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Music legend Gregg Allman has died at 69

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Music legend Gregg Allman, whose bluesy vocals and soulful touch on the Hammond B-3 organ helped propel the Allman Brothers Band to superstardom and spawn Southern rock, died...

DATE: May 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Chris Cornell’s wife writes note: ‘I know that was not you’

LOS ANGELES – Chris Cornell’s widow has written a letter addressed to the late Soundgarden frontman days after he took his own life. Vicky Cornell writes in the note published onl...

DATE: May 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Chris Cornell’s family believes prescription drugs may have caused his death

Chris Cornell’s family is disputing the findings of the Wayne County Medical Examiner’s Office, which ruled that the Soundgarden frontman died from suicide by hanging. Lawyers for...

DATE: May 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, a founding father of grunge, dead at 52

Chris Cornell, a key figure in the grunge rock movement as the banshee-voiced singer in the seminal Seattle band Soundgarden died after playing a Wednesday night concert with the Grammy-winn...

DATE: May 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Rolling Stones heading back on the road, this time in Europe

LONDON – The Rolling Stones are going back on the road, this time staying a bit closer to home with a European tour. The rock stalwarts said they will play 13 gigs in nine countri...

DATE: May 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Friend: Berry’s 1st album in decades is ‘sensational’

Chuck Berry’s death came just weeks before the debut single off his first new studio album in nearly four decades was scheduled to go on sale, a friend of the rock ‘n’ roll legend said. ...

DATE: Mar 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Rock ’n’ roll legend Chuck Berry dies at 90

Chuck Berry, the perpetual wild man of rock music who helped define its rebellious spirit in the 1950s and was the sly poet laureate of songs about girls, cars, school and even the “any old ...

DATE: Mar 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Rocker Gregg Allman cancels all tour dates for the year

NEW YORK – Gregg Allman has canceled all of his scheduled tour dates for the year. The 69-year-old rocker posted Monday on his website that “it has been determined that Gregg will...

DATE: Mar 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Grammy producer apologizes for Metallica, Caesar glitches

LOS ANGELES – The longtime producer of the Grammy Awards is offering apologies to Metallica and Shirley Caesar after a technical glitch and a misprint marred their inclusion on the show. ...

DATE: Feb 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers reunite for Grammy honor

LOS ANGELES – Tom Petty got his band the Heartbreakers back together for a high-class gig to launch Grammy weekend. Foo Fighters, Don Henley, Norah Jones, Gary Clark Jr., Jackson ...

DATE: Feb 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Pink Floyd releases new album

‘The Early Years’ covers 1967-1972

DATE: Feb 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Butch Trucks, founding member of Allman Brothers, dies at 69

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Drummer Butch Trucks, one of the founding members of the Southern rock legend The Allman Brothers, has died. He was 69. Page Stallings, Trucks’ booking agent, s...

DATE: Jan 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music