HarbourView Buys Benatar & McVie Music Rights

HarbourView Buys Benatar & McVie Music Rights

Pat Benatar and Christine McVie’s estate have both closed deals to sell rights to their music to the acquisition firm HarbourView Equity Partners. McVie’s estate has sold her stake in Fleetwood Mac’s recorded music, which includes “Say You Love Me,” along with other band hits “Go Your Own Way,” “The Chain” and “Dreams.” McVie passed…

Mike Portnoy Returns To Dream Theater

Mike Portnoy Returns To Dream Theater

Dream Theater have announced the return of drummer and founding member Mike Portnoy who will reunite with guitarist John Petrucci and bassist John Myung. They formed the band in ’85 at the Berklee College Of Music. The line-up also includes longtime members James LaBrie (vocals) and Jordan Rudess (keyboards). Portnoy left Dream Theater in ’10 and was replaced by Mike Mangini. He…

Papa Roach Make Major Donation

Papa Roach Make Major Donation

Papa Roach has announced that they have made a $150,000 donation to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s (AFSP) “Talk Away The Dark” campaign.  The donation was presented at the finale performance of Papa Roach’s “The Revolutions Live” tour.  During the tour the band debuted a live version of “Leave A Light On.” The ballad originally appeared on “Ego Trip,” Papa…

Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones’ “Hackney Diamonds” Has Arrived

“Hackney Diamonds,” the Rolling Stones first album of original material since ‘05 (“A Bigger Bang”), is out. It’s also the first album since the death of the band’s fourth member, drummer extraordinaire Charlie Watts, in ’21. The twelve-track set, produced by Andrew Watt, was recorded in L.A., New York, London and Nassau, Bahamas. Watt was…

Jon Bon Jovi To Be Honored

Jon Bon Jovi To Be Honored

Jon Bon Jovi has been named the 2024 MusiCares Person Of The Year. He will be honoree of the 33rd annual benefit gala in L.A. on February 2nd with proceeds going to provide essential support for MusiCares, a charity providing music professionals health and human services.    “(Jon Bon Jovi’s) long-standing commitment to serving food-insecure and unhoused individuals inspires…

Springsteen’s Archives To Expand

Springsteen’s Archives To Expand

Bruce Springsteen was on hand at Monmouth University on 10/18 as the New Jersey campus announced plans to expand his archives with a theater and building named after “The Boss.” The collection of written works, photographs, magazines, and other artifacts was so massive it required a new 30,000-square-foot building. The Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center…

U2 Extends Chart Lead

U2 Extends Chart Lead

“Atomic City,” the current U2 single, is the band’s fifty-first song to land on Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart. The track was written as a promotional tie-in to the band’s “Achtung Baby” concert residency in Vegas. U2 holds the record for the most appearances on the chart (51). The band has had 21 Top 10 hits…

“Last Resort” Surpasses One-Billion Streams On Spotify

“Last Resort” Surpasses One-Billion Streams On Spotify

Papa Roach‘s “Last Resort“ has joined Spotify’s “Billions Club.” “I feel that that song is a lifeline to a lot of people,” shared frontman Jacoby Shaddix.  “I’ve met thousands of kids over the years that have told us, ‘Yo, that song saved my life. That song was there for me in my darkest hour’.” “Last Resort” originally appeared on…