David Bowie's Blackstar remains the biggest selling album by a veteran artist in the U.S. again this week even though it drops from 22 to 34. In another week of few album releases, the… Read More

Former Guns N' Roses guitarist Izzy Stradlin has told Rolling Stone the he is not a member of the group's upcoming reunion. Stradlin, who was with the band from 1985 to 1991, was rumored to… Read More

by Marco Gandolfi, Music-News.com The Rolling Stones will perform a groundbreaking concert in Havana, Cuba on Friday, March 25, 2016. The free concert will take place at the Ciudad De… Read More

The internet is abuzz with speculation this morning that David Lee Roth may soon be an ex-member of Van Halen again. The singer has released a new solo single, Ain't No Christmas, that appe… Read More

Birthdays 1904 - Glenn Miller (d. 1944) 1917 - Cliffie Stone (d. 1998) 1927 - Harry Belafonte (89) 1939 - Warren Davis (Monotones) (77) 1940 - Ralph Towner (76) 1943 - Jerry Fisher (… Read More

Millions of teens in the Los Angeles area grew up to the voice of Charlie Tuna bringing them their favorite songs on a number of different stations over the years. Tuna died on February 19… Read More

This one came as a big surprise. Neko Case, k.d. lang and Laura Veirs have been secretly recording in a Portland recording studio and will release their album case/lang/veirs on June 17… Read More

by Music-News.com Newsdesk Dave Grohl decided to perform at the Academy Awards so his daughter wouldn't think he's a "big wimp". The Foo Fighters frontman attended the Oscars for the first… Read More

Def Leppard will be on the road in North America again this summer, bringing along their recent tourmates, Tesla, and adding REO Speedwagon in place of Styx. The extensive tour includes 55… Read More

Fifteen months ago, Phil Collins appeared at the first Dreaming On the Beach benefit concert in Miami Beach to benefit the Little Dreams Foundation. While it was first billed as Collins' "c… Read More

Pat Boone has declared himself a Zionist in receiving a special award in Israel. The singer met with IDF soldiers during his visit at the Friends of Zion Museum, the newest most popular att… Read More

The Rolling Stones are looking to add another country to the list of those they've played with a rumored date in Havana, Cuba. Billboard is reporting that the first news of the concert… Read More

Stephen Stills, Barry Goldberg and Kenny Wayne Shepherd decided to move forward together professionally after playing at a benefit in 2013. The result was The Rides. Stills, who called the… Read More

Birthdays 1904 - Jimmy Dorsey (d. 1957) 1916 - Dinah Shore (d. 1994) 1936 - Charles Cochran (Nashville keyboard player) (d. 2007) 1940 - Gretchen Christopher (Fleetwoods) (76) 1944 … Read More

Ginger Baker has cancelled his Baker's Air Force Trans-Atlantic Tour after being informed he has heart problems. The details of the diagnosis is not known, but it appears to be serious base… Read More

The Who returned to the stage on Saturday night with the first of a long string of postponed North American shows. The band was scheduled to kick off the second North American leg of their… Read More

28 years ago tonight, on February 28, 1988, the Olympic Winter Games in Calgary came to a close and k.d. lang was part of the closing ceremonies, turning the whole stadium into a giant hoedo… Read More

by Music-News.com Newsdesk Yoko Ono has been released from hospital and is "running about as usual", according to her son Sean Lennon. The widow of John Lennon was hospitalised at Mount… Read More

Joe Lynn Turner, who spent three years singing for Deep Purple, thinks that the current members of the band are acting like children over their refusal to let any past members perform with t… Read More

Elton John was the cause of a little traffic congestion in Hollywood yesterday afternoon with a short pop up show on Sunset Boulevard. Held outside the old Tower Records building, Elton pla… Read More

Birthdays 1921 - Saul Zaentz (executive, Fantasy Records) (d. 2014) 1923 - Audrey Williams (d. 1975) 1927 - Tom Helms (Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys) (d. 2008) 1939 - John… Read More

The former home of Freddie Mercury in Feltham, West London, will soon have a Blue Heritage Plaque. The plaques have been installed on over 900 spots around London to mark places of historic… Read More

by Music-News.com Newsdesk Rapper Snoop Dogg has posted a series of emotional messages on social media as he mourns following the death of his grandmother. The hip-hop star, real name Calv… Read More

Birthdays 1927 - Guy Mitchell (d. 1999) 1936 - Chuck Glaser (Tompall & the Glaser Brothers) (80) 1945 - Carl Anderson (d. 2004) 1948 - Eddie Gray (Tommy James & the Shond… Read More

by Music-News.com Newsdesk Madonna is facing a potential ban from the Philippines for allegedly "ridiculing" the country's flag during her recent concerts. The Material Girl star performed… Read More

Update: February 27 1:00 AM - New reports are now coming in that Ono was suffering from flu like symptoms and has not suffered a stroke. Sean Ono Lennon posted on Twitter "Hey guys it was o… Read More

Keyboard great Bernie Worrell of Parliament-Funkadelic is suffering from stage 4 lung cancer and a long list of artists are coming out to help with medical expenses. On April 4, All the Woo… Read More

February 26, 2016 CD Horace Andy - In The Light Anthrax - For All Kings Anvil - Anvil Is Anvil Ken Boothe - Everything I Own: Lloyd Charmers Ses… Read More

David Bowie continues to dominate the British Albums chart. While Adele's 25 is the number 1 album again this week, Best of Bowie is at number 2 and he still has six albums in the… Read More

by David Spencer, Music-News.com In the recent Genesis documentary Together and Apart, Tony Banks was perhaps the one that sounded the most bitter about the external activities of those cur… Read More

Don McLean has postponed his tour of Australia, set for March, for one year in the wake of his domestic abuse arrest. McLean was arrested in January at his home in Camden, Maine and charged… Read More

Birthdays 1916 - Jackie Gleason (d. 1987) 1928 - Fats Domino (born Antoine Domino) (88) 1930 - Chuck Harris (Playmates) (86) 1932 - Johnny Cash (d. 2003) 1937 - Hagood Ha… Read More

by Music-News.com Newsdesk Sir Elton John has stunned fans by launching a scathing tirade against Janet Jackson, accusing his fellow superstar of duping fans by lip-syncing on tour. The R… Read More

Emitt Rhodes broke onto the scene in 1970 with his self-titled debut album which Billboard called one of the "best albums of the decade". Rhodes had initial success in 1967 with the group… Read More

Iron Maiden opened their The Book of Souls Tour on Wednesday night at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, FL with a fifteen song, 1-3/4 hour set. This was Maiden's first show since the Sonisphe… Read More

Among the multitude of credits that Quincy Jones has collected over the years are three iconic albums from the late-Michael Jackson, Off the Wall, Thriller and Bad. According to Jones… Read More

Yes, this is our third story in 24 hours about the David Bowie tribute at the Brit Awards but the organizers have just released the full video of the event. Here are Annie Lennox and Gary O… Read More

by Music-News.com Newsdesk David Bowie's son Duncan Jones has thanked Lorde for her "beautiful" tribute to his late father at the BRIT Awards. After Annie Lennox and Gary Oldman accepted t… Read More

Bonnie Raitt has recorded cover versions of numerous songs over the years and has always (in the words of American Idol) made it her own. From 1977's cover of Del Shannon's Runaway to t… Read More

Birthdays 1927 - Ralph Stanley (88) 1932 - Faron Young (d. 1996) 1942 - Roy Michaels (Cat Mother & the All Night Newsboys) (74) 1943 - George Harrison (d. 2001) (General… Read More

59 years ago, on February 25, 1957, Buddy Holly entered Norman Petty's studio in Clovis, NM and recorded his song That'll Be the Day for the second time. Holly wrote the song with drum… Read More

by Music-News.com Newsdesk Singer Annie Lennox led a touching tribute to David Bowie at the 2016 Brit Awards on Wednesday night. The Eurythmics singer took to the stage at London's O2 Aren… Read More

Bob Ezrin, who has produced albums by the likes of Pink Floyd, Alice Cooper and KISS, had the tenacity to question Kanye West's credentials and West has gone on a Twitter rant showing his ig… Read More

Jackson Browne has been busy on the road this winter and into the spring with his acoustic show but, starting June 3, he will be back on the road with his full band. Browne, who perfor… Read More

The Cranberries lead singer, Dolores O'Riordan, has avoided a jail sentence in an incident where she created a disturbance on a plane flight and head-butted an officer who tried to deta… Read More

Adele came away the big winner at this years Brit Awards. In what is sure to be repeated a year from now at the Grammys, the singer took British Album of the Year for 25, Single of the Year… Read More

Metallica has been selected at the 2016 Record Store Day Ambassadors. Long time supporters of the annual day that urges fans to buy from their local independent record retailer, the band wi… Read More

One of the most prestigious labels in the history of jazz, Verve Records will celebrate its 60th anniversary throughout 2016 with a trove of historic reissues and stunning new collections fr… Read More

by Music-News.com Newsdesk Celine Dion vowed to "always be one" with late husband Rene Angelil as she returned to the Las Vegas stage for the first time since his passing. Her show at The… Read More

Birthdays 1932 - Michel Legrand (84) 1933 - David "Fathead" Newman (d. 2009) 1941 - Joanie Sommers (born Joan Drost) (75) 1942 - Paul Jones (born Paul Pond) (Manfred Mann) (74)… Read More

46 years ago tonight (February 23, 1970), Ringo Starr was the guest star on NBC's Rowan and Martin's Laugh In. It was a tough time in Starr's life. The Beatles were falling apart. John… Read More

Award-winning singer/songwriter Rachael Sage has announced the release of her forthcoming full-length studio album, Choreographic, due May 20 via MPress/ILS/Caroline. Through this self-descr… Read More

by Music-News.com Newsdesk Singer Adam Lambert will always be grateful for the creative freedom he is given whenever he collaborates with legendary rock band Queen. The 34-year-old has bee… Read More

It was a down week for veteran artists in the U.S. as can be seen by David Bowie's return to the top spot on our Top 40 list with the album Blackstar. Not that Bowie being on top is a bad t… Read More

Weird Al Yankovic has set one of the most extensive tours of the summer of 2016. Yankovic has announced The Return of the Mandatory World Tour, a continuation of his 2015 tour in support of… Read More

It looks like the conflict between Axl Rose and Slash is truly over, at least if you can believe rumors. Word is that Slash is in the studio working on new material for Guns N' Roses. Arlet… Read More

by Paul Cashmere, Noise11 Yoko Ono just turned 83 and celebrated with a new orchestral version of Walking On Thin Ice with a potent video reflecting on the absence in her life since th… Read More

Steely Dan loves their off-center tour names. We've had the "Mood Swings: 8 Miles to Pancake Day Tour" (2013), the "Jamalot Ever After Tour" (2014) and the "Rockabye Gollie Angel Tour" (201… Read More

Birthdays 1944 - Mike Maxfield (Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas) (72) 1944 - Johnny Winter (d. 2014) 1946 - Rusty Young (Poco) (70) 1948 - Steve Priest (Sweet) (68) 1949 - Larry Demps (Dr… Read More

Paul Simon will be back on the road this summer with a lengthy series of dates starting with the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival on April 29. So far, the tour will carry him through… Read More

by Music-News.com Newsdesk Richard Ashcroft returns on May 20 with his fourth solo album, These People, released on his new Righteous Phonographic Association label via Cooking Vinyl Record… Read More

by Music-News.com Newsdesk Celine Dion will live-stream part of her first concert as a widow to fans around the world as a thank you for helping to support her as she mourned her husband's… Read More

Sonny James, a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and singer of the 1956 crossover number 1 pop hit Young Love, has died after being recently hospitalized. He was 87. A statement was… Read More

by Paul Cashmere, Noise11 Lush have returned with their first new music in 20 years. Four new songs will be released on the band’s Blind Spot EP due in April. Blind Spot was recorde… Read More

Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Mimi Farina, Buffy Sainte-Marie and Mary Travers are just a few of the great female folk singers to come out of the 60's but Collins didn't stay in the folk traditio… Read More

Cyndi Lauper's new album, Detour, is an apt description of the direction her career is taking. After years of great pop and rock music and a foray onto the Broadway stage, Cyndi is taking o… Read More

by Music-News.com Newsdesk A short film chronicling the making of Bjork’s Black Lake video, produced by Autodesk has been released. The film includes interviews with Bjork, director A… Read More

Birthdays 1933 - Louise Lopez (Odyssey) (d. 2015) 1936 - Ernie K-Doe (born Ernest Kador, Jr.) (d. 2001) 1938 - Bobby Hendricks (Drifters, Swallows) (78) 1942 - Robert Edward… Read More

Allan Rouse, whose name can be found on many of the archive projects by the Beatles released over the last twenty years, has passed away. Rouse worked on the Anthology project and the reiss… Read More

Next Friday (February 26), Todd Rundgren will release his complete solo discography between 1970 and 1982 on the 13-disc box set The Complete Bearsville Albums Collection. The new set inclu… Read More

by David Spencer, Music-News.com Releases of 'new' material from artists no longer on this mortal coil can end up being mostly a disappointment. There have been 'lost' Carpenters tracks rel… Read More

by Music-News.com Newsdesk Jermaine Jackson has attacked presidential hopeful Donald Trump for claiming his late brother Michael's talents were wrecked by botched plastic surgery. During C… Read More

Phil Collins wants to set the record straight on his new projects. The singer, recently out of retirement, confirms that he is still writing his autobiography even though it is due out in O… Read More

Birthdays 1927 - Don Reno (d. 1984) 1933 - Nina Simone (d. 2003) 1943 - David Geffen (73) 1948 - Paul Newton (Uriah Heep) (68) 1949 - Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads) (67) 195… Read More

Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band are continuing to expand their The River tour in support of the deluxe version of the 1979 album. They've been playing shows across the U.S. since mi… Read More

February 19, 2016 CD Clarence Gatemouth Brown - Gate Walks to Board: 1947-1960 Aladdin & Peacock Miles Davis - Live in San Juan '89 Yvonne Elliman - Ni… Read More

Marky Ramone is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the only non-original member of the Ramones to be inducted. He is also the only surviving member of the band from their first two… Read More

Birthdays 1937 - Nancy Wilson (79) 1937 - David Ackles (d. 1999) 1940 - Barbara Ellis (Fleetwoods) (76) 1941 - Buffy Sainte-Marie (75) 1942 - Charlie Gillett (writer… Read More

by Paul Cashmere, Noise11 The late George Harrison will be heard again on a new song from the upcoming Eric Clapton album I Still Do. According to George Varga at the San Diego Union Tribu… Read More

David Bowie's Best of Bowie is up 3 to 2 this week to further cement the late singer on the British charts. Best of Bowie is one of three albums by the singer in the top ten. Blac… Read More

by Paul Cashmere, Noise11 Nick Cave has written a song for the new Mavis Staples album Livin’ On A High Note. High Note was produced by M. Ward and also features new songs by Aloe Bl… Read More

Now that we may finally have the Chicago vs. Peter Cetera situation with induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame settled it looks like Deep Purple vs. Ritchie Blackmore may be the next… Read More

Birthdays 1936 - Bob Engemann (Lettermen) (d. 2013) 1937 - Mandy Chaves (Jagguars) 1940 - Smokey Robinson (76) 1940 - Barbara Ellis (Fleetwoods) (76) 1940 - Bobby Rogers… Read More

by Music-News.com Newsdesk Mick Jagger and Martin Scorsese may come from different worlds, but their minds meet in the middle. The pair have worked together multiple times over the years… Read More

Frank Sinatra Enterprises and Universal Music (UMe) will, in the coming months, continue their vinyl reissue series of the albums of Frank Sinatra. The classic Songs For Swingin' Lovers&nbs&hell…Read More

David Bowie was most certainly larger than life which may be why New York's celebration of his life has had to expand to two separate nights. The tribute started as a single night even… Read More

by Music-News.com Newsdesk Kid Rock would rather live in a trailer than give up his airplane. The 45-year-old musician, who was married to Pamela Anderson from 2006 to 2007, has enjoyed hu… Read More

The NME Awards definitely ran very modern on Thursday night in London with big wins going to The Maccabees, Run the Jewels, Charlie XCX, Taylor Swift and Wolf Alice. The Maccabees took Best… Read More

We haven't had anything brand new from Metallica since 2008's Death Magnetic, so the band decided to treat fans with something old new. On April 15, the group will release deluxe versions o… Read More

Carly Simon was a surprise guest Clive Davis' pre-Grammy party on Sunday night in Los Angeles. Davis' party has been a regular highlight of the nights leading up to the annual awards and of… Read More

Birthdays 1914 - Pee Wee King (born Julius Kuczynski) (d. 2000) 1933 - Yoko Ono (83) 1934 - Skip Batten (Byrds, New Riders of the Purple Sage) (d. 2003) 1939 - Bobby Hart (7… Read More

by Music-News.com Newsdesk Gwen Stefani wrote Make Me Like You about her new boyfriend Blake Shelton. Gwen has been romantically linked to the 39-year-old country singer since last year, a… Read More

The case against American Pie singer Don McLean keeps growing. McLean was arrested back in January when police were called to his home in Camden, Maine to respond to what later became… Read More

The Blues Hall of Fame have announced their 2016 inductees in its Performers, Non-Performers, Literature and Recording categories. The Performers honorees were selected by a group of blues… Read More

Ronnie Sector, whose voice can be heard fronting such classic records as Be My Baby, Baby I Love You and Walking in the Rain, has signed with 429 Records for the release of her new albu… Read More

Elton John's new album, Wonderful Crazy Night, debuts at number 8 this week on the U.S. Albums chart, the lowest for any of his studio albums in a decade. To be fair, this is only his fourt… Read More

by Paul Cashmere, Noise11 If you hated that Lady Gaga David Bowie tribute at the Grammy Awards then guess what? His son Duncan Jones agrees with you. Duncan posted to Twitter that the Gaga… Read More

The resurgence in the sales of vinyl takes another turn backwards in time with the release of new 78's by the Texas based company Rollofone Records. Right until the late 1950s, records spun… Read More

Birthdays 1902 - Orville "Hoppy" Jones (Ink Spots) (d. 1944) 1922 - Tommy Edwards (d. 1969) 1925 or 1933 - Bobby Lewis (83 or 91) 1935 - Johnny Bush (91) 1937 … Read More

On this day 23 years ago, the Faces reunited on the Brit Awards. Over the years, there have been a few near-reunions, but this was the last time that Rod Stewart, Ian McLagan, Bill Wyman (i… Read More