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JOHN LENNON’S ‘GIMME SOME TRUTH’ CHALLENGING FOR U.K. CHART TITLE
Imagine John Lennon returning to No. 1 on the U.K. albums chart. It could happen. Just days after what would have been his 80th birthday, the late Beatles legend is challenging for the crown with Gimme Some Truth (Apple Corps), a new hits collection produced by his... Read More »
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Pamela Hutchinson, member of The Emotions, has died
The band confirmed the news on Facebook overnight (September 20), revealing that Hutchinson had passed away on Friday September 18. “In loving memory, we are saddened to announce the passing of our sister, Pamela Rose Hutchinson, on Friday, September 18, 2020,” the band wrote. “Pam... Read More »
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Dolly Parton Achieves First Christian Chart No. 1: ‘It Does My Heart Good to Know That We Have Touched So Many’
The country legend tops yet another genre list. Zach Williams and Dolly Parton’s “There Was Jesus” ascends 2-1 on Billboard‘s Christian Airplay chart, dated Sept. 12. The duet increased by 2% to 10.5 million airplay audience impressions in... Read More »
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Neil Young Announces Live Album and Movie With Promise of the Real
Neil Young’s 2019 European summer tour with Promise of the Real will be chronicled with a double album and concert film titled Noise and Flowers, which is slated for an early 2021 release. The nine-date tour kicked off June 29th in Odense, Denmark, just eight days after the death of... Read More »
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KOOL & THE GANG CO-FOUNDER RONALD ‘KHALIS’ BELL DEAD AT 68
Ronald “Khalis” Bell, the singer, songwriter and saxophonist whose group Kool & the Gang became one of the most celebrated and musically eclectic funk bands in the 1970s and beyond, died Wednesday at his U.S. Virgin Islands home at the age of 68, a rep confirmed to Rolling... Read More »
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Former Temptations frontman Bruce Williamson has died from coronavirus
Bruce Williamson, best known as the former frontman of legendary soul group The Temptations, has died aged 49. The singer died on Sunday (September 6) at his home in Las Vegas after battling the coronavirus, TMZ reports. Williamson’s death was confirmed by his son, who paid tribute to... Read More »
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Van Morrison criticizes the “pseudo-science” of socially distanced gigs
Van Morrison has criticized the “pseudo-science” of socially distanced gigs in a new open letter to fans. The letter was shared after Morrison himself was announced to be playing a series of socially distanced shows across the next month. The veteran musician was announced earlier this... Read More »
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Queen say they are in an “uphill battle” to stop Donald Trump using their songs in his election campaign
Queen have called on Donald Trump to stop using their music for his presidential campaign. It comes after the US President recently used their 1977 hit ‘We Will Rock You’ on his new account on social media platform Triller. The band have ordered it to be pulled from the service... Read More »
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Bette Midler Takes Melania Trump to Task on Day 2 of RNC
Day two of the Republican National Convention is now done and dusted, but millions of onlookers are continuing the conversation online. Speakers included Mike Pompeo, Eric and Tiffany Trump, all of whom made their pitch for why Donald Trump should remain in the White House. But it was the final... Read More »
