a song: It begins with a budding artist moving to Nashville and getting songwriting advice, only to find once he puts his pen to paper that it’s… Source: RollingStone Link: 8 Things […]
Christina Grimmie had social media to thank for her rise to fame: Before becoming a contestant on The Voice, she was a YouTube star. That’s how Kevin Loibl – who shot and killed Grimmie after she performed a concert last Friday – found her, through her online presence. Co-workers said he… Source: RollingStone Link: Social Media […]