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Getty ImagesFan reports are leaking from die-cards waiting outside of Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band’s New Jersey rehearsals. The Twitter page Bruce Springsteen’s Tour News has been keeping vigil outside of rehearsals and listing all that’s been going down inside. The band is currently rehearsing for their 2023 comeback tour in Red Bank…

Getty ImagesJust released is the Orbit: Dave Grohl comic book by TidalWave Comics. The 22-page comic was written by Adam Rose and illustrated by Martin Gimenez, and is part of TidalWave’s “Orbit” series, which “focuses on personalities who impact the world.” American Songwriter reported the comic, which spans Grohl’s entire life, “Takes readers inside Grohl’s…

PRPhotos.comThe teaser has been released for the new Disney+ special, Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming, With Dave Letterman. Rolling Stone reported the show will premiere on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17th — the same day U2’s new album of songs reimagined from their catalogue, named Songs Of Surrender is also released. The…

Getty ImagesIt was 54 years ago today (January 13th, 1969) that Elvis Presley began his second most famous recording sessions. On the heels of his triumphant 1968 NBC “comeback special” he entered American Studios in Memphis to leave behind the artistic malaise that permeated most of his ’60s soundtrack work. Alongside his 1953 to 1955 Sun Records…

Getty ImagesIt was 53 years ago Saturday night (January 14th, 1970) that Diana Ross gave her final performance as a member of the Supremes. The show took place at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas, and it was released the following April as the double-live album called Farewell. The show itself was emotional for all the Supremes, which at…

Getty ImagesIt was 46-years-ago Sunday (January 15th, 1977), that the Eagles’ album Hotel California hit Number One. The album, which was released on December 8th, 1976, was the group’s third chart-topper in a row, following 1975’s One Of These Nights and 1976’s compilation Eagles/Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975. Hotel California included two Number One hits featuring the group’s main songwriters and distinctive lead…

Getty ImagesIt was 51 years ago Sunday (January 15th, 1972) that Don McLean’s “American Pie” topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first week of its month-long run. The song is the origin of the term “the day the music died,” about the February 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, but…

Getty ImagesTwisted Sister will reunite for their induction later this month into the Metal Hall of Fame. Blabbermouth reported the sixth annual charity gala is set for January 26th at The Canyon Club in Agoura Hills, California. The classic lineup of the band — Dee Snider, Jay Jay French, Eddie Ojeda, Mark Mendoza, and late-drummer…

Getty ImagesOn March 3rd Genesis will release the sprawling career-spanning BBC Broadcast collection. The set was curated by co-founder and keyboardist Tony Banks and long-time engineer Nick Davis and will be available as a 53-track five-CD set and 24-track triple-LP. Highlights on the set include early BBC radio sessions from Night Ride and for famed…