On January 14, 1967, 49 years ago today, between 20,000 and 30,000 people gathered in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park for a counterculture gathering known as the Human Be-In: A Gathering of… Read More

by Music-News.com Newsdesk Sting has released a heartfelt tribute to his friend David Bowie as part of a statement about the rocker's death. The former The Police star, 64, who is five yea… Read More

by Music-News.com Newsdesk Adele and James Bay lead the way at the 2016 BRIT Awards after landing four nominations apiece. The soulful superstar's comeback hit Hello will compete for Briti… Read More

by Music-News.com Newsdesk Snoop Dogg is the latest star to boycott the Oscars. The US rapper took to social media to express his disgust that no black actors or directors have been nomina… Read More

Dolly Parton turns 70 today. Born in 1946, Parton began recording at the age of 13 and moved permanently to Nashville the day after she graduated from high school. She initially found succe… Read More

It's a sad day for metal fans. VH1 Classic has cancelled one of the best shows to hear about the metal music scene and see the artists from all eras, That Metal Show. That Metal Show d… Read More

While Coachella and Bonnaroo get much more press, there is no better festival to see veteran artists than the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Held over two weekends, the festival bo… Read More

Birthdays 1917 - Jerry Wexler (d. 2008) 1923 - Curly Ray Cline (Lonesome Pine Fiddlers, Ralph Stanley) (d. 1997) 1927 - Johnnie Ray (d. 1990) 1930 - Byron "Wild Child" Gipson (d… Read More

Birthdays 1905 - Tex Ritter (d. 1974) 1916 - Jay McShann (d. 2006) 1926 - Ray Price (d. 2013) 1928 - Ruth Brown (d. 2006) 1930 - Glenn Yarbrough (86) 1932 - Dec O'Connor (84) 1939 - William… Read More

by Music-News.com Newsdesk Handel & Hendrix in London celebrates the London lives and musical legacies of two of the most important figures in musical history, who lived, wrote and play… Read More

by Paul Cashmere, Noise11 Paul Kilmister, the son of Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead, gave a touching speech at his father’s funeral sharing anecdotes about the life of the man. Paul sa… Read More

The Cult will release the tenth studio album of their 31 year recording career on February 5 with Hidden City. The album is the third and final installment in a trilogy that has also includ… Read More

The new Frank Zappa documentary, Eat That Question: Frank Zappa In His Own Words, has been acquired by Sony Classics at the Sundance Film Festival before it even premiered. The film uses ar… Read More

Troy Shondell, who had a single top ten hit in 1961 with This Time, died at a nursing home in Picayune, MS on Thursday at the age of 76. He had been suffering from Alzheimer's and Parkinson'… Read More

A week after announcing the upcoming American Masters episode saluting Carole King, PBS has said that they will present Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl starting on Friday, Marc… Read More

by Music-News.com Newsdesk Celine Dion's 14-year-old son, Rene-Charles, made his mother proud at the funeral of his father Rene Angelil in Montreal, Canada on Friday by delivering a heartfe… Read More

by Music-News.com Newsdesk Rock legend Alice Cooper was shocked to the core over the Paris terrorist attacks, and hopes that mankind never just accepts senseless killings. When Alice, real… Read More

There is really no other subject that could be considered for today's vintage video then the amazing David Bowie. Here are seven videos from throughout David's career: 1970 - Bowie's… Read More

The new charts won't be out until Tuesday, but the early projections are in from Hits Daily Double and it looks like David Bowie will fall from the top of the U.S. charts. Not that it is th… Read More

Glenn Frey, one of the founding members of the Eagles, died on Monday from rheumatoid arthritis, acute ulcerative colitis and pneumonia (Update: New reports say that Frey died from complicat… Read More

by Music-News.com Newsdesk David Bowie's filmmaker son Duncan Jones has broken his social media silence following his father's death a week ago. The Moon director returned to Twitter on Su… Read More

Iron Maiden has partnered with Roadhouse Interactive and 50cc Games for Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast, a new free-to-play RPG on both iOS and Android platforms. Following a series of hit… Read More

Don McLean has been arrested in Camden, Maine for alleged domestic violence. Police were called to the 70-year-old singer-songwriter's home early Monday morning and placed him under arrest… Read More

Birthdays 1928 - Domenico Modugno (d. 1994) 1935 - Buddy Scott (d. 1994) 1939 - Jimmy Boyd (d. 2009) 1940 - Al Downing (d. 2005) 1941 - Joan Baez (75) 1943 - Scott Walker (born Noel… Read More

by Paul Cashmere, Noise11 Lemmy is back … in a milk ad in Finland. Finnish diary company Valio has created an ad to pay homage to the late Motorhead frontman. The ad was created by… Read More

by Paul Cashmere, Noise11 Aretha Franklin recently performed Natalie Cole’s Inseparable as a tribute to the late singer. “We will always remember this very classy and soph… Read More

Elvis Presley's amazing run near the top of the British Albums charts continues this week even though he wasn't able to garner enough sales to push Adele out of number 1. At mid-week, Presl… Read More

If he had lived, Sam Cooke would have been 85 today. In just eight short years, Cooke amassed a list of hit singles that would be only a dream for most performers. Starting with 1957's You… Read More

by Music-News.com Newsdesk Former Spice Girl Emma Bunton (Baby Spice) celebrated her 40th birthday Thursday on her Heart London radio show. As part of the celebrations, Emma tick… Read More

by Music-News.com Newsdesk Ice Cube has waded into the row over diversity at this year's Academy Awards. Organizers of the upcoming Oscars have been accused of not ensuring enough divers… Read More

David Bowie's position on the British Albums chart got even stronger in the second week after his death with the new album Blackstar holding at number 1 and Best of Bowie jumping from 1… Read More