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On This Day, Oct. 15, 2006 ...New York’s famed punk rock club CBGB closed following a dispute over money between owner Hilly Kristal and the venue’s landlord, Bowery Residents Committee.Opened on Dec. 10, 1973, CBGB — which stood for country, bluegrass and blues — helped launch the careers of such artists as the Ramones, Talking Heads, Blondie and Patti Smith, among others.Smith performed at the closing night concert, with guest appearances by Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and […]

'Billy Joel -- My Life: A Piano Man’s Journey' exhibit (Courtesy Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame)The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame is movin' out its Billy Joel exhibit, which has been drawing crowds to the museum in Stony Brook, New York, for the past two years. But unlike most museum exhibits, fans will be able to take home some of the more than 100 […]

Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir performing with the Grateful Dead at the Greek Theater in Berkeley on September 13, 1981. Bob Weir plays an Ibanez guitar. (Photo by Clayton Call/Redferns)Grateful Dead has announced details of the next release in their Dave’s Picks bootleg series.Dave’s Picks Vol. 56, the fourth and final Dave’s Pick of 2025, will feature two nearly complete shows recorded March 20, 1981, and March, 21, 1981, at the […]

Bono on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'/(Disney/Randy Holmes)Documentaries about Led Zeppelin, Billy Joel and U2 frontman Bono are among the films recognized with nominations for the 10th annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards.The theatrical release Becoming Led Zeppelin, HBO's Billy Joel: And So It Goes and Apple TV's Bono: Stories of Surrender all received nods in the best music documentary category. The Jeff Buckley doc It’s Never Over Jeff Buckley and two films directed by Questlove, Ladies & […]