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Getty ImagesDave Grohl revealed that none of the Foo Fighters expected their new movie Studio 666 to come out as professionally as it did. Grohl spoke to Rock Cellar and admitted, “Originally, none of us imagined we were going to make a full-length feature film. We thought, in true Foo Fighters fashion, it would just…

Getty ImagesBeach Boys co-founder Al Jardine is back on the road with Brian Wilson’s daughters — two-thirds of Wilson Phillips — Carnie and Wendy Wilson. The shows, billed as Al Jardine Family & Friends, also feature his son Matt Jardine, Carnie’s husband and Brian Wilson band guitarist Rob Bonfiglio, and legendary Beach Boys sidemen Bobby…

Getty ImagesStevie Nicks believes she inspired Prince’s 1984 chart-topper “When Doves Cry” through her own 1981 hit single “Edge Of Seventeen.” During a chat with The New Yorker, Nicks spoke about coming up with the song’s hook line featuring the phrase “white-winged dove” after being inspired by a menu on an airplane. She recalled, “Coming…

Getty ImagesIt was 55 years ago today (March 2nd, 1967) that the Supremes recorded their hits “The Happening” and “Reflections.” “The Happening” was the theme song to the 1967 movie of the same name, which starred Anthony Quinn, George Maharis from TV’s Route 66, and Faye Dunaway. The song was the final Number One by…

Getty ImagesBlondie has just rolled out a 10-date summer tour with legendary punk rockers, the Damned. As it stands now, the bands will kick things off on August 12th at Mashantucket, Connecticut’s Grand Theater and wrap things up on August 27th in Chicago at the Chicago Theatre. Debbie Harry says that with radio playing so…

Getty ImagesLindsey Buckingham has just added 10 new cities to his April U.S. swing prior to his 10-country European jaunt. The ousted-Fleetwood Mac leader has tagged on April stops in San Francisco, Napa, Monterey, and Santa Barbara, California; Stateline, Nevada; Denver, Colorado; Skokie, Illinois; Charlottesville and Tysons, Virginia; and Memphis, Tennessee. When we last caught…

Getty ImagesGraham Nash is finally back on the road after delaying his solo tour several times due to Covid. The twice-inducted Rock Hall veteran kicks the run off tonight (March 2nd) in Collingswood, New Jersey at the Scottish Rite Auditorium and winds down the current dates over two nights — April 2nd and 3rd –…

PRPhotos.comWhile publicizing the Foo Fighters’ new horror spoof Studio 666, Dave Grohl revealed he actually partied at the site of the infamous Manson murders. Grohl recalled hanging out at 10050 Cielo Drive where pregnant actress Sharon Tate and three of her house guests were mercilessly slain by followers of Charles Manson on August 8th, 1969.…

Getty ImagesIt was 65 years ago today (March 1st, 1957) that the Everly Brothers recorded their first Top 10 hit, “Bye Bye Love.” The song peaked at Number Two later in 1957 and was the first of 26 Top 40 hits the duo would score over the next 10 years. Over the remainder of the…