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'EGOT' Status Within Reach For Bruce Springsteen After Emmy Nomination
Jul 18, 2019 by Bob Ballard
Iconic rocker Bruce Springsteen is within striking distance of obtaining the mythical "EGOT" status after he was nominated for an Emmy on Tuesday. The singer-songwriter earned an Emmy nomination in the Outstanding Variety Special (pre-recorded)…
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Bob Dylan, Neil Young Perform First Duet In 25 Years
Jul 17, 2019 by Bob Ballard
Bob Dylan and Neil Young performed their first duet in 25 years by playing the traditional hymn "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" in Ireland on Sunday. The rare event of the legendary rockers - Young…
Paul McCartney Reunites With Ringo Starr On Final Tour Stop
Jul 16, 2019 by Bob Ballard
Paul McCartney surprised his fans during the final stop of his Freshen Up World tour at Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium on Saturday night, reuniting with his former Beatles bandmate Ringo Starr. After finishing his first…
Blue Oyster Cult To Release New Album In 2020
Jul 15, 2019 by Bob Ballard
Blue Oyster Cult announced they have signed a new deal with Frontiers Music Srl and expect to release a new studio album in 2020. The untitled new album will be a follow-up to the 2001…
'Yesterday' Helps Beatles Tunes Re-Enter Billboard's Hot Rock Songs Chart
Jul 12, 2019 by Bob Ballard
Classic Beatles songs have re-entered Billboard's Hot Rock Songs chart with the help of Beatles-themed movie Yesterday. Billboard reports that five Beatles songs have re-entered the Hot Rock Songs chart dated July 13, led by…
Sting cancels European tour dates due to unspecified illness
Jul 11, 2019 by Rick Watts
Sting is canceling a string of European court dates following an unspecified illness, the British singer announced Wednesday. In a statement on the 67-year-old's official Twitter, Sting shared that Thursday's concert in Stuttgart, Germany, and Friday's date…
New York town denies permit for Woodstock 50
Jul 10, 2019 by Rick Watts
VERNON, N.Y. (AP) — The Latest on local opposition to the Woodstock 50 festival (all times local): 5:55 p.m. An upstate New York town has denied a permit to stage the Woodstock 50 festival at…
Rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Dave Bartholomew laid to rest
Jul 09, 2019 by Rick Watts
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hundreds of family members, friends, fans and fellow musicians gathered in New Orleans Monday to bid farewell to rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Dave Bartholomew. A trumpet-shaped flower arrangement stood next to…
'The Who's Tommy Orchestral' Debuts At No. 1 On Classical Albums Chart
Jul 05, 2019 by Bob Ballard
Roger Daltrey's new live record, The Who's Tommy Orchestral, debuted at No. 1 spot on Billboard's Classical Albums chart. The album entered the chart above Andrea Bocelli's Si and Luciano Pavarotti's Music From the Soundtrack:…
Joan Jett gets her own signature Gibson guitar
Jul 03, 2019 by Bob Ballard
Rock legend Joan Jett has received her own signature Gibson guitar. The Joan Jett Signature ES-339 is a hollow-body electric model featuring a thermally-engineered maple center-block and thermally-engineered Adirondack Spruce bracing, a radical first for…
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