Steve Miller, Jorma Kaukonen to perform to concert celebrating retirement of Martin guitar exec Dick Boak

Jay Blakesberg; Scotty HallSteve Miller and ex-Jefferson Airplane guitarist Jorma Kaukonen are among the well-known musicians who will celebrate the lengthy career of an employee of the Martin guitar company. Dick Boak, who has worked for the
Ex-Beatles drummer Pete Best to portray himself in Liverpool play about John Lennon's first instrument

Bobby Bank/WireImageOriginal Beatles drummer Pete Best is set to make his acting debut — portraying himself. Best will appear in a new stage play called Lennon’s Banjo that will premiere this spring at the Epstein Theatre in
Dead & Company postpone show after John Mayer hospitalized for emergency appendectomy

Credit: Danny ClinchThe Grateful Dead spinoff group Dead & Company postponed its scheduled concert tonight in New Orleans because singer/guitarist John Mayer was admitted to the hospital in need of an emergency appendectomy, according to a tweet
Star-studded concert film documenting Sammy Hagar's 70th birthday bash screens tonight

Credit: Jill TrunnellRed Til I’m Dead: Sammy Hagar’s Rock-n-Roll Birthday Party, a new concert film and documentary featuring highlights from the Red Rocker’s star-packed birthday bash this year at his Cabo Wabo Cantina in Cabo San Lucas,
Santana adds series of May 2018 shows to Las Vegas residency, lines up tour of Canada in March

Credit: Erik KabikSantana‘s long-running Las Vegas residency at the House of Blues has been extended all way into the late spring of 2018. The latest installment of the band’s “An Intimate Evening with Santana: Greatest Hits Live”
Bryan Singer on firing from Queen biopic: Studio wouldn't give me time off to care for ailing parent

Freddie Mercury in 1980 (Neal Preston © Queen Productions Ltd.)Director Bryan Singer, who was fired Monday from the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, is criticizing studio 20th Century Fox saying the studio would not give him time off
Jimmy Fallon channels Bruce Springsteen for Russia probe spoof, “Robert Mueller's Comin' to Town”

Andrew Lipovsky/NBCOn Monday’s Tonight Show, host Jimmy Fallon dusted off his Bruce Springsteen impersonation for a parody of The Boss’ version of the holiday classic, “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town, called “Robert Mueller‘s Comin’ to Town.” The
Steve Winwood launching 2018 “Greatest Hits Live” tour of the US in February

Courtesy of Steve WinwoodSteve Winwood will be heading back on the road in the U.S. early next year for a new series of shows in support of his 2017 concert album Greatest Hits Live. The tour kicks