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Happy Birthday to Kinks co-founder and main songwriter Ray Davies who turns 78 today (June 21st)!!! January 2021 saw the release of the Kinks' 50th anniversary editions of their 1970 classic Lola ...

Even more artists have signed on to appear at the Taylor Hawkins tribute concert sset for next September in London and Los Angeles. Hawkins, the drummer for the Foo Fighters, died on March 25th at age...

Coming soon via Genesis Publications is Def Leppard's first official band biography, titled Definitely: The Official Story Of Def Leppard. The book, which is described as "Part memoir, part scrapb...

Brian Wilson's 80th birthday on June 20th was commemorated by an in-house video with a veritable who's-who of the rock and pop world wishing him happy returns of the day. Among those participa...

Mick Jagger posted a message on Instagram on Monday (June 20th) ensuring Rolling Stones fans he's on board for tonight's (June 21st) show at Milan, Italy's San Siro Stadium. Following Jagg...

Once again, Wolfgang Van Halen has chosen to confront his online detractors head-on rather than let personal attacks go unanswered. Loudwire reported a tongue-in-cheek Wolf tweeted to fans: "I wanted ...

It was 42 years ago today (June 20th, 1980) that the Rolling Stones' Emotional Rescue album was released. The set, which followed the 1978 chart-topping Some Girls collection, was recorded through...

Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys celebrates his 80th birthday today (June 20th)!!! Wilson co-founded the group in 1961 with his late brothers Dennis and Carl Wilson, his cousin Mike Love, neighbor David...

Chrissie Hynde says she no longer will perform Pretenders hits in concert. Hynde, who's been busy recording covers projects over the past few years -- including a Bob Dylan tribute set, posted the...

John Lennon's sons, Julian and Sean Lennon, both posted video tributes to Paul McCartney on his 80th birthday on June 18th. Julian sent a message to "Uncle Paul" direct from the Beatles' legen...