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The Who's Keith Moon Biopic To Start Filming In June
The Who's long-awaited Keith Moon biopic, tentatively titled The Real Me, will begin filming in June, according to Variety. The film, which is being executive produced by Pete Townshend, Roger Dal...
Jan 30, 2022
Slash: Covid Protocols Made Guns N' Roses Focus Only On Music
Although the days of crazy post-show parties was in the past anyway, Slash revealed that Guns N' Roses' Covid protocols on the road only strengthened the band's musical connection. Ultimat...
Jan 27, 2022
Elvis Costello Issuing Limited Edition Green Vinyl Edition Of 'Spike'
Elvis Costello's celebrated 1989 Spike album is set for a deluxe vinyl reissue on March 4th. The album, which first paired Costello and Paul McCartney, will be released for the first time as a dou...
Jan 27, 2022
Andy Summers Says Police Reunion Made Him Highest Paid Guitarist
Police guitarist Andy Summers finally revealed the financial stats of the band's massive 2007/2008 globe-spanning reunion tour. The long-awaited reunion trek spanned 158 shows, playing to 921...
Jan 27, 2022
Lindsey Buckingham Books U.S. Warmup Dates Prior To European Run
Prior to heading across the Atlantic for his 11-city European tour, Lindsey Buckingham has just rolled out four warm-up gigs at home. The ousted-Fleetwood Mac leader will kick off his brief Stateside ...
Jan 27, 2022
The Beatles' Apple Rooftop Performance Now Streaming
It was 53 years ago Sunday (January 30th, 1969), that the Beatles performed for the last time in public, on the roof of their Apple headquarters building in London. For the better part ...
Jan 27, 2022
Flashback: John Lennon's Posthumous 'Milk And Honey' Released
It was 38 years ago today (January 27th, 1984) that John Lennon's first original posthumous album, Milk And Honey, was released. Lennon's tracks were culled from the summer 1980 sessions recor...
Jan 26, 2022
Flashback: John Lennon Records 'Instant Karma (We All Shine On)'
It was 52 years ago today (January 27th, 1970) that John Lennon recorded "Instant Karma." Lennon had already recorded several experimental albums and two singles under the name the Plastic Ono Band. "...
Jan 26, 2022
Wolfgang Van Halen Already Writing New Mammoth WVH Followup
Wolfhgang Van Halen will head out on tour next month after pushing his joint dates with Dirty Honey back due to the pandemic upsurge. He told us he's already hashing out ideas for Mammoth WVH'...
Jan 26, 2022
The Go-Go's Post Rescheduled Western Dates
The Go-Go's have rolled out their rescheduled five-date West Coast run. Best Classic Bands reported in March, the recent Rock Hall inductees will hit Reno, Nevada along with California stops in sa...
Jan 26, 2022