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Watch Heart, Rush and More Honored on HBO's Rock Hall Induction Ceremony Special, Premiering Tonight
Kevin Mazur/WireImageRock and Roll history was made on April 18 in Los Angeles when Heart, Rush, Randy Newman, Public Enemy, late disco queen Donna Summer, late bluesman Albert King and producers Quincy Jones and Lou Adler were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. You can check out all of the highlights from the star-studded event by tuning in to HBO on Saturday at 9 p.m. ET/PT to catch the 2013
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Deep Purple Pays Homage to Classic Horror Films in Video for New Tune "Vincent Price"
Photo: Jim RaketeDeep Purple has debuted a campy and creepy new promotional video for "Vincent Price," the last track on the band's recently released studio album, Now What?! The clip follows the adventures of an attractive young couple who enter a haunted-house attraction only to find themselves transported into an actual black-and-white horror movie.
Interspersed with segments of Deep Purple rocking out in the spooky mansion, the video shows the young man and woman being terrorized by a vampire, the Frankenstein monster and a mummy. During their
...Read moreRush's Complete Catalog Remastered for iTunes
Photo: Andrew MacNaughtanRush's entire album catalog has been remastered specifically for iTunes to commemorate the band's recent induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The catalog spans from the Canadian power trio's 1974 self-titled debut through last year's acclaimed concept record Clockwork Angels. All of the albums can be purchased now individually, while two newly created compilations that package together the prog-rock legend's work for the Mercury and Atlantic Records labels, respectively, also are available.
These bundles are titled The Complete Mercury Years and The
...Read moreBruce Springsteen Gives Thumbs-Up to Use of His Song in "The Office" Finale
Photo: Danny ClinchNBC's popular comedy series The Office came to an end Thursday night after nine seasons with a one-hour special that centered around the wedding of characters Dwight and Angela. During the reception, the party-goers were shown dancing to a variety of popular songs including Bruce Springsteen's "Rosalita." Well, apparently the Boss was paying attention because he posted a note on his Twitter account that read, "Rosalita! Good choice for Dwight & Angela's wedding reception."
Angela Kinsey,
...Read moreDuff McKagan Says Walking Papers Frontman Angell Tried Out for Velvet Revolver
Duff-Loaded.comDuff McKagan reports that Missionary Position vocalist Jeff Angell, the frontman for his new side project Walking Papers, had a chance to be lead singer for Velvet Revolver. The former Guns N’ Roses bassist tells Rolling Stone that Angell got a shot to try out for the supergroup before they chose former member Scott Weiland as their singer.
"I hoped at some point I would
...Read moreSting Trying to Raise $15 Million to Bring Musical to Broadway
Facebook.com/StingBack in 1989, Sting starred in a Broadway musical: a revival of The Threepenny Opera. Now, he's trying to raise some cash to bring his own production to the Great White Way.
The New York Post reports that the former Police frontman and his producing partner are trying to raise $15 million to bring their musical, The Last Ship, to Broadway next spring. Based on his autobiographical album The Soul Cages, the musical tells the story of a family of shipbuilders
...Read moreNeil Young, David Bowie, Yoko Ono Among 2013 O Music Awards Nominees
OMusicAwards.comMTV's O Music Awards returns this year, and a number of veteran artists have scored nominations. Neil Young, David Bowie and Yoko Ono each will compete for one honor at the third annual ceremony, which will stream live at OMusicAwards.com on June 19 at 7 p.m. ET. MTV's O Music Awards honor various achievements in the arena of digital music.
Young is among the nominees for the Analog Genius Award. The folk-rock great received his nod because of his work on the high-quality digital-music service Pono. Bowie, meanwhile, is in the running for the Too Much Ass for
...Read moreJohn Fogerty Schedules Series of TV Appearances to Promote "Wrote a Song for Everyone"
Photo: Alan SilfenIn the days leading up to the May 28 release of his new collaborative album, Wrote a Song for Everyone, John Fogerty will be all over the TV dial. In the next week alone, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer has several appearances scheduled on various talk shows and specials.
On Sunday, the ex-Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman will be among the many musicians featured in the CBS concert special
...Read moreSlayer Reveals Details for Jeff Hanneman Memorial Celebration
David Wolff-Patrick/WireImageSlayer is giving fans the chance to say goodbye to founding guitarist Jeff Hanneman, who died May 2 of alcohol-related cirrhosis of the liver.
In a posting on their Facebook page, Slayer reveals that a Jeff Hanneman Memorial Celebration will take place on Thursday, May 23 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles from 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. PT. The event will be free and open to fans of all ages on a first-come, first-in basis.
Hanneman, who had been taking time off from the band since 2011 for
...Read moreBob Dylan Inducted into Prestigious Arts Institution but Skips Ceremony
Columbia RecordsThe American Academy of Arts and Letters held its annual induction ceremony on Wednesday at its New York City headquarters, and Bob Dylan became the first rock-era musician to be accepted into the respected institution. According to RollingStone.com, the folk-rock legend did not attend the ceremony.
Dylan did send a statement that read, "I feel extremely honored and very lucky to be included in this pantheon of great individual
...Read moreEric Clapton Reportedly About to Become a First-Time Grandfather
Surfdog RecordsCongratulations appear to be in order for Eric Clapton, who's expected to become a grandfather for the first time in the coming days. The Daily Mail reports that the guitar legend's oldest daughter, 28-year-old Ruth Clapton, is preparing to give birth to her first child later this month.
A friend of the Clapton family tells the newspaper, "The baby is due any day and Eric is ecstatic."
The 68-year-old rocker is said to have a close relationship with Ruth, whom
...Read moreGrace Slick to Visit Four California Galleries Exhibiting Her Art This Week
Facebook.com/GraceSlickOfficialFormer Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship singer Grace Slick may no longer be making music but she continues to follow her artistic muse as a prolific painter. Slick will pay a visit to four galleries in four separate California cities this week in celebration of a new display of her art titled "Once upon a Time."
Slick's appearances will take place tonight at the San Francisco Art Exchange in San Francisco, Friday at the Gordon Huether Gallery in Napa, Saturday at the Norcal Modern Gallery
...Read moreMetallica Looking to Get International Distributor for 3D Film at Cannes Film Festival
Facebook.com/MetallicaMetallica already has plans for Through the Never to hit theaters in America this fall, but now they're bringing the 3D film to the Cannes Film Festival in the hopes of screening it overseas. According to Variety, the band has partnered with Exclusive Media to screen and shop the film at the French fest so they can find an international distributor for it.
"After wading through multiple international distribution options for our film, we are excited to be partnering up with the
...Read moreAllmans Drummer Butch Trucks Discusses Plans for Roots Rock Revival Camp
RootsRockRevival.comAllman Brothers Band fans may want to head to the scenic Catskills Mountains in early June, when the group's founding drummer Butch Trucks will help host a five-day music camp called the Roots Rock Revival. The event, which will take place June 3 to June 7 at Full Moon Resort in Big Indian, New York, also will feature Allmans bassist Oteil Burbridge and The North Mississippi Allstars' Luther and Cody Dickinson.
The Roots Rock Revival will offer attendees such activities as music classes, seminars and workshops, presentations,
...Read moreBruce Springsteen Featured on Dropkick Murphys Charity EP
DropkickMurphys.comBruce Springsteen and Dropkick Murphys have teamed up on a new recording to raise money for the victims of last month's Boston Marathon bombings.
The Boston-area band has just released a digital EP, Rose Tattoo: For Boston Charity, containing a new version of their song "Rose Tattoo" that features vocals from The Boss.
The EP also includes live acoustic versions of "Don’t Tear Us Apart" and "Jimmy Collins’s Wake," recorded in Las Vegas four days after the
...Read moreRod Stewart's "Time" Is His Highest-Charting Album of Original Songs Since 1979
Capitol RecordsAfter years of doing covers records, Rod Stewart rediscovered his love of songwriting for his new album Time...and it's paid off.
Time has debuted at #7 on the Billboard 200 chart and, as the publication notes, it's Stewart's highest-charting album of original material since, believe it or not, 1979, when Blondes Have More Fun was #1 for three weeks.
Rod has had top 10 albums since 1979, of course, but everything that charted
...Read moreSammy Hagar Working with Journey Guitarist, Chickenfoot Members on New Recording Project
Photo: Jon HillSammy Hagar has revealed details about a new album he's been working on with Journey's Neal Schon, as well as two of the Red Rocker's Chickenfoot band mates -- bassist Michael Anthony and drummer Chad Smith. In a new video posted on Hagar's official YouTube channel, Sammy reports that the project is basically a reincarnated version of his old supergroup HSAS, which featured Schon, journeyman bassist Kenny Aaronson and former Santana drummer Michael Shrieve.
The
...Read moreThe Rolling Stones Releasing Three Classic Albums on Clear Vinyl
ABKCO RecordsThree classic Rolling Stones albums will be issued on high-quality, 180-gram clear vinyl later this month to commemorate the band's half-century anniversary and current 50 and Counting Tour. The discs, 1968's Beggar's Banquet, 1969's Let It Bleed and the two-LP 1971 compilation Hot Rocks 1964-1971, will hit stores on May 28.
The albums are part of a planned series of archival Stones releases "The Rolling Stones Clearly Classic."
...Read moreThe Beatles' "Help!" Movie Coming to Blu-ray in June
Apple Corps Ltd.Help!, the 1965 film that marked The Beatles' second foray into the movies, will be released on Blu-ray for the first time on June 25. Help! will be available as a single disc that offers a digitally restored version of the flick and 5.1 audio, as well as an hour's worth of bonus features.
Among the extras are a 30-minute making-of documentary, interviews with cast and crew members, a short about the movie's restoration, a deleted scene, plus trailers and radio ads. The Help! Blu-ray also
...Read moreStephen Stills' Blues Supergroup The Rides Now Set to Release Album in August
429 RecordsSome revised details have been revealed about Stephen Stills' upcoming blues project The Rides. The supergroup, which also features guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd and founding Electric Flag keyboardist Barry Goldberg, is now set to release its debut album, Can't Get Enough, on August 27, several weeks later than initially reported.
The 10-track collection includes four brand-new songs co-written by Stills, Goldberg and Shepherd. Can't Get
...Read morePaul McCartney to Introduce Cinematic Screening of "Rockshow" Concert Video Today in London
Eagle Rock EntertainmentJust a reminder that Paul McCartney will be in attendance for a special premiere theatrical screening of the 1976 concert video Rockshow that will be held today at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in London. The ex-Beatles legend will be on hand to introduce the film, which features footage captured during Paul McCartney & Wings' 1976 U.S. tour.
Rockshow also will be shown at a variety of other U.K. cinemas on Wednesday, while U.S. theaters will start hosting similar screenings on Thursday. These screenings also will feature a taped
...Read moreJohn Fogerty to Celebrate Birthday, New Album's Release with Special Concert in L.A. This Month
Vanguard RecordsOn May 28, John Fogerty will celebrate his 68th birthday -- and the arrival of his latest album, Wrote a Song for Everyone -- with a special one-off performance at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles. Members of the ex-Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman's fan club now have the chance to purchase a limited number of pre-sale tickets to the show via JohnFogerty.com.
The event also will
...Read more1976 Beach Boys TV Special Coming to DVD in June
Eagle Rock EntertainmentA Beach Boys TV special that originally aired on NBC in 1976 will be released as a DVD and a digital download on June 18. The Beach Boys: Good Vibrations Tour includes footage of the band performing at California's Anaheim Stadium while supporting their 15 Big Ones album, which included a hit cover of the Chuck Berry tune "Rock 'n' Roll Music." The group's lineup at the time featured all five original members -- brothers Brian, Carl and Dennis Wilson, Mike Love and Al Jardine.
The
...Read moreBilly Corgan Asks California Pizza Kitchen to Help End Practice of Dehorning Calves
Jim Dyson/Getty ImagesBilly Corgan has teamed up with the animal-rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals to ask California Pizza Kitchen to join their fight to protect baby cows. The Smashing Pumpkins frontman has written a letter to CPK's president and CEO, G.J. Hart, asking the restaurant chain to insist that its dairy suppliers begin phasing out dehorning calves, a process that PETA feels causes unnecessary suffering.
"I have viewed the photos and watched PETA's investigative video of these [dehorning] procedures, and I was appalled to see young calves who struggled and writhed in pain
...Read moreElton John, Bono, Paul Simon, Sting Help Robin Hood Foundation Raise Millions at NYC Benefit
Facebook.com/EltonJohn; Franck Prevel/Getty ImagesAn impressive list of music stars, including Elton John, U2's Bono, Paul Simon and Sting, were on hand to entertain the many wealthy and famous guests who attended the 25th anniversary Robin Hood Foundation gala, held Monday at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City. The event raises money to fight poverty and help those in need in the New York City area.
According to
...Read morePaul McCartney Calls for Worldwide Ban on Cosmetics Tests on Animals
Mary McCartney/MPL Communications Ltd.Continuing his support of animal-rights causes, Paul McCartney is backing an initiative by the Cruelty Free International organization seeking a global ban on cosmetics testing on animals. In March, a similar ban went into effect throughout the European Union after a long campaign by the BUAV, the founding organization of Cruelty Free International.
"I have supported…the BUAV over the years with its campaign to
...Read moreGrammy Awards Set Dates for 2014 and 2015 Ceremonies
NARAS.orgThe Recording Academy has set the dates for the next two years for what it calls "music's biggest night." The 56th Annual Grammy Awards is set to air live from Los Angeles' Staples Center on January 26, 2014, and the 57th Annual Grammy Awards will air February 8, 2015, the Academy announced Monday.
This year's live telecast attracted 28.7 million viewers, a decline from 2012's awards, which got a bump due to the unexpected death of pop icon Whitney Houston. Still, ratings were the second highest since 1993. The Recording Academy -- which awards the Grammys -- will continue its tradition of producing a week-long
...Read moreGuitarist Stone Gossard Says Side Projects Help “Challenge” Pearl Jam to Make Better Music
Photo: Karen LoriaPearl Jam's 10th album is taking a long time to finish, which is probably due to the fact that all of the band's members have been working on side projects. Guitarist Stone Gossard says the delay in getting fans the new material is a positive thing, because their experiences experimenting on music outside of thegroup are helping the guys to reach new heights on their forthcoming album.
"I think that you bring your whole skill set to Pearl Jam," he tells ABC News Radio. "When you are trying to make a record and you want it to be cool, something you might have learned on one of your solo songs
...Read moreJudas Priest Members Attending Premiere Screening of Band's "Epitaph" Concert Video in NYC Tonight
Legacy RecordingsIn advance of its May 28 release on DVD and Blu-ray, Judas Priest's new concert film, Epitaph, will be given a premiere, one-night-only screening tonight in New York City, and will be shown in several more U.S. locations on Wednesday. Priest fans who make it out to the Big Apple event will get a special treat, as frontman Rob Halford and guitarist Richie Faulkner also will be attending the screening, taking place at 8 p.m. ET at the Clearview Chelsea theater.
Halford
...Read moreWhitesnake Releasing New Two-CD Set Featuring Performances from Band's 2011 World Tour
Frontiers RecordsWhitesnake will release a new two-CD concert album this summer that gathers together 25 performances from the pop-metal band's massive 2011 tour in support of their Forevermore album. Made in Britain – The World Record is due out on July 9, and includes live renditions of such Whitesnake classics as "Here I Go Again," "Still of the Night" and "Is This Love," as well as selections from the group's latest studio effort and much more.
As its title suggests, Made in Britain
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