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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

Elvis Presley’s friends feel love, pain, 40 years after his death

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – It isn’t just the legend of Elvis Presley that has unmatched staying power 40 years after his death. The guilt, pain and regret felt by those who knew and loved him lingers,...

DATE: Aug 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Third annual Durango Rockfest powers into Buckley Park

Thirteen bands to tear up two stages

DATE: Aug 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Chris Cornell statue planned for Seattle

SEATTLE – Chris Cornell’s widow says she has commissioned a statue of the late Soundgarden frontman to be placed in his home town of Seattle. Vicky Cornell tells The Seattle Times...

DATE: Aug 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Dweezil Zappa brings ‘50 Years of Frank’ to Durango

In the pantheon of rock idols, there’s no one quite like Frank Zappa: His compositions were complex, his social commentary and sense of humor spot-on. Zappa’s musical legacy is ...

DATE: Aug 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Linkin Park singer’s widow opens about husband’s death

NEW YORK – The widow of late Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington says she’s feeling the love from the rocker’s fans but she’s also feeling the loss. Talinda Bennington said in a...

DATE: Jul 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

‘Jersey Boys’ nostalgia fades, but the ‘Hit Men’ play on

CRANFORD, N.J. – Five years ago, some musicians who had played with Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons during his comeback in the 1970s rounded up some of their friends, slicked back what ha...

DATE: Jul 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

New Chris Cornell music video, filmed before death, released

NEW YORK – Chris Cornell’s final music video, filmed before the singer died in May, was released Tuesday. The video for “The Promise” was released to coincide with World Refugee D...

DATE: Jun 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Bob Seger catalog now available for streaming

NEW YORK – Bob Seger is finally letting you stream his music. The 72-year-old singer announced Friday that 12 of his albums would be available for streaming on Spotify, Apple Musi...

DATE: Jun 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Anita Pallenberg, muse for The Rolling Stones, dead at 75

NEW YORK – Anita Pallenberg, a model and actress who had children with Keith Richards and served as a muse for The Rolling Stones, has died. She was 75. A spokesperson for Richard...

DATE: Jun 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Bono-roo: U2 make their first U.S. festival appearance

MANCHESTER, Tenn. – U2 turned their first headlining appearance at a U.S. music festival into Bono-roo. The Irish rockers performed a two-hour set on Friday night at the Bonnaroo ...

DATE: Jun 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music