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Rick Davies, co-founder, singer, and keyboardist of the iconic prog-rock and pop band Supertramp, died on Saturday (September 6) at the age of 81, following a long battle with multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer. Davies, who founded the band in 19...
Sep 08, 2025
In a new interview with Business Insider published on Wednesday (September 3), Dolly Parton revealed her go-to Taco Bell order. "I like the others, but they fall apart so bad, especially if you're riding around," said the 79-year-old country music lege...
Sep 05, 2025
Farm Aid 2025 will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a live broadcast on CNN from Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on September 20. The event will feature performances by founders Willie Nelson, Neil Young, and John Mellencamp, alongside specia...
Sep 04, 2025
On Wednesday (September 3), Brandi Carlile announced the details of her first solo album in four years, Returning to Myself, which is set for release on October 24 via Interscope and the rejuvenated Americana imprint Lost Highway. The 10-song project f...
Sep 04, 2025
Ethan Hawke's new two-part documentary, Highway 99: A Double Album, offers a rich, three-hour tribute to Merle Haggard, delving into the late country legend's complex life and legacy with heartfelt reverence. Blending rare archival footage, audio inter...
Sep 02, 2025
Cyndi Lauper concluded her Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour on Saturday night (August 30) at the Hollywood Bowl with a star-studded final show featuring surprise guest appearances by Joni Mitchell, Cher, SZA, and John Legend. Mitchell, making on...
Sep 02, 2025
The Hallmark Channel has just announced the addition of twelve country music icons to the star-studded cast of their upcoming holiday film, A Grand Ole Opry Christmas. Bill Anderson, Rhett Akins, Megan Moroney, Jamey Johnson, Drew Baldridge, Maggie Bau...
Aug 28, 2025
John Fogerty has just announced that he will be embarking on an 11-date 'The Legacy Tour' this fall to support his new album, Legacy: the Creedence Clearwater Revival Years, which features 20 re-recorded CCR classics like "Fortunate Son" and "Bad Moon ...
Aug 28, 2025
Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton recently teamed up on the '70s-inspired country track, "A Song to Sing," which was released to radio by Big Loud in July. The collaboration echoes the feel of Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers chart-topping 1983 classic,...
Aug 26, 2025
John Prine's early Nashville years are vividly captured in a heartfelt new book by his friend Tom Piazza, Living in the Present with John Prine, which draws from their conversations before Prine's death at 73 in 2020. Originally intended as Prine's mem...
Aug 26, 2025
John Fogerty, legendary frontman of Creedence Clearwater Revival, has re-recorded 20 of his classic hits with his sons Shane and Tyler for the new album, Legacy: The Creedence Clearwater Revival Years, which was released on August 22. Motivated by fina...
Aug 26, 2025
In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Al Jardine criticized his Beach Boys bandmate Mike Love's speech at Brian Wilson's funeral on August 6. "Mike wanted everybody to know that he wrote every single word of 'Good Vibrations,'" the 82-year-old Jardine...
Aug 22, 2025
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Beatles Anthology project, an expanded and restored edition will be released this fall, featuring the original eight-part documentary series remastered and supplemented with a new ninth episode showcasing unseen...
Aug 22, 2025
Country star Bill Anderson, the longest-serving member of the Grand Ole Opry, had to cancel his scheduled Opry performance on Saturday (August 16) due to a "freak accident." The 87-year-old singer shared in a statement on his website that he "simply tw...
Aug 20, 2025
Anya Taylor-Joy and Meryl Streep are reportedly set to portray Joni Mitchell in Cameron Crowe's upcoming biopic on the legendary singer. Taylor-Joy is rumored to be playing Mitchell during her peak years in the '60s and '70s, while Streep will be portr...
Aug 20, 2025
On Tuesday (August 19), The Beatles' official Instagram account - and those of all four band members - sparked excitement and speculation among fans with a cryptic post featuring slides including each of the numbers, "1, 2, 3, 4," illustrated with coll...
Aug 20, 2025
Ronnie Rondell Jr., the veteran Hollywood stuntman best known for being set on fire for Pink Floyd's iconic 1975 Wish You Were Here album cover, has died at the age of 88. With over 200 film and TV credits, Rondell Jr.'s distinguished career spanned fr...
Aug 18, 2025
Priscilla Presley is facing a $50 million fraud and breach of contract lawsuit from former business partners Brigitte Kruse and Kevin Fialko. They are accusing the 80-year-old Presley of using her celebrity status to damage their reputations and withho...
Aug 15, 2025
A comprehensive 12-disc box set titled, Power to the People, focusing on John Lennon and Yoko Ono's politically charged early 1970s New York era, will be released on October 10, the day after Lennon's 85th birthday. Compiled by their son Sean Ono Lenno...
Aug 15, 2025
Buddy Guy celebrated his 89th birthday on July 30 by releasing his 20th studio album, Ain't Done With the Blues, which debuted at No. 1 on this week's Billboard Blues Albums chart. This marks Guy's eighth chart-topping album of his legendary career, wh...
Aug 14, 2025