On This Day, Aug. 20, 1973: The Rolling Stones release ‘Angie’

On This Day, Aug. 20, 1973…The Rolling Stones released the new tune "Angie," the lead off single to their 11th studio album Goats Head Soup.There’s been a lot of speculation as to the inspiration behind the track, written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, with some suggesting it was about David Bowie’s first wife Angie Bowie or actress Angie Dickinson.Other speculation suggested it was written about Richards’ daughter, Dandelion Angela Richards, and in liner notes to 1993’s greatest hits compilation, Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling […]

August 20, 2025

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New poster celebrates 50th anniversary of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born To Run’

Cover of Bruce Springsteen's 'Born to Run'/Columbia Records/Legacy RecordingsMonday will mark the 50th anniversary of Bruce Springsteen’s blockbuster album Born To Run, and to mark the occasion a new lithograph poster has been released to raise money for charity.The poster was created by photographer Eric Meola, who shot the original Born To Run cover, along with art director Dave Bett. It features a photo of Springsteen from the album's cover shoot, holding up the collar of his leather jacket with his guitar slung across his shoulder.Proceeds from the sale are […]

August 20, 2025

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The Beach Boys’ Al Jardine at odds with Mike Love over Brian Wilson’s funeral

(L-R) Mike Love and Al Jardine speak onstage during the world premiere of Disney+ documentary "The Beach Boys" at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California on May 21, 2024. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney)The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson was laid to rest in early August, and, according to Rolling Stone, his bandmates Al Jardine and Mike Love gave speeches at a gathering after the funeral. But according to Jardine, Love’s speech didn’t really focus on Wilson."Mike wanted everybody to know that he wrote every single […]

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Talking Heads’ David Byrne reveals engagement

(L-R) David Byrne and Mala Gaonkar attend the "Dune: Part Two" premiere at Lincoln Center on February 25, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)Talking Heads frontman David Byrne is engaged to be married.The news was revealed in a story in The Times, which notes that Byrne "lives in New York with his fiancée, the businesswoman and artist Mala Gaonkar."In the article, Byrne also refers to Gaonkar as his "fiancée" when talking about the inspiration behind the song "Moisturizing Thing" on his upcoming […]

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Cheap Trick announces new fall tour dates

Cheap Trick tour admat/courtesy of Cheap TrickCheap Trick has announced a new set of fall tour dates.The latest additions to the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers' schedule start Oct. 12 in Oxford, Alabama, with the band playing shows in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Arizona, California, and more before wrapping their tour on Dec. 7 in Waukee, Iowa.A ticket presale begins Wednesday at 10 a.m. local time, with tickets going on sale to the general public Friday at 10 a.m. local […]

August 19, 2025

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Pete Townshend on ‘celebrating’ The Who’s legacy on tour: ‘Why shouldn’t I revel in it?’

Pete Townshend of The Who performs at Parco Della Musica on July 22, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Sergione Infuso/Corbis via Getty Images)Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey kicked off The Who’s The Song Is Over North America Farewell Tour Saturday, and it sounds like Pete is a bit ambivalent about being on the road."It can be lonely. I’ve thought, 'Well, this is my job, I’m happy to have the work, but I prefer to be doing something else,'" he says in a new interview […]

August 19, 2025

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The Beatles tease fans with new ‘1, 2, 3, 4’ posts

Beatles archival photo/Photo Credit: ABCLooks like The Beatles have some news to share.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers appear to be teasing some upcoming news with various posts on social media and their website.On Instagram they posted pictures of the numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4, each featuring images associated with the band. On X they posted a video with audio of a countdown and screaming fans as images of the band members are shown with the same numbers flashing in front of them.Both posts include Paul McCartney, Ringo […]

August 19, 2025

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Jason Bonham extends tour celebrating 50th anniversary of Led Zeppelin’s ‘Physical Graffiti’

An Evening with JBLZE Celebrating 50 Years of 'Physical Graffiti' tour admat/ Courtesy of Jason BonhamDrummer Jason Bonham isn't ready to stop celebrating the 50th anniversary of Led Zeppelin’s classic album Physical Graffiti.Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening is set to kick off a third leg of their An Evening with JBLZE Celebrating 50 Years of Physical Graffiti tour on Oct. 22 in Louisville, Kentucky, with dates wrapping Nov. 26 in Hollywood, Florida.The tour has Bonham and the band playing the entire Physical Graffiti album, as well as other Zeppelin favorites, like […]

August 19, 2025

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Queen’s Brian May reveals he’s working on new mixes of 1974’s ‘Queen II’

Hollywood RecordsBack in October, Queen celebrated their self-titled debut album with the release of a box set that featured a remixed and remastered version of the album, which they renamed Queen I. Now it looks like their sophomore album, 1974’s Queen II, may be getting a similar treatment.Queen guitarist Brian May hinted at the news in a post on Instagram, which included video of him tinkering in the studio with the Queen II song "Funny How Love Is."In the post, May […]

August 19, 2025