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Bon Jovi’s ‘Livin’ on a Prayer’ reaches 2 billion streams on Spotify
Artwork for Bon Jovi’s ‘Livin’ On A Prayer’/Island Def Jam Bon Jovi’s hit single “Livin’ on a Prayer” has just reached a new milestone. The track, from the band’s #1 album Slippery When Wet, has just passed 2 billion

Peter Gabriel backed by orchestra for concert film to be released in October
Peter Gabriel performs on stage at Palau Sant Jordi on September 23, 2010 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Jordi Vidal/Redferns) A unique concert from Peter Gabriel is coming to Blu-ray this fall. Taking the Pulse is a recording of a Sept.

Sammy Hagar responds to David Lee Roth’s tale of Eddie Van Halen’s ghost
Sammy Hagar at the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction/ Disney/Michael Le Brecht II Sammy Hagar has responded to David Lee Roth’s recent story in which he claimed that like Sammy, he was visited in a dream by the

Hear another track off the upcoming Bad Company tribute album
Primary Wave Music A second track has been released from the upcoming Bad Company tribute album, Can’t Get Enough: The Music of Bad Company, dropping Oct. 24. The latest is Blackberry Smoke‘s cover of “Run With the Pack,” the title track off Bad Company’s third

On This Day, Aug. 20, 1973: The Rolling Stones release ‘Angie’
On This Day, Aug. 20, 1973… The Rolling Stones released the new tune “Angie,” the lead off single to their 11th studio album Goats Head Soup. There’s been a lot of speculation as to the inspiration behind the

New poster celebrates 50th anniversary of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born To Run’
Cover of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born to Run’/Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings Monday will mark the 50th anniversary of Bruce Springsteen’s blockbuster album Born To Run, and to mark the occasion a new lithograph poster has been released to raise money for charity. The

The Beach Boys’ Al Jardine at odds with Mike Love over Brian Wilson’s funeral
(L-R) Mike Love and Al Jardine speak onstage during the world premiere of Disney+ documentary “The Beach Boys” at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California on May 21, 2024. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney)

Talking Heads’ David Byrne reveals engagement
(L-R) David Byrne and Mala Gaonkar attend the “Dune: Part Two” premiere at Lincoln Center on February 25, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images) Talking Heads frontman David Byrne is engaged to be married. The news

Cheap Trick announces new fall tour dates
Cheap Trick tour admat/courtesy of Cheap Trick Cheap Trick has announced a new set of fall tour dates. The latest additions to the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers’ schedule start Oct. 12 in Oxford, Alabama, with the band

Pete Townshend on ‘celebrating’ The Who’s legacy on tour: ‘Why shouldn’t I revel in it?’
Pete Townshend of The Who performs at Parco Della Musica on July 22, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Sergione Infuso/Corbis via Getty Images) Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey kicked off The Who’s The Song Is Over North America Farewell Tour