Smokey Robinson will receive an award from a Michigan arts organization
DEARBORN, Mich. (Artservemichigan.org Website) - Smokey Robinson, the Motown singer-songwriter behind a string of 1960s pop hits, will receive an award from a Michigan arts organization. The man who performed "The Tracks of My Tears'' and "I Second That Emotion'' will be recognized for his lifetime ...
| Ramones Tribute Rescheduled For December 24
NEW YORK (Ramones Fans Website) - We're A Happy Family, the Ramones tribute album helmed by Johnny Ramone and Rob Zombie, has been pushed back to a December 24 release. It'll give last-minute Christmas shoppers a chance to pick up that "special something" for fans of almost any genre of rock, since ...
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George Harrison's Brainwashed Track Listing Revealed
NEW YORK (George Harrison Fans Website) - The track listing for the final album from the late Beatle George Harrison, who passed away from cancer last November, has been revealed. Brainwashed will hit stores Nov. 19 via Dark Horse/Capitol Records. The 12-track effort will include a cover of "The Devil ...
| Streisand On Stage Again for Democrats
LOS ANGELES (B. Streisand Fans Website) - Barbra Streisand emerged from semi-retirement Sunday night, headlining a Hollywood gala that raised some $6 million toward Democratic efforts to take back control of Congress. The performer delivered a nine-song set on the stage of the Kodak Theatre, home of ...
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Lost Nirvana's Track Leaked To Radio And The Web!
LOS ANGELES (Nirvana Fans Website) - A studio version of the previously unreleased Nirvana song, "You Know You're Right," was broadcast Monday night and Tuesday morning (September 23 and 24) on influential modern rock station KROQ Los Angeles shortly after it surfaced on various websites. "You Know ...
| Hendrix's flaming guitar for sale
LONDON, UK (Radio 1) - A guitar famously torched on stage by Jimi Hendrix is expected to become the most expensive guitar ever sold at auction on Tuesday. Hendrix's Fender Stratocaster Sunburst, thought to be the same instrument that he set fire to at the London Astoria in 1967, is expected to fetch ...
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Yes' Classic Lineup Kicks Off More Dates On Oct. 24 In Florida
NEW YORK (Yes Fans Website) - Yes, one of prog-rock's pioneers, is hitting the road again for the second leg of its North American tour, featuring the classic lineup of Jon Anderson, Rick Wakeman, Chris Squire, Steve Howe, and Alan White. The second leg of the trek ?- in support of the band's five-CD ...
| Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr To Play Harrison Tribute
LONDON, UK (Beatles Fans Website) - The two surviving former Beatles will join a number of artists for a concert honoring George Harrison. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will participate in the November 29 show at London's Royal Albert Hall to commemorate the first anniversary of Harrison's death. Eric ...
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The Cult's Ian Astbury Channels Jim Morrison's Spirit At Doors' Harley Show
LOS ANGELES (Doors Fans Website) - There are now two empty place settings at the feast of friends. It wasn't only the late Jim Morrison's absence, but drummer John Densmore's hanging ominously over the Doors' first concert in 30 years on Friday (Sept. 6) night. (We're not counting their 2001 VH1 Storytellers ...
| Elvis Impersonator Contest
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Top40-Charts) - A new king was crowned in the "Images of the King'' contest, which drew about 90 Elvis Presley impersonators. Brandon Bennett, 19, of Ponchatoula, La., was named the winner lowing a set of four songs, including Presley's "Viva Las Vegas,'' delivered in a bespangled jumpsuit. ...
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Elvis Presley Tops Forbes Dead Celebs List
NEW YORK (Top 40 Charts) - The King tops Forbes magazine's list of the top earning dead celebrities for the second year in a row. He raked in $37 million. Other musicians on the list include John Lennon (No. 3, $20 million), George Harrison (No. 6, $17 million), Bob Marley (No. 8, $10 million), Jimi ...
| The King lives!
NEW YORK (Top 40 Charts) - Though he may have left the earthly kingdom 25 years ago, Elvis Aaron Presley is still the King of Rock 'n' Roll, and with the anniversary of his death on Aug. 16, thousands of fans around the world aren't going to let anyone forget it. The King's castle, of course, was Graceland, ...
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Dan Kelly, the driving force behind The Kelly Family Dies at Age 71
BERLIN, Germany (Kelly Family Official Website) - Daniel Kelly, the patriarch of Irish-American folk-pop group The Kelly Family, has died, the group's promoters announced. He was 71. The bushy-bearded Kelly died Monday evening after a long illness, kick.promotion said. It did not give further details ...
| Sex Pistols return to US
NEW YORK (Sex Pistols Fans Website) - The Sex Pistols are to play their first show in the United States for six years at an all-day punk festival in California in September. The show, called Inland Invasion, will follow their one-off Jubilee reunion concert, which took place in London in July. Other ...
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Grateful Dead live again!
WISCONSIN (G. Dead Fans Website) - The surviving members of the Grateful Dead have played their first concert since the death of founding member Jerry Garcia in 1995. Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh and Bob Weir performed as The Other Ones in Wisconsin, two days after what would have been Jerry ...
| Return Of The Zombies
NEW YORK (Oldies & Goldies News Website) - It's time to step into the way-back machine asColin Blunstone and Rod Argent of the �60s pop group The Zombies unite for a long overdue mini-tour of the States. Eight shows are on the books, starting September 18 in Pennsylvania. The duo will stick to East ...
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Early Elvis Tracks Get a Facelift
NEW YORK (Elvis Presley Fans Website) - A collection of historic early Elvis Presley recordings, aided by new instrumentation, will be released on August 13th as Roots Revolution: The Louisiana Hayride Recordings on Tomato Records. The sixteen-track set features songs recorded from radio performances ...
| Queen Elizabeth on Beatles tour!
LONDON, UK (Radio 1) - The Queen met with Sir Paul McCartney and the widow of his former Beatles partner John Lennon, Yoko Ono, during a tour of Liverpool on Thursday. She was greeted by Ono at the official opening of a new �32.5m terminal at the recently renamed Liverpool John Lennon Airport. Sir Paul ...
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Sony's Kindred Spirits Johnny Cash Tribute CD Set For Sept. 24
NEW YORK (Johnny Cash Fans Website) - Sony's entry among this September's Johnny Cash tribute albums, Kindred Spirit: A Tribute to the Music of Johnny Cash, is set for Sept. 24 on Lucky Dog/Sony Music Nashville. The album - featuring artists from several genres, including Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, ...
| Thin Lizzy Concert DVD Out Tuesday
NEW YORK (New Releases: Amazon.com) - A Thin Lizzy concert comes to DVD for the first time this week. Thin Lizzy: The Boys Are Back In Town, recorded in October 1978 in front of more than 26,000 fans at Australia's Sydney Opera House, features eight songs from the lineup of singer-bassist Phil Lynott, ...
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