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On this day… Tom Petty (pictured) and E.L.O.’s Jeff Lynne were given a songwriting credit for Sam Smith’s hit “Stay With Me,” because of the similarities to Petty & The Heartbreakers’ ’89 song “I Won’t Back Down,” co-written by Petty and Lynne. Smith ‘acknowledged the similarity’, but the likeness was ‘a complete coincidence’. “I just…
Following a four-year investigation, Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced on Friday (1/24) that prosecutors had determined that the domestic abuse allegations against (Marilyn) Manson “fell outside the statute of limitations and that the sexual assault charges could not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.” “Game Of Thrones” actress Esme Bianco had accused Manson…
Shinedown has announced the “Dance, Kid, Dance” tour that will kick-off on April 25th. The 30-plus-city trek will feature special guest Beartooth on the spring dates and Bush on the summer dates.
The band is donating $1 for every ticket sold to Musicians On Call, the nation’s leading provider of live music in hospitals, has delivered the healing power of music to patients, families, and caregivers for 25 years.
“Force Majeure,” Doro’s ’89 debut solo studio album, has gone gold. At the German Universal Music office in Berlin, the Metal queen was presented with a gold award for selling more than 250,000 copies of “Force Majeure.” “I am overwhelmed and very happy,” enthused Doro. “My big thanks go to my beloved fans worldwide and the great team….
The Black Crowes (pictured), Alanis Morissette, Graham Nash, John Fogerty, Olivia Rodrigo and Stevie Wonder are joining the FireAid benefit concert on January 30th, at Intuit Dome and Kia Forum. The event will raise money for rebuilding communities devastated by L.A. wildfires and support efforts to prevent future fire disasters throughout SoCal. The above artists will join Green Day, Jelly Roll, No Doubt, Red Hot…
Dirty Honey has announced “Mayhem And Revelry Live,” the band’s first live-in-concert set (in vinyl, CD and digital formats). There is also a companion four-part video documentary, recorded in North America and Europe on the band’s “Can’t Find The Brakes” world tour. The package has a February 21st release date. “I believe this album features the band in its…
“There are people on this platform (Instagram) cheering on the destruction caused by the Los Angeles Fires,” the David Draiman wrote. “Delighting in the misery and misfortune of others… Nothing justifies this. No reason. No cause. NOTHING. Absolute scum. The lot of you.” Since the wildfires began on January 7th, politicians, commentators and social media…
On this day…The National Football League (NFL) officially announce that Maroon 5, a three-time Grammy Award-winning multi-platinum band, would headline the Pepsi Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show on 02/03 in Atlanta. A handful of pop performers passed on the show in solidarity with former quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who while with the San Francisco 49ers, started…
An Australian construction company, Burwood Square Pty Ltd., has apologized to AC/DC fans after mistakenly demolishing the childhood home of guitarists Angus and Malcolm Young (pictured above). The house in the Sydney suburb of Burwood — where the Young brothers lived from 1965 to AC/DC’s formation in 1973 — was previously listed on the National Trust…
7/2 Heart postpones its “Royal Flush” tour so that singer Ann Wilson can undergo cancer treatment. She had undergone an operation to remove “something that, as it turns out, was cancerous.” 7/4 System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian continues his criticism of Imagine Dragons for playing a show in Baku, Azerbaijan because it helped “whitewash the dictatorial regime’s image.”…