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Jackson Browne performing Saturday on virtual benefit concert for Plastic Pollution Coalition
Credit: Nels IsraelsonJackson Browne will be performing during a virtual benefit concert for the Plastic Pollution Coalition that takes place this Saturday at 9 p.m. ET. The event, dubbed the Magnific...
May 21, 2021
Sheryl Crow announces live album, 'Live from the Ryman & More,' coming in August
The Valory Music Co.Sheryl Crow is giving fans a taste of the live music they were missing during the COVID-19 pandemic. The singer is releasing Live from the Ryman & More, a 27-song album recorde...
May 21, 2021
Muscle Shoals session drummer Roger Hawkins, one of the legendary "Swampers," dead at 75
Brian Cooke/RedfernsRoger Hawkins, a drummer who played on many memorable records as part of the soulful Muscle Shoals, Alabama, collective of session musicians known as "The Swampers," died Thursday,...
May 21, 2021
Duran Duran says it's "really exciting" to be debuting new single on 'Billboard' Music Awards
Stephanie PistelDuran Duran, who are celebrating their 40th anniversary of hitting the Billboard charts this year, will make their first-ever appearance on the Billboard Music Awards Sunday night to d...
May 21, 2021
Cars guitarist, Bon Jovi keyboardist contribute to new song by Jane's Addiction singer Perry Farrell, "Mend"
Last Man MusicCars guitarist Elliot Easton and Bon Jovi keyboardist David Bryan are among the musicians who have lent their talents to "Mend," a new solo song by Jane's Addiction frontman Perry Farrel...
May 21, 2021
Massive expanded box set version of rocking 'Almost Famous' soundtrack due out in July
UMeThe soundtrack to Almost Famous, Cameron Crowe's award-winning 2000 film paying homage to his life as a teenage rock journalist for Rolling Stone during the 1970s, will be reissued as a massive exp...
May 21, 2021
Graphic novel focusing on the life of Queen's Freddie Mercury to be released this fall
Z2 ComicsThe first-ever graphic novel to focus specifically on late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury will be published this November. Freddie Mercury: Lover of Life, Singer of Songs will follow Mercury'...
May 21, 2021
Aerosmith's 50th anniversary concert at Boston's Fenway Park now postponed until 2022
Credit: Zack WhitfordIn January 2020, Aerosmith announced plans to celebrate its 50th anniversary with a special concert at Boston's Fenway Park in September of that year, but the show was pushed back...
May 21, 2021
Marvin Gaye's soul masterpiece, 'What's Going On,' was released 50 years ago today
Motown/UMeToday, May 21, marks the 50th anniversary of the release of Marvin Gaye's What's Going On album, considered by many critics to be among the greatest albums of all time. The politically and s...
May 21, 2021
David Crosby unveils full details of new solo album, 'For Free'; listen to first single, "River Rise"
Cover: Joan Baez/BMGDavid Crosby has shared complete details about his latest studio album, For Free, which will be released on July 23, less than a month before his 80th birthday. The 10-track collec...
May 20, 2021