Pink Floyd Legend / Co-founder Syd Barrett Dies At 60
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Pink Floyd founding member Syd Barrett has died, a spokeswoman for the band said today. She said: "He died very peacefully a couple of days ago. There will be a private family funeral." It has been reported that he died last Friday from complications related to diabetes. A ...
| Legendary Rocker, Pat Benatar And Rock Princess, Cheyenne To Appear in Candie's Vintage Advertising Campaign
NEW YORK (By Maria Dolgetta/ Iconix Brand Group/ www.iconixbrand.com) - In celebration of its 25th birthday this fall, Candie's will be rolling out a new, "Vintage" advertising campaign featuring rock legend, Pat Benatar and rock princess and MTV star, Cheyenne Kimball. The iconic female rocker and ...
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Journey Forced To Make Lead Singer Change On Nationwide Tour
LOS ANGELES (Journey Official Website) - Due to a chronic throat infection, Journey's lead singer, Steve Augeri, has been forced to leave the band's current nationwide tour with Def Leppard. Jeff Scott Soto, who has previously performed with Journey guitarist Neal Schon, will assume the band's lead ...
| The Bob Dylan Show Takes the Field With an All New Lineup!
NEW YORK, NY (Columbia Records) - The Bob Dylan Show has just announced the third annual tour of America's minor league baseball parks. In the past two years, nearly a half-million fans have enjoyed a night under the stars with The Bob Dylan Show. The acclaimed tour was named "Most Creative Tour Package" ...
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Living With War Network & Living With War Today Newspaper Available Now at www.neilyoung.com
Submissions Being Accepted for Protest & Topical Songs & Videos BURBANK, CA. (By Bill Bentley/ Lookout Management/ Reprise Records) - Two exciting new additions to Neil Young's website make their debut today. Living With War Network will feature both brand new videos and documentaries for songs from ...
| Tom Petty Scalps His Own Tickets
VERNON, CT. (By Christine Paluf/ TicketNews.com) - Tom Petty may have started a new career: as a scalper for his own shows. Petty's June 25 and 26 concert at the ExCel Center is one of a number of his shows that released tickets pre-sale on the TomPetty.com fan club site, which were later cancelled. ...
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Tom Petty Signs Exclusive Recording Contract With American Recordings
BURBANK, CA (American Recordings) - Tom Petty has signed an exclusive recording contract with Rick Rubin's American Recordings. The agreement keeps Petty within the Warner Bros. Records family - his last four albums were on the Warner Bros. label, including 1994's multi-Platinum, Grammy-winning, Rubin-produced ...
| Bob Dylan To Release First New Album In Five Years
NEW YORK, NY (Columbia Records) - Bob Dylan's first new album in five years, Modern Times, will arrive in stores and online August 29. The artist's 44th album features 10 new Bob Dylan songs recorded this winter with Dylan on keyboards, guitars, harmonica and vocals, accompanied by his touring band. ...
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Classic Rock Festival Returns To OJAI - Proceeds From This Popular Event Benefit The RageJax Foundation
Ojai, CA (Howard Freiberg Presents) - Eleven of the top classic rock acts in history will be paid tribute to at the Ojai Classic Rock Festival III to be held at downtown Ojai's Libbey Bowl on Saturday July 15 and Sunday July 16. This popular event is the third installment in a series of six festivals ...
| Voice Of America: 'Face The Promise,' Bob Seger's First Studio Album In 11 Years, Scheduled For September 12th Release
LOS ANGELES (Capitol Records) - On September 12th, Capitol Records will release Face The Promise, Bob Seger's first studio album in 11 years. Face The Promise opens a masterful new chapter in a songbook that has captured the dreams, ideals, yearnings and truths of the American experience for a remarkable ...
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Carlos Santana Talks With Modern Guitars Magazine
Lisbon, Portugal (Modern Guitars Magazine) - On June 1, 2006, a day before his appearance at the Rock 'n' Rio festival in Lisbon, Portugal, guitarist Carlos Santana spoke with Tom Watson, news editor for Modern Guitars Magazine, in an interview that covers a wide variety of topics, including the Paul ...
| AOL Music To Offer Song from Every U.S. Concert By Bruce Springsteen With The Seeger Sessions Band!
NEW YORK (By Louise Bashi/ AOL) - In an unprecedented move for Bruce Springsteen and AOL Music (https://www.aolmusic.com), the online music destination will offer an exclusive video performance from every single stop on Springsteen's just-launched North American tour with the Seeger Sessions Band. The ...
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Lynyrd Skynyrd Lead Singer And Half Of The Country Duo Van Zant - Johnny Van Zant - Undergoes Successful Appendix Surgery
Nashville, TN (Lynyrd Skynyrd Official Website) - As reported Thursday night, (May 18) Johnny Van Zant, lead singer for southern rock's most famous touring band Lynyrd Skynyrd and one half of the country duo Van Zant, underwent an emergency operation for appendicitis. The surgery was successful. 'Mr. ...
| Rock Legends Lynyrd Skynyrd Cancel Shows
NASHVILLE, TN (Vector Management) - It is with great disappointment that legendary rock outfit Lynyrd Skynyrd announce further changes in their touring plans. Johnny Van Zant is currently undergoing emergency surgery to have his appendix removed at Stanford Medical Center. His post-operative rehabilitation ...
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Bruce Springsteen: On the BBC this weekend
London, UK (Sony BMG Music Entertainment UK) - The BBC will be airing a number of Bruce Springsteen programs this coming weekend. They centre largely around the intimate performance of the We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions album which Bruce performed on May 9th in London at St Luke's Chapel. The ...
| New Pink Floyd Pulse DVD Release Date Confirmed by EMI Records
London, UK (PINK FLOYD GUITAR) - The long awaited DVD has been delayed many times due to extensive productions and added features. Nevertheless, EMI seemed to have made an official word that the 18th Sp. September shall be the final date. The wait has been worthwhile. In the past, James Guthrie, the ...
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Pete Townshend Biography Independently Published Through Lulu.com Is Gaining Industry Accolades As 'The Who' Prepare For 2006 Summer Tour
Raliegh, NC (www.Lulu.com) - A new, critically acclaimed, exhaustively researched biography of legendary rock musician and songwriter Pete Townshend has been published on the eve of his band The Who's most active period in years. Author Mark Wilkerson spent over eight years researching and writing the ...
| Johnny Cash's 'American V: A Hundred Highways'
Sydney, AU (Universal Music Australia) - In the months leading up to his passing on September 12, 2003, JOHNNY CASH had been recording new material with producer Rick Rubin. On July 1st, 2006, "American V: A Hundred Highways," the all-new Johnny Cash album taken from those sessions, will be released ...
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Neil Young's 'Living With War' Catches Fire Over the Internet With 2 Million Page-Views!
BURBANK, CA. (Bill Bentley/ Lookout Management/ Reprise Records) - The Internet is abuzz with praise for Neil Young's incendiary new album "Living With War." In the past week there have been over 2 million page views for the artist, with almost one million of those visiting www.neilyoung.com. The digital ...
| The Allman Brothers Band & Cheap Trick File Record Industry Class Action Lawsuit Against Sony
NEW YORK, NY. (Law Firm of Labaton Sucharow & Rudoff LLP) - In a Class Action Lawsuit filed today by Labaton Sucharow & Rudoff LLP and Probstein & Weiner, The Allman Brothers Band and Cheap Trick allege on behalf of themselves and other class members that Sony Music is not paying its recording artists ...
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