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Def Leppard and Journey team for co-headlining summer tour

Def Leppard and Journey are teaming up for a huge co-headlining tour next summer.The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame bands, who previously toured together in 2018, will be playing stadiums across the country alongside fellow Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Steve Miller Band, Heart and Cheap Trick on select dates. “We are ...
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On This Day, December 7, 1991: U2 hits #1 with ‘Achtung Baby’

On This Day, December 7, 1991…U2 hit #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart with their seventh studio album, Achtung Baby, produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno. Unlike their previous records, the band incorporated new sounds into the project, including alternative rock, industrial music and electronic dance music.U2 released five singles from ...
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Aerosmith’s “Dream On” reaches one billion Spotify streams

Aerosmith’s “Dream On” may have been released 50 years ago, but fans still love listening to it. The classic tune just reached over one billion streams on Spotify, so the band took to social media to thank their fans, the Blue Army, for the milestone.Released in June ...
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Rush’s Alex Lifeson debuts first signature pedal

Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson is once again helping other musicians to sound their best.The rocker just launched his first signature pedal, the Lerxst By-Tor pedal, through Mojotone, which is being sold exclusively on Reverb. The pedal is described as being “capable of going from light crunchy drive sounds to ...
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Producer Jack Douglas recalls John Lennon’s final recording session: “He was very happy”

Producer Jack Douglas, who produced the John Lennon and Yoko Ono album Double Fantasy, is opening up about Lennon’s final days, as we approach the 43rd anniversary of the legendary Beatle’s death.“He was very positive,” Douglas tells People about his final session with Lennon before his December 8, 1980, murder. “They were both ...
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Documentaries on Devo, Brian Eno to premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival

Documentaries about Devo and Brian Eno are set to premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. First announced in March, Devo, directed by Chris Smith, uses archival footage and interviews with the band's members to delve into their 50-year career, which reached its peak in 1980 thanks to their hit “Whip It.”Eno, directed ...
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Bruce Springsteen & U2 among StubHub’s in-demand touring artists of 2023

It seems as though a lot of music fans really wanted to see Bruce Springsteen and U2 in 2023.Both artists land in the top 10 on StubHub's year-end Top In-Demand Global Touring Artists list, which is based on an artist's global ticket sales on the site, and related partners, for ...
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Paul Simon docuseries to premiere on MGM+ in March

A new two-part docuseries about Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Paul Simon is set to premiere on MGM+ in March.In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon, directed by Oscar winner Alex Gibney, follows Simon’s life from growing up in Queens to his partnership with Art Garfunkel and more, using previously ...
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The late Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington’s Atlanta estate on the market for $12 million

The late Gary Rossington’s Georgia home is on the market.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer’s estate in Milton is currently listed for $12 million through Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty.The estate sits on 80 acres of land and includes both a main and guest ...
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On This Day, December 6, 1969: The Rolling Stones headline the Altamont Speedway Free Festival

On This Day, December 6, 1969…The Altamont Speedway Free Festival kicked off in the Bay Area of California, headlined by The Rolling Stones and featuring a lineup that included Santana, Jefferson Airplane, The Flying Burrito Brothers and Crosby, Stills & Nash.The counterculture concert, attended by nearly 300,000 people, was marred by the presence ...
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