Earth, Wind & Fire and Billy Idol part of 2018 BottleRock Napa Valley festival's lineup

Courtesy of Jam Cellars Billy Idol is among the many music acts headed to Wine Country this year to perform at the 2018 BottleRock Napa Valley festival, taking place during Memorial Day weekend, May 25-27, in Napa,
David Byrne announces official release plans for new solo album, “American Utopia”

Credit: Jody RogacEx-Talking Heads frontman David Byrne has unveiled official details about his forthcoming studio album, titled American Utopia, which — as a recent Internet report suggested — will be released on March 9. The 10-track collection
Steely Dan, Doobie Brothers set to rock down the highway together this summer

Live Nation EntertainmentFollowing the death of his musical partner Walter Becker in September 2017, Steely Dan‘s Donald Fagen took the band back out on the road for a North American U.S. trek in the fall, and he’s
Unissued demo of David Bowie hit “Let's Dance” released in honor of late legend's 71st birthday

ParlophoneIn conjunction what would have been David Bowie‘s 71st birthday, a previously unreleased early demo version of the late rock legend’s hit 1983 single “Let’s Dance” was released today as a digital single available for purchase as
Rod Stewart re-teams with Cyndi Lauper for North American summer tour

Doug Sonders/Courtesy of So What ManagementLast year, Rod Stewart and Cyndi Lauper toured together, and it seems they had so much fun that they just had to do it again. Rod and Cyndi have now announced a
Updated version of book about the making of The Who's 1979 rock doc “The Kids Are Alright” due in April

Jim Summaria/Gonzo MultimediaAn updated version of a 2009 book about The Who written by Tony Klinger, a British filmmaker who co-produced the band’s classic 1979 rockumentary The Kids Are Alright, will be released on April 27 under
Moody Blues co-founder and flute player Ray Thomas, dead at 76

Patti Ouderkirk/WireImageFounding Moody Blues flute player and singer Ray Thomas died Thursday at the at of 76, his label, Esoteric Records, announced on Facebook Sunday. Thomas appeared on every Moody Blues album until his retirement due to health
David Bowie doc focusing on rock legend's final years gets US TV premiere on HBO tonight

Credit: Jimmy KingDavid Bowie: The Last Five Years, a recent BBC documentary focusing on the rock legend’s prolific final years, gets its U.S. television debut on HBO tonight, which would’ve been Bowie’s 71st birthday. Director Francis Whately,