Rock

Steve Harris said Iron Maiden will concentrate on playing live shows rather than making new music in their final years. At 67, the bassist reported that he remained active, with plans to play with his side-project British Lion on days off between upcoming Maiden shows, and playing football once a week. Asked about the chances of
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Stevie Nicks paid tribute to the late Christine McVie on Friday during the first date of her co-headlining tour with Billy Joel, delivering an emotional, tearful rendition of the Fleetwood Mac classic “Landslide.” You can watch video of the performance below. Nicks ended her 16-song set at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium with the poignant acoustic
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The self-styled ‘World’s Oldest Teenager’ nearly cost Stax Records several million dollars. During Rufus Thomas’ set at Wattstax – the label’s epochal 1972 all-dayer in the Watts neighbourhood of Los Angeles – the crowd at the Memorial Coliseum rushed the field and started dancing the funky chicken. Clad in a bright pink suit and his
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Many musicians have had their lives cut short, be it via bad luck, addiction or their personal actions. In some cases, rockers have died in tragic accidents, just as they were enjoying their height of fame. Such was the case for Duane Allman, who died just a few short months after the Allman Brothers Band’s
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Every now and then we get a chance to show our abilities”, declares Lonnie Holley, on the title track of Oh Me Oh My. The Birmingham, Alabama native has consistently demonstrated his abilities across 45 years as a self-taught visual artist – among his early creations were memorials made from waste sandstone blocks for a
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Lizzo helped a couple get engaged during her show in Glasgow on Wednesday night (March 8). READ MORE: Lizzo – ‘Special’ review: joyful superstar uplifts with self-assured, self-empowering bops  Performing to a sold-out crowd at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro, Lizzo spotted a member of the audience holding their phone up with the message: “Ask my brother’s boyfriend
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Fleetwood Mac hit the road with more replacement members than core members in 1994. Without Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham or Christine McVie, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie toured with guitarist Billy Burnette, Traffic‘s Dave Mason and Bekka Bramlett, the daughter of ’70s rock legends Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett. Two years earlier, Bramlett had worked with drummer Fleetwood as a
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Spotify has announced the rollout of a new vertical feed that will give users the ability to preview podcasts and music through scrolling, similar to TikTok. The feed – which is available now – was announced through the streaming platform’s official newsroom on Wednesday (March 8). The new interface makes previewing content on the platform
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Billy Squier recalled being told he’d never work again after refusing an invitation to tour with Ringo Starr’s All-Starr Band. He spent four years as a member of the former Beatle’s touring group from 2006. But in a recent interview with radio host Eddie Trunk, Squier explained that he was originally asked to hit the road several years
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