Courtesy of earMUSICAlice Cooper is all set to kick off a fall U.S. leg of his “Ol’ Black Eyes Is Back” tour on November 3 in Fort Myers, Florida, but the rocker has also lined up a new series of North American dates for spring 2020. The newly announced trek gets underway on April 1 in the Canadian city of Peterborough, Ontario, and is plotted through an April 22 show in Portland, Oregon. Lita Ford will open all of the new concerts. Tickets for the shows go on sale to…
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Dionne Warwick releasing new Christmas album this week featuring Michael McDonald, Johnny Mathis & more
BMGMusic legend Dionne Warwick has rounded up an interesting assortment of artists from various genres to join her on a new holiday album titled Dionne Warwick & The Voices of Christmas, which comes out this Friday. According to Billboard, the album includes duets with Michael McDonald, Johnny Mathis, ex-Chicago singer Jason Scheff and veteran jazz artist Dianne Reeves, and features renditions of yuletide classics like “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” “Jingle Bell Rock,” “The Christmas Song” and “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.” Among the other artists featured on the record…
Late Temptations singer David Ruffin to be honored in Mississippi hometown with street renaming
Gilles Petard/RedfernsLate Temptations singer David Ruffin will receive multiple honors as part of a special celebration in his hometown of Meridian, Mississippi, later this month. The festivities will take place on Saturday, October 26, and will start at 11 a.m. with the unveiling of Ruffin’s on the Walk of Fame at the Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience, a.k.a. The MAX. That event will be followed by a street parade from The MAX to the Temple Theatre, where a noon ceremony will be held renaming a four-block stretch of 8th Street…
Elton John talks playing charades with Bob Dylan and snowmobiling with Stevie Wonder on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'
Courtesy Henry HoltElton John’s promotional tour in support of his new memoir ME, out now, included a pit stop on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! where he and Jimmy discussed his storied past, including snowmobiling with Stevie Wonder and a game of charades with Bob Dylan that didn’t end so well. As Elton tells it, he was invited to dinner at Neil Diamond’s house, along with Dylan, where someone suggested playing a game of charades. “I said, ‘Great! — sounds like, two syllables,'” he recalls. “The greatest poet in the world, could he do ‘sound like, two syllables?’ No.” “And he was…
New 23-disc Beatles vinyl box set 'The Singles Collection' due out in November
Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMeA limited-edition Beatles box set containing 180-gram-vinyl versions of the 22 singles that the band released in the U.K. from 1962 to 1970, as well as a newly created disc featuring the group’s mid-’90s singles “Free as a Bird” and “Real Love,” will be released on November 22.The Singles Collection boasts a total of 46 tracks that have been newly cut for vinyl using the original mono and stereo master tapes at Abbey Road Studios in London. Each of the seven-inch discs is housed in its own picture…
New documentary about famed L.A. bar The Rainbow features Micky Dolenz, Gene Simmons, Slash & more
Courtesy of Bow + Arrow Entertainment/Gravitas VenturesThe Monkees’ Micky Dolenz, KISS’ Gene Simmons and Guns N’ Roses guitairst Slash are among the rock stars featured in a new documentary The Rainbow, which tells the story of the legendary Sunset Strip watering hole The Rainbow Bar & Grill and the nearby Whisky a Go Go nightclub. The film will be available on demand and as a digital video starting Tuesday, October 29. The movie also focuses on Mario Maglieri, who co-founded and co-owned The Rainbow and The Whisky until his death in 2017, as…
Billy Joel's "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant" New TV Show
Billy Joel’s music is being turned into a TV show. (Evan Agostini / Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) Billy Joel won’t be a “Stranger” to television much longer. An anthology series based on the songs and lyrics from the iconic New Yorker is coming to TV, MGM Television confirmed to the Daily News Wednesday. The series, called “Scenes From an Italian Restaurant,” will feature characters from Joel’s songs, including the Stranger, the Piano Man, Mamma Leone and Sgt. O’Leary. “Billy Joel is a beautiful storyteller, and it just so happens that his stories…
Sony releases a Walkman for its 40th anniversary
In this picture taken on July 10, 2019, a WM-24 Sony Walkman audio player is displayed at an exhibition marking the 40th anniversary of the iconic device, in Tokyo. – Must-have 80s gadget and one-time icon of Japan electronics cool, Sony’s Walkman turned 40 this year and like its now middle-aged fans, is clinging to its youth with high-tech updates. (Photo by Behrouz MEHRI / AFP) / TO GO WITH Japan-music-Sony-lifestyle-game,FOCUS by Miwa SUZUKI (Photo credit should read BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images) The Sony Walkman is back. The electronics maker will…
If You See A Water Bottle In Your Tire, It's There On Purpose!
There are so many things to worry about these days when you’re out in public. I hate to add one more thing to the list, but if it helps one person, then it’s worth it. There’s a new trick out there for crooks to steal from you and it is apparently quite effective. It involves a simple plastic bottle. If you ever see a plastic bottle (like an empty water bottle) stuck between your tire and the frame of your car, then you need to take action, like calling 911.…
