On This Day, Aug. 19, 1967: The Beatles hit #1 with ‘All You Need Is Love’

On This Day, Aug. 19, 1967 ...The Beatles landed another #1 single with 'All You Need Is Love," a non-album track that represented Britain in the TV program Our World, the first live global, multi-satellite TV show.When they signed on for Our World, The Beatles were asked to contribute a song with a positive and universal message.They performed the track on the show with a prerecorded backing track, and were joined by The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, […]

August 19, 2025

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Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh has a backup plan if band doesn’t get into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo performs at the Devo: 50 Years of De-Evolution Continued! concert at The Anthem on May 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images)Devo has been nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame three times — in 2018, 2021 and 2022 — but has yet to be chosen for induction. But not being selected for the prestigious institution isn’t about to stop the band’s co-founder and lead vocalist Mark Mothersbaugh.In a new interview with New York Magazine’s Vulture column, […]

August 19, 2025

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Mick Fleetwood makes special appearance at Maui Music and Food Experience

Mick Fleetwood at Hua Momona Farms Maui Music & Food Festival 2025 Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa/Photo credit: J. Anthony Martinez PhotographyFleetwood Mac founder Mick Fleetwood made a special appearance Saturday night at the second annual Maui Music and Food Experience.The two-day event took place Friday and Saturday at the Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa in Hawaii, with Fleetwood turning up for a Jimi Hendrix tribute during a set by Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk. Other special guests during the performance included The Isley Brothers' Ernie Isley; Bernard Fowler, best known […]

August 18, 2025

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Foreigner to headline 50th anniversary concert at Ellis Island

Artwork for Foreigner Live at Ellis Island/credit: Vertigo Live Productions LtdNew York’s Ellis Island was once the biggest immigrant processing station in the country, and now a whole other type of foreigner will be taking over the historic site.Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band Foreigner has announced a special 50th anniversary concert on Ellis Island on Sept. 6. The concert, with the Statue of Liberty in the background, will feature original lead singer Lou Gramm and surprise guests. It will be filmed for a […]

August 18, 2025

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Neil Young plays anti-corporate track ‘This Note’s For You’ for the first time since 1997

Neil Young performs on the Pyramid stage during day four of Glastonbury festival 2025 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 28, 2025 (Photo by Jim Dyson/Redferns)Neil Young famously blasted corporate sponsorship invading rock and roll in the 1988 song "This Note’s For You," and it appears that he’s still not happy about it.During his show Sunday night, he performed the song during his encore, which according to setlist.fm marked the first time he’s performed the track since 1997. The song […]

August 18, 2025

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David Lee Roth jokes he was visited by the ghost of Eddie Van Halen

David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen peform at Music Midtown at Piedmont Park on September 19, 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Chris McKay/Getty Images for Live Nation)Back in April, former Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar released the song "Encore, Thank You, Good Night," revealing that the tune was inspired by a dream he had about his late bandmate Eddie Van Halen. Well, now Van Halen’s other lead singer, David Lee Roth, has weighed in on it.Fan shot footage posted to YouTube shows that […]

August 18, 2025

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On This Day, Aug. 18, 1986: Bon Jovi releases their breakthrough album ‘Slippery When Wet’

On This Day, Aug. 18, 1986…Bon Jovi released their third studio album, Slippery When Wet, which wound up being a huge breakthrough for the band.The album, produced by Bruce Fairbairn, spent eight weeks at #1 on the Billboard Albums chart, and was the band’s first #1 album.It produced two #1 singles, “You Give Love a Bad Name” and “Livin’ on a Prayer,” both of which were written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora and Desmond Child. The album’s third single, “Wanted Dead […]

August 18, 2025

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Stuntman set ablaze for cover of Pink Floyd’s 1975 album ‘Wish You Were Here’ dies

Sony Music EntertainmentRonnie Rondell, Jr., the American stuntman who appeared on the cover of Pink Floyd’s 1975 album Wish You Were Here, has died.An obituary announcement posted online reveals that Rondell passed away Aug. 12, at the age of 88.The cover of Wish You Were Here, from design studio Hipgnosis, was photographed by Aubrey “Po” Powell, and featured two businessmen shaking hands, one of which was Rondell, who was set on fire.In addition to the Wish You Were Here cover, […]

August 18, 2025

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John Fogerty talks forgiving his late brother and bandmate, Tom Fogerty

Creedence Clearwater Revival members Tom and John Fogerty, 1970. (Photo by PoPsie Randolph/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)John Fogerty and his bandmates in Creedence Clearwater Revival did not break up on the best of terms in the '70s. The acrimonious split resulted in a rift between John and his brother and bandmate, Tom Fogerty, which lasted until Tom’s death in 1990."We certainly were estranged," John tells People, noting that things were so bad between them that at one point Tom sided with Fantasy Records exec Saul Zaentz, the owner of John's […]

August 18, 2025