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Neil Young Reportedly Recording Two New Albums with Crazy Horse
Neil Young showed up at the Slamdance Film Festival over the weekend to promote ‘Journeys,’ his latest film collaboration with director Jonathan Demme, and during the coffee klatsch the duo held after the screening, Young reportedly dropped a bit of a bombshell: he has a new album with his longtime on-again, off-again band Crazy Horse in the can, and another one already in the works.
Kiss Stars Paul Stanley and Ace Frehley Both Announce New Guitars
Ace Frehley may not be sharing the stage with Paul Stanley and the other original members of Kiss anymore, but thanks to a pair of new custom guitars being produced by Washburn and Les Paul, you can relive your memories of the band’s glory days with some hot licks of your own.
Bruce Springsteen Reveals ‘Wrecking Ball’ Album Details
We ushered in 2012 with the knowledge that a new Bruce Springsteen album was on the horizon, but we didn’t know just how long we’d have to wait to hear it.
As it turns out, the Boss was planning a January surprise for us: Today (Jan. 19), Sprin
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Paul McCartney Talks Up His ‘Meat Free Monday Cookbook’
Paul McCartney is entering the celebrity cookbook game with his first collection of recipes, and this one has a vegetarian twist. Titled ‘The Meat Free Monday Cookbook,’ it finds McCartney — along with his daughters Mary and Stella — doing their part to spread the word about eating a socially responsible diet.
Eddie Van Halen Auctioning Signed Guitar For Charity
We still don’t know when we’ll hear him play guitar again, but Eddie Van Halen is putting at least one of his axes to good use right now: he’s offering it up for auction, with the proceeds going to benefit the Drop in the Bucket charity — and the winner walking away with a true one-of-a-kind instrument.
The guitar in question is a 1999 Wolfgang Translucent Cherry Sunburst 5A Flametop, autographed
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers to Headline 2012 Isle of Wight Festival
Over the course of their 35 years as a band, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have worked the road tirelessly, circumnavigating the globe countless times — but they’ve somehow managed to go 20 years without playing a major gig in the UK. That long drought will come to an end next year, when long-suffering British Petty fans will have their patience rewarded with a headlining slot at the 2012 Isle o
Paul McCartney Joined by Ron Wood at Three-Hour London Concert
Paul McCartney played his only London gig of 2011 last night (Dec. 5) — and he made it count, delivering a hits-packed, three-hour set to his O2 Arena fans, including several songs he’d never played in the UK before.
But that wasn’t all McCartney had in store for fans: as the evening drew to a close, he told the crowd he had a “surprise” for them before bringing out Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wo
Elvis Costello Doesn’t Want You to Buy His New Box Set
He might be willing to mug with Muppets, but when it comes to record companies ripping off his fans, Elvis Costello isn’t fooling around — and he recently proved it with a sarcasm-drenched post on his official site, prompted by the eyebrow-raising price tag on his new deluxe live box set, ‘The Return of the Spectacular Spinning Songbook.’
Saying “the price appears to be either a misprint or a sati
‘Star Wars Disco Ballet’ Is a Thing That Exists [VIDEO]
What do you get when you put together disco, a few dozen yards of gold lamé, a troupe of ballet dancers and ‘Star Wars’ mania at its late ’70s peak?
The answer, as demonstrated by this mesmerizing four-minute “disco ballet” from a French TV show, is one of the most mind-bogglingly awesome insane ‘Star Wars’ tie-ins we’ve ever seen — and yes, that includes the infamous ‘Star Wars Holiday Special.’