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The Year in Music 2021: Charlie Watts, Dusty Hill, Mike Nesmith among the music greats we lost
Jim Dyson/Getty Images; Phillip Massey/Getty Images; Paras Griffin/Getty ImagesThe music world said goodbye to many influential and beloved artists in 2021, including two Rock & Roll Hall Fame ind...
Dec 30, 2021
Despite this year's challenges, Ryan Seacrest says 'New Year's Rockin' Eve' will rock on: "The show is always going to happen"
Courtesy ABCDick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest airs on ABC Friday night, but on Wednesday, two of the stars scheduled to perform in New York's Times Square -- LL Cool J and Chloe -...
Dec 30, 2021
New files reveal plea from Westminster Abbey for Elton John to perform at Princess Diana's funeral
Anwar Hussein/WireImagePerhaps the most memorable moment of the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales on September 6, 1997 was Elton John's emotional performance of his rewritten version of "Candle in t...
Dec 30, 2021
The Year in Music 2021: The Beatles: Get Back docuseries doesn't let down Fab Four fans
Courtesy of Disney+In late November, Beatles fans were treated to the docuseries The Beatles: Get Back, a joyous, reverent and lengthy look at the January 1969 recording sessions that yielded the band...
Dec 30, 2021
The Go-Go's postpone West Coast tour after band associate tests positive for COVID-19
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of FameThe Go-Go's had five West Coast concerts scheduled for this week and next, spanning from a December 28 show in San Francisco through a Januar...
Dec 29, 2021
"American Pie (Taylor's Version)?" Don McLean doesn't rule out a Taylor Swift collab
McLean: Jason Kempin/Getty Images; Taylor: Kevin Mazur/TAS/Getty Images for TASWhen Taylor Swift's 10-minute version of "All Too Well" topped the Billboard Hot 100, it set a new record for the longest...
Dec 29, 2021
The Year in Music 2021: Elton John is still standing -- and charting
InterscopeIn 2021, all those collaborations that Elton John had been doing for the past year or so really paid off, as he returned to the charts for the first time in decades. In August, Elton teamed ...
Dec 29, 2021
The Spirit of Arcade: Watch teaser for new Rush pinball machine
Steve Thorne/WireImageRush is set to be immortalized as a pinball machine. A silver ball game dedicated to the Canadian prog legends is about to be released. Manufacturer Stern Pinball will debut the ...
Dec 29, 2021
The Year in Rock 2021: The Rolling Stones mount hugely successful tour after drummer Charlie Watts' death
Credit: J.RoseThe Rolling Stones made some very sad and very happy news in 2021. The sad news was that the band lost its beloved drummer, Charlie Watts, who died in August at the age of 80 after playi...
Dec 29, 2021
Mariah Carey still #1 with "Christmas," sets yet another record
Terence Patrick/CBS via Getty ImagesMariah Carey has set yet another record, as "All I Want for Christmas Is You" remains at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Because the new Billboard chart ...
Dec 28, 2021