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Disney/Eric McCandlessRoger Daltrey is setting the record straight about the events that led to The Who’s firing of drummer Zak Starkey.Problems arose with Starkey during The Who's Teenage Cancer Trust shows at London's Royal Albert Hall in March, with Daltrey appearing to call out Starkey’s playing during "The Song is Over." In an interview with The Telegraph, Starkey suggested that Daltrey was actually the one who "got it wrong," and Daltrey was not happy about […]

Dana Jacobs/Getty ImagesEarth, Wind & Fire made a surprise appearance at Lollapalooza, joining Sabrina Carpenter for her headlining set Sunday night."We can just let loose, right? We can just groove," said Sabrina, who was wearing a sparkly pink jumpsuit with her name across the chest. She then added, "So I thought, why not bring out my friends from Chicago, Earth, Wind & Fire!"The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers then […]

Mathew Tsang/Getty ImagesRod Stewart paid tribute to Ozzy Osbourne during a recent concert, and he got a little help from AI to do so.NME reports that during his Aug. 1 concert in Alpharetta, Georgia, near Atlanta, Stewart projected images of Ozzy on screen during his performance of "Forever Young," but the Black Sabbath frontman wasn’t alone in them.Fan shot footage shows that the tribute included AI-generated images of Ozzy posing for selfies with several other dead celebrities, including Prince, Tina Turner, […]

On This Day, Aug. 4, 1964 ...The Kinks released their third single, “You Really Got Me,” in the U.K., where it became their first #1 hit and stayed on top for two weeks.The tune was released in America that September and became a breakthrough hit for the band, peaking at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100.Guitarist Dave Davies created the distorted guitar sound in the tune by slicing up the […]

DoubledayAs Bruce Springsteen's breakthrough album Born to Run turns 50 in August, author and journalist Peter Ames Carlin takes a deep dive into the record in his new book, Tonight in Jungleland: The Making of Born to Run, out Tuesday.While Born to Run was a critical and commercial success for Springsteen, prior to the record he was coming off two commercial failures — Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. and The Wild, The Innocent & the E […]