Dave Swanson
The Beatles’ ‘Here Comes The Sun’ Covered by Gary Barlow in New Commercial
Mark & Spencer, one of the UK’s leading retailers, are using a newly recorded cover version of the Beatles‘ ‘Here Comes The Sun’ in a television ad campaign titled ‘The Summer To Remember.’ The version used is by an artist named Gary Barlow. Barlow is a member of the UK vocal group Take That as well as one of the judges on the British edition of the ‘X Factor’ TV show.
Ian Anderson, ‘Thick As a Brick 2′ — Album Review
To quote Ian Anderson, “If someone had suggested that I might release a prog-concept album in the year 2012, I would have thought him seriously, dangerously even, off his trolley. But that is precisely what happened.”
Tom Petty Guitarist Mike Campbell Gives Video Tour Of His Guitar Collection
Mike Campbell, guitarist for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, has a new video documentary premiering online, taking viewers on a virtual tour of his guitar collection. Campbell is known to have quite a large collection of guitars, so this should be interesting viewing not only for Petty & Campbell fans, but for guitar aficionados in general.
Paul Weller, ‘Sonik Kicks’ — Album Review
This is the modern world! Some artists travel the same road day in, day out, while others prefer to throw a fork in that road and change things up. Neil Young, David Bowie and of course, the Beatles, all come to mind. So does Mr. Paul Weller.
John Fogerty To Release New Recordings Of Old Songs, With A Little Help From His Friends
The old man down the road, Mr. John Fogerty, is working on an album featuring new recordings of some of his old classics, with a new twist.
Paul Stanley on Rock Hall of Fame: ‘I Don’t Know Who is Doing the Voting’
Paul Stanley is kissing and telling, giving his take on Kiss‘s Rodney Dangerfield-esque “no respect” treatment from the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Stanley said “I don’t need validation from an organization where I don’t even know who is doing the voting,” adding a fact not talked about outside the inner circles, “There are board members who have said,
2012 Summer Tour Guide
Summer’s here and the time is right, for rocking in the streets… or at least in an appropriate venue of some sort. A cavalcade of rockers, from Van Halen to the Steve Miller Band and Crosby, Stills and Nash, are heading out on the road to help you enjoy the nice weather and make you forget about all your worries for at least one night...
Steve Miller Band Announce 2012 Tour Dates
Rev up that big ol’ jet airliner — the Steve Miller Band are back on the road. The tour, which will take the group through 10 countries in seven months, kicks off May 20th at the Doheny Blues Festival in California and winds down in Vienna, Austria on November 4th.
Cover Of Led Zeppelin’s ‘Immigrant Song’ Appears In Trailer For New ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Film
In the promo reel for the upcoming ‘Battlestar Galactica: Blood And Chrome’ movie, Led Zeppelin is once again taken for a ride into the future courtesy of Karen O and Trent Reznor.
The electronic-based cover of the Zep classic is the brainchild of Reznor and features the vocals of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer. The cover
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Bob Dylan’s Debut Album Turns 50 Years Old
Fifty years ago today (March 19, 1962), the self-titled debut album from Bob Dylan was released. The world was certainly a very different place in 1962 than it is in 2012.
Johnny Depp Calls Alice Cooper the ‘Ugliest Woman I’ve Ever Seen’ in New ‘Dark Shadows’ Trailer
Could it be a new celebrity feud? Johnny Depp can be seen calling rock legend Alice Cooper an “ugly woman” in a newly released video. Okay, so maybe Depp himself didn’t say that, but his latest film alter ego sure did in the trailer for the upcoming movie ‘Dark Shadows.’
Original Kiss Drummer Peter Criss Set To Publish Autobiography
The rock & roll library just keeps expanding! The latest to add his life to the ever-increasing stack of life stories is none other than Peter Criss. The once (and forever) Kiss drummer will issue ‘Makeup To Breakup’ on October 23 via Scribner, which is an imprint of the publishing giant Simon & Schuster. A press release as
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