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Getty ImagesIt was 45 years ago today (February 10th, 1978) that Van Halen released their self-titled debut album. The collection, which hit Number 19 on the Billboard 200, peaked at Number Four on the magazine’s Top Rock Albums chart, and redefined the direction of hard rock for the 1980’s. The set, which was produced by…

Getty ImagesOut today (February 10th) is the latest Rolling Stones archival release, titled GRRR Live! The set, which gets its name from the band’s 2012 career-spanning compilation GRRR!, was recorded on December 15th, 2012 during the band’s “50 And Counting” tour stop at Newark, New Jersey’s Prudential Center. The set features guest spots by Bruce…

Getty ImagesGraham Nash has broken his silence regarding the death of his estranged partner, David Crosby. “Croz” passed on last January 19th of undisclosed causes at the age of 81. Although the pair had not been on speaking terms for several years, in a new interview with AARP, Nash revealed that Crosby has recently reached…

Getty ImagesLegendary songwriter Burt Bacharach, died at age 94 on February 8th, No cause of death was announced. Burt Bacharach and his songwriting partner, the late-Hal David, met singer Dionne Warwick while they were working on a session for the Drifters, and she became their “go-to” singer for demos. Eventually, they wrote and produced 20…

Getty ImagesHappy Birthday to Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Carole King, who turns 81 today (February 9th)!!! Most fans associate King with her own hits, such as 1971’s “It’s Too Late,” “I Feel The Earth Move,” and “So Far Away,” plus 1974’s “Jazzman,” but in the 1960’s King was responsible for co-writing with her then-husband Gerry Goffin some…

Getty ImagesIt was 51 years ago today (February 9th, 1972), that Paul McCartney, along with his new band Wings, performed his first solo show at Britain’s Nottingham University. Although McCartney refused to include any Beatles numbers in the band’s set, he couldn’t resist performing the group’s longtime set-closer, a cover of Little Richard’s “Long Tall…

Getty Images2022 Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Pat Benatar and husband / guitarist Neil Giraldo have rolled out a string of spring dates. The pair hit the road on April 12th at Port Chester, New York’s Capitol Theatre and winds things down three weeks later at Hollywood., Florida’s Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard…

Getty ImagesThe ongoing feud between Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour, his wife writer Polly Samson, and Floyd co-founder Roger Waters is raging on. Following Samson’s comments after a recent interview Waters gave to a German news outlet, she took to social media, labeling Waters “anti-Semitic,” a “Putin apologist,” along with being a “lying, thieving, hypocritical, tax-avoiding,…

Getty ImagesTake it with a grain of salt — but a British DJ revealed that the Foo Fighters are releasing a new album next month. Music Radar reported that on February 8th, Radio X’s Chris Moyles, played the Foos’ track “Walk” and said, quote, “I love that song so much — Foo Fighters, and ‘Walk.’…