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Getty ImagesBilly Joel and Stevie Nicks have just announced their eighth 2023 joint stadium show. The pair of Rock Hall of Famers will now play on November 10th at Minneapolis’ U.S. Bank Stadium. As it stands now, in addition to the just-announced Minnesota gig, Billy and Stevie are set for major stadium shows in California,…

Getty ImagesIt was 60 years ago today (January 9th, 1963) that the late, great Charlie Watts joined the Rolling Stones replacing drummer Tony Chapman. Watts — who was strictly a jazz drummer — held a day job as a graphic designer for the ad company Charles, Hobson and Gray when he took the gig drumming…

Getty ImagesThe completed inner-workings of Journey continue to make headlines as former-frontman Steve Perry has dropped his legal claim against the band’s corporate entity for trademarking the titles to 20 of its songs. Guitarist Neal Schon posted on a social media the letter he’d received from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which states, quote,…

Getty ImagesMetallica has brought back its archival online streaming service. The band has begun running rare performances from its “Black Album” era via nugs.net. Metallica sent an email to fans announcing the revamped series, writing, “With help from the archivists at The Metallica Black Box, our friends at nugs.net are bringing back the ‘Wherever We…

Getty ImagesPeter Gabriel has dropped “Panopticom,” the first single from his upcoming album, titled i/o. Gabriel said in the press release, “The first song is based on an idea I have been working on to initiate the creation of an infinitely expandable accessible data globe: The Panopticom. We are beginning to connect a like-minded group…

Getty ImagesSunday (January 8th) marks what would have been the “King of Rock n’ Roll” Elvis Presley’s 86th birthday. From his meteoric rise to fame in the 1950’s, to his death at the age of 42 in 1977, through to the present-day; the world is still fascinated by everything that is Elvis. After working as…

Getty ImagesIt was 50 years ago today (January 6th, 1973) that Carly Simon scored her sole chart-topper to date, when “You’re So Vain” hit Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of three weeks. The song, which was produced by Richard Perry and included on Simon’s 1972 third album No Secrets, featured…

Getty ImagesBruce Springsteen has just issued East Rutherford, NJ – July 18th, 1999 — a special holiday / year-end official bootleg in his ongoing monthly archive series. The concert, which was culled his 1999/2000 reunion tour with the E Street Band, marks the seventh pick from the historic tour, with the previous shows being Philadelphia…

Getty ImagesSunday — January 8th — marks what would’ve been David Bowie’s 76th birthday. Bowie died on January 10th, 2016 — just two days after his 69th birthday. His death followed a private 18-month battle with cancer, and according to reports from insiders in the Bowie camp, the music legend died from liver cancer, after…