Bruce Springsteen was back on familiar territory on Saturday night (Nov. 16) for a benefit show at the 500-capacity Stone Pony club in Asbury Park, New Jersey, for a Boston College fundraiser.    According to the Asbury Park Press the rock icon was backed by E Street drummer Max Weinberg and former Asbury Jukes guitarist Bobby Bandiera and…

FREDDIE MERCURY’S former lover and partner Mary Austin opened up on their relationship in a newly unearthed, poignant interview, saying she felt like she and the Queen legend “had a marriage”. Freddie Mercury was in a romantic relationship with Mary Austin for six years and the pair remained incredibly close until his tragic death in 1991….

Coldplay have revealed the tracklist for their much anticipated new album… with a little help from a north Wales newspaper. Sitting alongside ads for a fridge/freezer and a ”luxury” double divan bed, the band revealed details for their new album ‘Everyday Living’ with a classified advert in Wednesday’s edition of the North Wales Daily Post….

Michael Hutchence was rarely out of the papers in the final years of his life, but there was a secret he had kept hidden from the world – he was suffering from brain damage. A violent altercation five years before his death left the INXS star with two large areas of permanent damage, as well…

Bruce Springsteen has released official audio of perhaps his most widely bootlegged performance. The show in question, which earned the name Pièce De Résistance, went down at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, New Jersey on September 19th, 1978, three months after the release of Darkness at the Edge of Town. Bruce and the E Street Band played…

It is one of the iconic songs of the 1980s but have you ever wondered what New Order’s track ‘Blue Monday’ would sound like if it was created 50 years earlier? Well, thanks to the great minds at BBC you don’t have to. ‘Blue Monday’ was and still is one of the best songs of a…

The former Oasis frontman has let rip on stage in France about his estranged brother and his friendship with the U2 frontman. Liam Gallagher has suggested his Shockwave single is about his brother Noel and U2’s Bono. The former Oasis frontman played a set at Carcassonne Festival in France, where he changed the lyrics to the lead single…

ast night (July 18), Iron Maiden brought their epic Legacy Of The Beast tour to North America for an almost-three-month jaunt across the continent. It all kicked off at the Sunrise BB&T Center in Florida and will climax in Mexico City at the Sports Palace in September, before three dates in Brazil, Argentina and Chile. Iron Maiden brought the biggest…

Across the country this Independence Day break, families and Tinder connections on third dates will flock to theaters to see Danny Boyle’s Yesterday, following the viewers who drove it to a $17 million opening last weekend. In case you’ve avoided all indications of its existence, here’s the rundown: Boyle’s movie is a speculative comedy about a singer-songwriter, played…

The Rolling Stones aren’t merely a band, but a globally-beloved institution. For nearly six decades, the legendary English rock group has presented their era-defining collection of blues-rock hits to the global masses. Their mixture of eye-popping production, superb musicianship and raw charisma has long solidified their position as the absolute gold standard of the 70,000-seat stadium circuit….

Wembley Stadium, LondonLindsey Buckingham’s absence casts a pall over a singalong show, despite sterling work from subs Neil Finn and Mike Campbell here is no arguing with the numbers. Wembley Stadium is brimming with fans, even on a wet Tuesday. A dozen people fill the vast stage, reproducing some of the most opulent harmonies and…

Universal Music on Thursday dropped the video for a previously unreleased — and great — version of a song from the late and legendary Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, “Time Waits for No One.” The recording — which captures the singer in his full-voiced glory and is no flimsy posthumous release — languished in the vaults since it was…