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Rocker Jerry Lee Lewis suffers stroke, expected to recover

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Rock ’n’ roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis is recovering after a minor stroke, but he’s expected to make a full recovery. A statement from his publicist says the 83-...

DATE: Mar 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Ozzy Osbourne hospitalized because of flu complications

LOS ANGELES – Ozzy Osbourne is in a hospital for some complications from the flu. The 70-year-old rocker’s wife, Sharon Osbourne, wrote on Twitter on Wednesday that doctors believ...

DATE: Feb 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Keith Richards to reissue 1988 solo debut ‘Talk Is Cheap’

NEW YORK – Keith Richards is celebrating the 30th anniversary of his solo debut album by reissuing it. Richards originally released “Talk Is Cheap” in 1988 and will reissue the al...

DATE: Jan 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

The Rolling Stones plan 13 US live dates next year

NEW YORK – The Rolling Stones will be touring the United States next year. The band says it is adding a 13-show leg to its No Filter tour in spring 2019 that will hit Florida, Tex...

DATE: Nov 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

Aerosmith’s Perry tweets ‘doing well’ after hospitalization

NEW YORK – Joe Perry is feeling the love from fans after he was hospitalized with breathing problems that began after a guest performance with Billy Joel in New York. The Aerosmit...

DATE: Nov 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

Metallica, ex-bandmates to pay concert tribute to Cornell

LOS ANGELES – The late Chris Cornell will be honored with a tribute concert in Los Angeles on Jan. 16 featuring members of his former bands along with Metallica and the Foo Fighters. ...

DATE: Nov 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

‘Peggy Sue,’ immortalized by Buddy Holly, dies at 78

Peggy Sue Gerron was 17 years old, a senior at a Catholic girls school, when the world heard her name radiate through the airwaves over and over on its way to rock ’n’ roll immortality. ...

DATE: Oct 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

Marty Balin, founder of Jefferson Airplane, dies at 76

NEW YORK – Marty Balin, a patron of the 1960s “San Francisco Sound” both as founder and lead singer of the Jefferson Airplane and co-owner of the club where the Airplane and other Bay Area b...

DATE: Sep 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

REZ-olution X is going to rock Ignacio

Southern Ute Tribal Fair Youth Concert celebrates 10 years

DATE: Sep 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

Steven Tyler sends cease-and-desist to Trump for use of song

BOSTON – Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler is again demanding that President Donald Trump stop using the band’s songs at rallies. Tyler’s attorney sent a cease-and-desist letter to ...

DATE: Aug 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

Aerosmith to launch residency in Las Vegas next year

NEW YORK – Aerosmith is the latest act to head to Las Vegas to launch a residency. The rock band announced Wednesday that “Aerosmith: Deuces are Wild” would kick off April 6, 2019...

DATE: Aug 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

Longtime Elvis Presley drummer D.J. Fontana has died

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – D.J. Fontana, a rock ’n’ roll pioneer who rose from strip joints in his native Shreveport, Louisiana, to the heights of musical history as Elvis Presley’s first and longtime...

DATE: Jun 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music