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78-year-old Roger Waters, former frontman of the band Pink Floyd, played his second night at NYC’s Madison Square Garden on Tuesday (8/31)–continuing his ‘This is Not a Drill’ tour, previously rescheduled from 2020 due to the pandemic. The concerts include as much fiery political content as they do psych-rock music from his Pink Floyd days.…

Everyone knows that The Beatles are one band with a plethora of merch–and now, the rights to all “…retail, licensing and e-commerce in North America have returned to Universal Music Group’s merchandise and brand management company, Bravado.” The deal returns the merchandising rights to UMG, which has been home to The Beatles’ iconic recorded music…

Mark David Chapman, the man who please guilty to the murder of former Beatle John Lennon in December of 1980, is scheduled for a parole hearing within the next week. Chapman, who is now 67 years old, is being held at Wende Correctional Facility in Alden, New York. Originally from Hawaii, he has been denied…

Getty ImagesHappy Birthday to Beach Boys co-founder Al Jardine, who turns 80 on Sunday (September 3rd)!!! Jardine now permanently tours with Brian Wilson’s band, which features fellow Beach Boy Blondie Chaplin. In recent years, Jardine has been receiving raves for his string of acoustic solo dates, dubbed “A Postcard From California – From The Very…

Getty ImagesIt was 40 years ago Sunday (September 4th, 1982) that the Who released their final studio album for 24 years, the ill-fated, It’s Hard. The album, which followed Pete Townshend’s stint in rehab for alcohol, cocaine, and heroin abuse, also came after the completion of Townshend’s third solo album, the critically acclaimed, All The…

The Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City began the first of three evenings dedicated to the life of Charlie Watts, the late drummer of the iconic band The Rolling Stones. The tribute show featured members of The Rolling Stones touring band who worked closely with the late drummer, including Bernard Fowler, Darryl Jones…

The English gothic rock band Bauhaus has announced the cancellation of their remaining North American tour dates for 2022 as frontman Peter Murphy enters a rehabilitation facility. The band reunited for the first time in 13 years and has been touring since 2021. In 2019, Murphy suffered a heart attack, but went back on the…

Hall & Oates 16th studio album ‘Do It For Love’, which originally debuted in 2003, will be rereleased on vinyl for the first time this September 30th. The album includes songs like “Getaway Car”, “Man on a Mission”, and the title track, which was the 8th #1 hit for the duo on the Adult Contemporary…

Former REM singer Michael Stipe will release a Brian Eno-produced single “Future If Future” announced as “the world’s first commercially available Bioplastic 12’” single. The flipside of the release will feature a ballad from artist Beatie Wolfe titled “Oh My Heart” as part of a wider ranging Bandcamp project with Earth Percent, which features over…