Robert Plant & Alison Krauss booked for Memphis’ Beale Street Music Festival
Rounder Records The Beale Street Music Festival returns to Memphis, Tennessee, in May and has nabbed quite a lineup. The festival, taking place May 5 to 7 at Tom Lee Park, features headliners Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, along with Living
Paul McCartney shares insight into wife Linda’s photography as new exhibit opens in Tucson
Dave Hogan/Hulton Archive/Getty Images An exhibition of Linda McCartney’s 30-year photography career just opened in Tucson, Arizona. The Linda McCartney Retrospective, co-curated by Paul and Mary McCartney and the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona, has been traveling the globe
David Byrne to perform at the Oscars with Son Lux & actress Stephanie Hsu
AMPAS/ABC David Byrne is the latest artist to be added to next month’s Oscars telecast. Byrne will be joined by music trio Son Lux and Oscar-nominated actress Stephanie Hsu for a performance of the Best Original Song nominee “This Is A Life”
Roger Waters’ Frankfurt show canceled due to his alleged antisemitism
Justin Berl/Getty Images Roger Waters‘ concert schedule just got a little lighter. The Jerusalem Post reports the Pink Floyd member’s May 28 show in Frankfurt, Germany, has been canceled by the local city council. The city council’s reason for canceling the
Rod Stewart surprises hospital patients by paying for their MRI scans
Roberto Ricciuti/Redferns Sir Rod Stewart surprised patients waiting for their MRI scans at a British hospital by taking care of the bill. The money not only helped pay for their visit, it also allowed the hospital to provide faster service.
New documentary looks at John Lennon’s “lost weekend” romance with personal assistant
Tom Wargacki / Contributor A new documentary is coming out that focuses on John Lennon’s 18-month relationship with his personal assistant during a brief split from Yoko Ono in the early ’70s. The Lost Weekend: A Love Story is May Pang’s account
Neil Young gives first live performance since before the pandemic
Matthew Baker/Getty Images Neil Young hasn’t played in front of a crowd since before the COVID-19 pandemic, but that all changed this weekend. Rolling Stone reports the rocker made a surprise appearance at Saturday’s United For Old Growth march
Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott goes on with Colombia show despite brief hospitalization
Medios y Media/Getty Images Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott didn’t let a little altitude sickness get in the way of him rocking out in Bogota, Colombia, this weekend. Blabbermouth.net reports that local news outlets in Bogota reported Elliott was taken to
On This Day – February 27, 1954 – Journey’s Neal Schon was born
On this Day, February 27, 1954… Future Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Neal Schon was born at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma. At just age 17, Schon joined the band Santana performing on albums Santana III and Caravanserai. In 1973, he
U2’s Bono & The Edge join Ukrainian band Antytila at London show
GENYA SAVILOV/AFP via Getty Images U2’s Bono and The Edge showed their solidarity with Ukranians Sunday night by appearing onstage with the Ukrainian band Antytila. Just days after the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the rockers made a guest appearance at the band’s show