Queen's 'Greatest Hits' among the top-10 albums in sales on multiple charts for the first half of 2021
Hollywood Records Queen‘s Greatest Hits may have been released 1981, but the 40-year-old compilation was still among the best-selling albums in the U.S. for the first half of 2021. According to music-sales info provider MRC Data, Queen’s
The Smashing Pumpkins' Jeff Schroeder releases debut solo song, “Haenim”
Jeff Schroeder/Amelia Recordings Longtime Smashing Pumpkins guitarist Jeff Schroeder has released his debut solo song. Titled “Haenim,” the track is a cover of a song originally written by influential Korean guitarist Shin Joong Hyun. Schroeder’s version updates
Michael Stipe, Iggy Pop among artists contributing to The Velvet Underground & Nico tribute album
Verve Records R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe and Iggy Pop have contributed a track to a compilation paying tribute to The Velvet Underground and Nico‘s legendary 1967 self-titled debut album. The record, titled I’ll Be Your Mirror, will be
The Last Footier: Foo Fighters announce trio of Alaska shows
Credit: Danny Clinch Like Jon Snow before them, Foo Fighters are headed up north. Dave Grohl and company have announced their first-ever concerts in Alaska. The shows will take place August 17 and 19 in Anchorage, and
CCR drummer Cosmo Clifford releasing archival 1986 collaborative album recorded with late Greg Kihn bassist
CliffSongs Records Ex-Creedence Clearwater Revival drummer Doug “Cosmo” Clifford has debuted the title track from an upcoming album of previously unreleased archival recordings called For All the Money in the World that he made in 1986 with
For whom the bell tolls: Metallica announces 40th anniversary concerts
Credit: Anton Corbijn Metallica has announced a pair of concerts to celebrate the band’s 40th anniversary this year. The shows will take place December 17 and 19 at the Chase Center in the metal legends’ hometown of
The Police's Andy Summers releasing “beautiful” new instrumental album, 'Harmonics of the Night,' this fall
Credit: Mo Summers Andy Summers recently announced that he’ll be publishing his first book of short stories, Fretted and Moaning, in August. The Police guitarist has now revealed that he’ll also be releasing a new solo album in the coming months.