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Getty ImagesHappy Birthday to the Monkees’ Micky Dolenz, who turns 78 today (March 8th)!!! Micky Dolenz will always be best remembered for singing lead on such group classics as “(Theme From) The Monkees,” “(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone,” “Pleasant Valley Sunday,” along with the Monkees’ first two singles — and chart toppers, “Last Train To…

PRPhotos.comEarlier this week, Dave Grohl volunteered with the non profit organization Feed the Streets by firing up a barbecue grill, cooking meat and serving them to the homeless at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles. The organization posted a video, along with the caption,”On one of those wet and cold rainy days we received a text…

PRPhotos.comThe 2023 lineup for Connecticut’s Sound On Sound festival will feature headliners Red Hot Chili Peppers, John Mayer, and Alanis Morissette and runs from September 30th through October 1st. Rolling Stone reported the festival will return to Bridgeport’s Seaside Park and features such artists as Trey Anastasio Band, Gin Blossoms, Hozier, Nathaniel Rateliff & The…

Getty ImagesOut now by noted author Luca Perasi is Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind The Songs (Vol. 1), according to The Daily Beatle. Perasi received raves for his 2013 tome Paul McCartney: Recording Sessions (1969-2013). A Journey Through Paul McCartney’s Songs After The Beatles, and served as one of the two official…

PRPhotos.comThe Edge is promising a revitalized-sounding U2 for its next studio set. The band will drop its new 40-track Songs Of Survival collection on March 17th — but have already begin plotting their next move, which will feature “big electric guitars.” During a chat with The Telegraph, the guitarist explained, “I’m not sure U2 are…

Getty ImagesPeter Gabriel has just rolled out 12 North American tour dates for September and October — with the promise of another dozen cities to be announced soon. As it stands now, Gabriel will launch the trek on September 8th in Quebec at Videotron Centre and wraps things up on October 13th Los Angeles, California…

Getty ImagesIt was 53 years ago this week (March 7th to 13th, 1970) that Simon & Garfunkel’s final studio album, Bridge Over Troubled Water, began it’s 10-consecutive-week run on top the Billboard 200. The collection, which was the band’s fifth and final set, displaced Led Zeppelin’s Led Zeppelin III from the top spot. Bridge Over…

Getty ImagesNearly four years since its initial release on the Hollywood Vampires’ 2019 album, Rise — the band has posted a video for “You Can’t Put Your Arms Around A Memory.” The black and white video, which showcases bandmates Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, and Johnny Depp performing the song both on stage and…

PRPhotos.comZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons took time out to pay tribute to his sadly departed friend, the late-Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington. Rossington, the last remaining original member of the band, died on March 5th following years of ill-health and numerous heart procedures. ZZ Top will be on the road this summer with Skynyrd. Gibbons told…