DICKEY BETTS HOME WITH ALLMAN TUNES Former Allman Brothers guitarist Dickey Betts hit the Grammy jam with 'Ramblin' Man' and said that he'll take whatever Allmans he made on stage.
BONO TO HEAD WORLD BANK? Bono is being talked about as the next figure to head up the World Band, as a longtime officer is stepping down from office. Will Bono take the gig?
BLACK CROWES ADD DATES The Black Crowes got such a great response in New York, they've decided to take their show on the road. The band will start off small with...
CAN HALFORD MAKE JUDAS RISE TO CHART TOP? Rob Halford rejoined Judas Priest to release their first album together since 1990's Painkiller. Will they rise? Guitarist K.K. Downing said...
EX-KISS DRUMMER PETER CRISS WORKING ON SOLO ALBUM Peter Criss of Kiss fame is not sitting home wanting to be on a Kiss tour, he's recording a solo album, and a report filed by Billboard has the scoop. Find out the details here!
JOE STRUMMER DOCUMENTARY RELEASED Joe Strummer, late brainchild of The Clash, will be featured in a documentary. Find out more and how you can see it... here.
THE USED AND MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE ARE UNDER PRESSURE The Used and My Chemical Romance have teamed up to record a version of the David Bowie and Freddie Mercury song "Under Pressure." Now they're performing it live.
JUDAS PRIEST DOLES OUT RETRIBUTION ON TUESDAY Judas Priest released their new album, Angel Of Retribution, on Tuesday (March 1), and it's the first album with singer Rob Halford since 1990. K.K. Downing said...
JAMMY AWARDS 2005 TO BE HELD IN NEW YORK My Morning Jacket, Derek Trucks, and String Cheese Incident, are among nominees for the 2005 Jammy Awards. It's being hosted by Phil Lesh.
THE DEAD WILL PLAY BONNAROO The ink isn't dry and it's not official, but The Dead will play Bonnaroo this year if you listen to what Bob Weir has to say about it.
VELVET REVOLVER HITS THE ROAD Velvet Revolver is set to hit the road once again for the 'Electric Wonderland Show' in support of its album, Contraband. The Grammy winning....
CARS TO REUNITE? The Cars may just be set to reunite according to recent statments made by guitarist Elliot Easton, who just contributed his time to the Rock And Roll Fantasy Camp.
JOURNEY HEADING INTO THE STUDIO Journey is heading into the studio to record another album. Returning to for vocals is Steve Augeri, and guitairst Neal Schon said...
BILLY IDOL HEADES SOUTH-BY-SOUTHWEST Billy Idol is headed South By Southwest this year as he'll be one of the featured artists at rock music's biggest...
THE WHO'S ROGER DALTREY SAYS 'WELCOME TO THE CAMP' The Who's Roger Daltrey was the main attraction at the Rock And Roll Fantasy Camp, which wrapped up this weekend. Daltrey sang with the Camp's allstar band, and also advised campers about rock and roll.
MUSIC FOR RELIEF RAISES ONE MILLION FROM FEB 18 ANAHEIM SHOW Linkin Park, No Doubt, Jay-Z, Story Of The Year and Camp Freddy played an all star tsunami benefit that raised over one million dollars despite the absence of Ozzy Osbourne and Blink 182.
MUSIC FOR RELIEF ROLLED ON SANS OZZY AND BLINK The Music For Relief show in Anaheim didn't miss those bands that canceled too much. Linkin Park, No Doubt, Camp Freddy, and others rocked the...
VELVET REVOLVER MEMBERS WIN FIRST GRAMMY Despite a pedigree that contains Guns N' Roses and Stone Temple Pilots, the members of the band only now took home their first Grammy Award,...
DICKEY BETTS STARTS FANTASY FOR ASPIRING CAMPERS Dickey Betts, former guitarist with the Allman Brothers was in Los Angeles to help open the sold-out Rock And Roll Fantasy Camp, Does he like being a guest counselor?
THE
DEAD'S BOB WEIR BOOKS BUSY 2005 Bob Weir is keeping busy in 2005, with tours planned
with The Dead, Ratdog, and possibly
several other gigs. He's feeling no ill effects of...
WELCOME
TO THE (FANTASY) CAMP, I GUESS YOU KNOW WHY WE'RE HERE
(Dated-- updated story up by Wednesday) The Rock And Roll Fantasy
camp is set to kick off this weekend. Roger Daltrey,
Simon Kirke of Bad Company, Dickey
Betts, Brett Michaels, and a slew...
MOTORHEAD
GETS FIRST GRAMMY AWARD Lemmy
Kilmister and company won their first Grammy. So what if
Motorhead's first award was a Metallica
tribute, said Kilmister.
U2
WINS THREE GRAMMYS, PLAYS DEDICATION TO BONO'S FATHER U2 won three Grammy Awards
on Sunday night, February 13 and they also played a "Sometimes
You Can't Make It On Your Own" in dedication of Bono's father
In their acceptance speech....
LINKIN
PARK, OZZY, BLINK 182 SET FOR RELIEF
Ozzy Osbourne, Blink 182, Linkin
Park and Jay Z are among the artists lined
up to do the Music For Relief Concert on February 18. Click to find
out more...
BILLY
JOEL HOSPITALIZED WITH STOMACH PAIN
The Piano Man has been admitted to a hospital on Long Island for
stomach pain, and there's no word as to when he'll be released.....
ALLMAN
BROTHERS INSTRUMENTAL IN GRAMMY NOMINATION The
Allman Brothers have been nominated for several Grammys,
but it seems they've been relegated to 'instrumental' staus. Allman
guitarist Derek Trucks says Gregg ....
PAUL
MCCARTNEY PERFORMS AT SUPER BOWL Paul McCartney performed
at Sunday's Super Bowl in Jascksonville, Florida and even took time
before to stop into CBS studios and ....
JOHN
FOGERTY LEADS SUPER BOWL PRE-GAME John
Fogerty led the list of acts for the Super Bowl pre-game.
Check out a brief clip of his performance and find out what ....
BOB
WEIR REFRESHED AND READY Bob Weir is back from the dead so
to speak. He's currently on tour and plans ar to hit the road in
two separate incarnations...
JUDAS
PRIEST ALBUM COMES INTO FOCUS Judas
Priest have put the finishing touches on their new album
Angel Of Retribuition, and it will be a double disc. ...
YES
TO CONTRIBUTE TO ROGER DEAN FILM Yes is all set to participate in the forthcoming
animated film by Roger Dean. The band's Steve
Howe said he's always been in Dean's corner. .....
U2
APOLOGIZES FOR FAN CLUB SNAFU U2
just had too many fans in their fanclub to accommodate
all of them. Drummer Larry Mullen issued an apology
on behalf of...
JOE
PERRY COMPLETES SOLO ALBUM
Aerosmith's Joe Perry has branched out
on his own and will release his self-titled debut later this year.
He said it's vastly different than ... FANS
GET SIRIUS FOR MARLEY Bob Marley will be honored with special programming
on Sirius satelllite radio...
QUEEN
TOUR SELLING OUT Queen is selling out in its first tour since adding
vocalist Paul Rodgers to the mix. There are dates
in Europe still available ...
BON
JOVI LOOKS TO SOUL, SPLIT ON SUPER BOWL Bon Jovi is currently waiting for Arena Football
to be in full swing. The season opened last week, but Jon Bon is
also split about the Super Bowl....
REMEMERING
TRAFFIC'S JIM CAPALDI Jim
Capaldi, famous for his work with the band Traffic, is
being remembered by family and friends. One of the highlights was
the Rock And Roll Hall ...
METALLICA'S
ENHANCED DVD IS A MONSTER Metallica's
movie Some Kind Of Monster comes to DVD in enhanced form,
and it features lots of tidbits and outtakes not found in the film
...
STING
BOOK COMES TO PAPERBACK Sting released
his book Broken Music in paperback yesterday, and he talked
about what it represents to his career.
...
RAMONES
VISIT THE 'END OF THE CENTURY' The Ramones movie 'End Of The Century' is coming
to DVD. It's a more polished look on the band. Marky Ramone
said ...
GENE
SIMMONS NOT INTO 'IDOL' WORSHIP Kiss
founder Gene Simmons made his appearance
felt on American Idol last week and he was just as tough
as the very critical Simon ...
DIO
SET TO RELEASE CONCERT DVD Dio is set to release a convert DVD that was filmed
at Roseland Ballroom in New York City ...
RINGO
STARR SUPERHERO Ringo
Starr is the latest rocker to turn comic book hero. Thanks
to the magic of comic maker extraordinaire Stan Lee ...
COACHELLA
DATES SET, CURE PERFORMING AGAIN? While
the dates for the famous Coachella Music and Arts Festival have
been announced, the line-up hasn't been revealed. Cure revisited?
....
JOURNEY
TO PLAY SHOWS WITH STEVE PERRY? Steve
Perry and guitarist Neal Schon discussed
a possible performance or two right in front of our cameras. Will
this happen? ...
AEROSMITH'S
PERRY STANDS PAT' FOR SUPER BOWL Aerosmith
guitarist Joe Perry is very entrenched in his hometown
of Boston, so it's no surprise he has a good feeling about the Patriots ...
BONNAROO
2005 ANNOUNCED Dave Matthews Band returns for Bonnaroo 2005, and
this year they'll be joined by Allman Bros., Modest
Mouse, Mars Volta, and ... STING
TO HIT THE SILVER SCREEN? Sting
is reportedly set to star in a film about the Brazilian
soccer team.The film titled, The Goal, is currently ...
DENNIS
DEYOUNG GOES ANOTHER ROUND Dennis
DeYoung is set to bring the rock and the symphony once
again starting February 12 in Phoenix, Arizona. He talked about
arranging...
MICK
JAGGER WINS GOLDEN GLOBE Mick
Jagger, from the Rolling Stones, teamed
up with Eurythmics Dave Stewart to record the soundtrack for the
movie Alfie. They won a ...
JACK
BLADES SET FOR FANTASY Jack
Blades, former singer for Damn Yankees
and Night Ranger, has taken up with the Rock And
Roll Fantasy Camp. He leads campers to The Who....
R.E.M
KICK OFF TOUR IN EUROPE R.E.M. kicked off their tour
in Europe, and have mapped out dates through the summer. However,
absent are U.S. dates. ...
GENE
SIMMONS LAWSUIT Gene Simmons and the cable
TV station VH1 are both being sued by a woman who claims
she was portrayed as immoral by the ...
THE
OSBOURNES LAST HURRAH The
Osbournes, the longstanding show about Ozzy Osbourne and
his wife Sharon, embarks on its final season starting
January 17....
BONNAROO
ANNOUNCES DATES Dave Matthews is a big fan of the anti-corporate
vibe of the Bonnaroo Festival, and this year the buzz is starting
early with 2005 dates already released ...
NOT
IN KANSAS ANYMORE Kansas
is set to embark on a European tour this year, but what
keeps haunting one of the band members is how they had to fill in
for a popular Queen one time overseas...
DEE
SNIDER'S LIFE NOT SO 'TWISTED' THESE DAYS When the hair-metal and hard rock era of music
ended in the late '80s early '90s Twisted Sister'a
Dee Snider had to reinvent himself....
2004
IN REVIEW: COMEBACK OF THE YEAR - VELVET REVOLVER
While the world waited for Axl Rose, the rest of
the old Guns N' Roses crew resurfaced with former
STP vocalist Scott Weiland to make
the best rock record in ages....
AEROSMITH
SUPER BOWL BOUND? Aerosmith
may just be doing more than just cheering on their hometown
Patriots for the NFL playoffs. Joe Perry said they
could break their hiatus ...
U2
DATES SURFACE Although
it wasn't an officilal release, information is popping up about
a solid itinerary with venues for U2's worldwide
tour. Check it out here! ...
2004
IN REVIEW: POP GOES PUNK Good Charlotte and Simple Plan were
just a few of the bands that turned pop punk into a household genre
in 2004. Find out what they thought...
2004
IN REVIEW: VAN HALEN RETURNS Van Halen
had to contend with comebacks by the Cure and Judas Priest,
but they're our choice for Reunion Tour of the Year. What's Sammy
Hagar's role, find out here! ...