Kiss my bass: Why this Rock Hall inductee is boycotting the ceremony

Bassist Carol Kaye plays an Epiphone hollowbody electric guitar in April 1966 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jasper Dailey/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)When the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees were announced earlier this year, Carol Kaye's name was on the list in the category of Musical Excellence. But the legendary bassist — who played on The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds, influenced Paul McCartney and contributed to thousands of pop songs — is boycotting the November ceremony in LA. In a new interview The New York Times, she explains […]

September 25, 2025

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Sammy Hagar shares video of Van Halen’s 1995 performance during Denver blizzard

Sammy Hagar at the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction/ Disney/Michael Le Brecht IISammy Hagar is looking back at a memorable Van Halen show from 30 years ago.The band’s former frontman has shared video of the group performing the For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge track “Poundcake” at their Sept. 20, 1995, concert at Denver’s Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre. What made it particularly memorable was that Van Halen had to play during a blizzard, which dropped 8 inches of snow in the area."I'll never forget looking out and it looked like […]

September 24, 2025

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Fine Young Cannibals’ 40th anniversary being celebrated with new career-spanning compilation

Cover of Fine Young Cannibals compilation FYC40/(London Records)English pop group Fine Young Cannibals is celebrating their 40th anniversary this year, and the milestone is being marked with a brand-new career-spanning compilation.FYC40 is described as a “definitive anthology” of the group, made up of Roland Gift, Andy Cox and David Steele. It will be released Nov. 21, featuring plenty of the band’s classic hits, including "She Drives Me Crazy" and "Good Thing," which both hit #1 in the U.S., as well as their debut single, "Johnny Come Home."In addition to 12-track single vinyl […]

September 24, 2025 1

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Paul McCartney shares tour diary capturing February New York club shows

Paul McCartney performs at The O2 Arena on December 18, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Jo Hale/Redferns)Paul McCartney is taking fans behind the scenes at his three February club shows at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City.The Beatles legend just released Paul McCartney Rocks The Bowery, an 11-minute tour diary of the shows, directed by Charlie Lightening.The video highlights the frenzy over the three concerts, with interviews from the staff at the venue and fans who waited in line to get tickets. There's also […]

September 24, 2025 1

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Neil Young to headline Harvest Moon benefit concert

Harvest Moon show poster/(courtesy of Harvest Moon concert)Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts are set to headline the Harvest Moon benefit concert in California. This is the second year in a row that Young has performed at the event.The afternoon concert will take place Oct. 25 at The Painted Turtle camp in Lake Hughes, California. The lineup also includes Beck and Lana Del Rey, with additional artists to be named.Proceeds from the concert will benefit both The Painted Turtle, which offers the camp experience to children with serious […]

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Why Madonna ‘almost started crying’ at the sight of a museum exhibit

Madonna accepts David Bowie's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame trophy in 1996 (Richard Corkery/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)Madonna is a big David Bowie fan. In fact, when Bowie was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1996, she accepted the honor on his behalf and gave a speech about how seeing Bowie in concert when she was 15 years old changed her life.That's why Madonna says she got emotional when she visited the branch […]

September 24, 2025

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Queen’s Brian May & Roger Taylor talk ‘Bohemian Rhapsody,’ the band’s future and more

Queen on the digital cover for Rolling Stone's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' article/(Courtesy of 'Rolling Stone')Rolling Stone is marking the 50th anniversary of Queen’s iconic song "Bohemian Rhapsody" with a special interview with the band’s Brian May and Roger Taylor. The duo talk about the beginnings of the song, and even touch on what, if anything, Freddie Mercury is singing about.Regarding their first impressions of the song, Taylor notes, "We thought, 'Well, this is kind of ridiculous, so let’s go.' We really enjoyed the silliness of it." He adds that Mercury wrote "a fairly […]

September 24, 2025

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Members of R.E.M., The Black Crowes, Hootie & the Blowfish form supergroup Howl Owl Howl

(L-R) Howl Owl Howl's Steve Gorman, Mike Mills and Darius Rucker/(photo by Steven Cohen)R.E.M.’s Mike Mills, The Black Crowes' former drummer Steve Gorman and Hootie & the Blowfish frontman Darius Rucker are joining forces for a new supergroup, Howl Owl Howl.The group formed in 2021 out of a casual jam session between the three longtime friends, with a press release noting that session turned into "something unique." As for the sound, Howl Owl Howl "fuses organic roots rock with an open-minded alternative flair, matching a fluid, feel-oriented rhythm section to the barrel-chested vocal […]

September 24, 2025

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The Rolling Stones reissuing 1976’s ‘Black and Blue’

Cover of The Rolling Stones' 'Black and Blue'/(Interscope/UMe)The Rolling Stones are revisiting their 1976 album Black and Blue ahead of its 50th anniversary.The band is set to release a five-LP or four-CD super-deluxe box set on Nov. 14, with both versions also coming with a Blu-ray. The set includes a 2025 remix of the album by producer Steven Wilson, along with an album of outtakes and jams. It also includes a recording of a 1976 concert at Earls Court in London, which was part of a six-night residency at […]

September 24, 2025