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Getty ImagesPaul McCartney is seemingly having a blast while on vacation in St. Barts. The former-Beatle, who turns 80 on June 18th, was photographed by paparazzi enjoying what looks to be a well-sized joint while chilling out in the backyard of his rented villa. Last fall, McCartney — who had claimed to have quit smoking…

Getty ImagesJoe Satriani has booked a 44-date North American fall tour in support of his new album, The Elephants Of Mars, which drops on April 8th. Loudwire.com reported Satriani will be backed on the jaunt by drummer Kenny Aronoff, bassist Bryan Beller, and keyboardist Rai Thistlewayte. Satriani and the band kicks things off on September…

PRPhotos.comCelebrities have been posting memories of the late Taylor Hawkins since his sudden death last week. And actor, John Stamos of Full House fame, shared his last text message the Foo Fighters’ drummer. The two had been trying to spend some time together and Taylor wrote: “We’ve yet to fully have a hang – Got…

Getty ImagesIt was 46 years ago today (March 31st) that Led Zeppelin released it’s seventh album, Presence. The collection, which topped the Billboard 200 album charts for two weeks, included the instant radio classic, “Nobody’s Fault But Mine,” and featured one single released for the U.S. market, “Candy Store Rock,” which failed to chart on…

PRPhotos.comE Street Band drummer Max Weinberg will be back on the tube tomorrow night (Friday, April 1st), when he returns to the CBS crime drama Blue Bloods. “Mighty Max” spoke to Backstreets.com and revealed, “I’ll be appearing on CBS-TV’s Blue Bloods series, reprising for the third time my role as gangster Mario Vangelis. In this…

Getty ImagesRoger Daltrey revealed that he spent time with Jimi Hendrix only days before his September 18th, 1970 death at age 27. At the time, Hendrix — a labelmate of Daltrey’s — and his girlfriend Devon Wilson were staying with the Who frontman and his fiancee Heather Taylor at their home in the English countryside.…

Getty ImagesMaking its vinyl, CD and Blu-ray debut on June 3rd is Prince & The Revolution: Live. The legendary concert, filmed at the height of Prince’s mid-’80s fame during his Purple Rain tour, was captured on March 30th, 1985 at Syracuse, New York’s Carrier Dome. The concert was a major video hit when issued on…

Getty Images Paul McCartney, a longtime friend of the Foo Fighters, took to social media to salute the late-Taylor Hawkins. Hawkins died on March 25th at age 50 after suffering an alleged drug overdose in Columbia. McCartney had contributed to the Foos’ 2017 album, Concrete And Gold, and in 2021 inducted the band into the…

Getty ImagesThe body of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins has been flown back to the U.S. from Colombia, where he passed away earlier this week. Hawkins died last Friday (March 29th) at a the Four Seasons Casa Medina in Colombia. He was 50. According to The Daily Mail, Foo Fighters’ tour manager Gus Brandt remained…