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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

Without buyer, Southwest Sound to close

Durango could lose its record store

DATE: May 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Family: Tom Petty died of accidental drug overdose

NEW YORK – Tom Petty’s family says his death last year was because of an accidental drug overdose. His wife and daughter released the results of Petty’s autopsy via a statement on...

DATE: Jan 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

AC/DC founding member Malcolm Young dead at 64

NEW YORK – Malcolm Young, the rhythm guitarist and guiding force behind the bawdy hard-rock band AC/DC who helped create such head-banging anthems as “Highway to Hell,” “Hells Bells” and “Ba...

DATE: Nov 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Rock pioneer Fats Domino dead at age 89

NEW ORLEANS – In appearance, Fats Domino wasn’t a typical a teen idol. He stood 5-feet-5 and weighed more than 200 pounds, with a wide, boyish smile and a haircut as flat as an album cover. ...

DATE: Oct 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Radiohead, Simone and Moody Blues are Rock Hall nominees

NEW YORK – British rockers Radiohead, singer Nina Simone and The Moody Blues are among the first-time nominees on the ballot for induction next year into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ...

DATE: Oct 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Los Angeles police deny confirming Tom Petty’s death to CBS

LOS ANGELES – A spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department says it has no information on the well-being of Tom Petty and its public information office did not provide information CBS Ne...

DATE: Oct 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Bruce Springsteen: Born to run on Broadway?

NEW YORK - What would Walter Kerr think? It’s a safe bet that Kerr’s name will mean nothing to many of the Bruce Springsteen fans who, starting Tuesday, will be filling the 975 se...

DATE: Oct 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Robert Plant releases new track, announces 2018 tour

NEW YORK – Robert Plant is going on tour in North America next year to support his upcoming album, “Carry Fire.” The former Led Zeppelin frontman announced Tuesday that his 2018 t...

DATE: Sep 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Tickets to Bruce Springsteen on Broadway are on Stubhub for $8,500 each – seriously?

A pair of “Springsteen on Broadway” tickets for $17,000, anybody? Anybody? Don’t be surprised if someone somewhere with their own private island plunks down that kind of scratch f...

DATE: Sep 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Elvis Presley died 40 years ago, and he couldn’t have picked a worse time to do it

In 1992, the U.S. Postal Service conducted a nationwide survey to determine which face of the late Elvis Presley should be immortalized on a 29-cent stamp: a 1950s Elvis with a pompadour and...

DATE: Aug 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music