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With Covid-19 cases surging across the country, the first two shows of David Lee Roth’s Las Vegas Residency at Mandalay Bay’s House Of Blues on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day have been canceled. A statement from the venue said former Van Halen frontman’s shows on December 31, 2021 and January 1, 2022, have…

Former Journey frontman Steve Perry recently shared a visualizer for his recording of the classic “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve.” Perry’s version of “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve” features on the first holiday record of his career, The Season, which dropped on November 5 via Fantasy Records. “I hope when people…

Don McLean has praised Taylor Swift, who broke his long-held record for the longest song to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, as a “rock and roll force of nature.” In November, Taylor’s 10-minute 13 second version of “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” broke the record held by McLean’s 8 minute…

“Merry Christmas,” Elton John’s collaboration with Ed Sheeran, has topped Billboard’s Adult Contemporary airplay Chart dated January 1. This marks John’s record-extending 17th No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary Chart. The Carpenters, who earned 15 No. 1s on the chart, Barry Manilow (13), Celine Dion, Lionel Richie (11 each), Whitney Houston and Olivia Newton-John (10…

KISS guitarist/singer Paul Stanley has been infected with the coronavirus for the second time in six months. In an Instagram post on Sunday, Stanley confirmed that this time he has tested positive for the highly transmissive Omicron variant. “My Omicron face! Yup. My entire family has it. I’m tired and have sniffles. Most of my…

Talking Heads frontman David Byrne has announced a limited run of his Tony Award-winning Broadway show “American Utopia” after the coronavirus pandemic hit his camp. The first of the revised shows was held at the St. James Theatre on Broadway on Tuesday. Other shows are scheduled for December 30, January 1 and 2. Byrne said…

CNN recently shared the trailer and poster art for a new Carole King and James Taylor documentary. CNN Films is set to premiere Carole King & James Taylor: Just Call Out My Name for television on Sunday, January 2, 2022, at 9:00pm ET/PT on CNN. The new documentary focuses on King’s and Taylor’s legendary 2010…

Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan revealed in an interview that in the band’s early days he supplemented his diet with dog biscuits from the local pet shop to survive. “The adversity is part of the fun. You don’t think it is at the time, but it is,” Gillan told Mojo recalling his hard times during…

LL Cool J, Chlöe, Journey and more have joined the lineup for “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2022.” ABC’s 50th annual “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest” starts at 8 p.m. on December 31. The newly announced performers join previously announced acts including Daddy Yankee in Puerto Rico,…

Neil Young recently shared a previously unreleased album, titled Summer Songs, which was recorded in 1987. “Happy Holidays everyone! I think you will enjoy this very cool recording – lost for years, but not forgotten. Now a gift,” Young wrote in a statement published on Neil Young Archives. “NYA’s files reveal the whole history. American…