Category: Oldies

Jerritt Clark/Getty Images for Hampton Water When your shoes clash with your wine…ugh, so embarrassing, right?  Well, Jon Bon Jovi is here to save you from that fashion faux pas. As Wine Spectator reports, Hampton Water rosé, the acclaimed wine created by the New Jersey rocker and his son, Jesse Bongiovi, is teaming with the Italian sportswear brand Superga to create Hampton Water-branded shoes.  According to Jesse, he first encountered the Superga team at a wine event; they “hit it off,” he says, and that led to the idea for…

Rhino With Genesis preparing to kick off its The Last Domino? Tour soon, the band has announced plans to release a new companion compilation that will coincide with the launch of the North American leg of the trek. The 27-track collection, titled The Last Domino?, will be released on November 19, four days after the North American out begins in Chicago. The compilation, which you can pre-order now, will be available as a two-CD set or a four-LP 180-gram-vinyl package. The Last Domino?‘s track list features songs spanning from 1973’s…

ZZ Top in 2016; Brill/ullstein bild via Getty Images Following Wednesday’s sad news of the death of longtime ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill, the band’s frontman, Billy Gibbons, has revealed that the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers plan to continue. Yesterday, rock radio personality Eddie Trunk took to his Twitter feed to share a text message Gibbons sent him that reads, “As Dusty said upon his departure, ‘Let the show go on!’ and…with respect, we’ll do well to get beyond this and honor his wishes.” The 71-year-old singer/guitarist added,…

BMG Music Rick Astley is never gonna give up being happy about the success of his video for “Never Gonna Give You Up.” As previously reported, the video for the 1987 number-one hit has just hit one billion views on YouTube, making it only the fourth clip from the ’80s to reach that milestone.  In a video reacting to the news, Astley says, “I’ve just been told that ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ has been streamed a billion times on YouTube. That is mind-blowing. The world is a wonderful and…

Rhino The upcoming archival Joni Mitchell compilation Archives Vol. 2: The Reprise Years (1968-1971) includes a full unreleased live performance Mitchell gave in March 1968 at Le Hibou Coffee House in Ottawa, Canada, that — amazingly — was recorded by Jimi Hendrix. Now, Mitchell’s rendition of her early song “The Dawntreader” from the concert has debuted as an advance track from the compilation, which is due out October 29. Hendrix had been performing at another Ottawa venue at the same time that Mitchell was playing a residency at the coffee…

Rhino Whitesnake‘s ongoing deluxe reissue campaign continues with a four-CD/DVD collection focusing on  the band’s 1997 studio album, Restless Heart, which will be released on October 29. Restless Heart: Super Deluxe Edition features newly remixed and remastered versions of the album, plus a variety of unreleased demos and studio outtakes, and a DVD containing official music videos, fan videos, and a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the record that includes new interviews with frontman David Coverdale. Restless Heart originally was intended to be Coverdale’s third studio album, but it was released as a new…

Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for EJAF, Rich Fury/Getty Images Elton John is the latest celebrity to condemn the homophobic remarks made by rapper DaBaby at Miami’s Rolling Loud Festival over the weekend.  The “I’m Still Standing” singer explained that spreading homophobic misinformation is harmful to the LGBTQ community — especially those with HIV. Taking to Instagram Wednesday, Sir Elton shared an post that read, “HIV misinformation and homophobia have no place in the music industry.  We must break down the stigma around HIV and not spread it.  As musicians, it’s our job to bring people together.”  “We’ve been…

Bernd Muller/Redferns It’s hard to believe it’s taken this long, but Rick Astley‘s 1987 video for “Never Gonna Give You Up” has finally hit one billion YouTube views. The cheese-tastic clip for Astley’s number-one hit earned a second life online starting in 2007 thanks to the popular RickRolling meme, where you’re directed to click on a link but instead of getting what you expect to see, you get Astley’s video instead. This year alone, the clip received 2.3 million daily views on April Fool’s Day. This makes “Never Gonna Give…

Courtesy of Journey Journey returns to the concert stage this week for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 with two shows in Chicago — one tonight at the Aragon Ballroom and the second on Saturday at the Lollapalooza festival in Grant Park. The concerts also will mark Journey’s first live performances since three new members were welcomed into the band — bassist Randy Jackson, drummer Narada Michael Walden and keyboardist Jason Derlatka. However, keyboardist Jonathan Cain tells ABC Audio that Jackson — who previously…

Rhino This year marks the 25th anniversary of the release of Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler‘s debut solo album, Golden Heart.  To commemorate the milestone, an expansive box set featuring newly remastered versions of all of the solo studio efforts Knopfler issued from 1996 through 2007 will hit stores on December 10. Mark Knopfler: The Studio Albums 1996-2007 will be available as a six-CD package or an 11-LP set, and will feature remastered editions of the lauded singer, songwriter and guitarist’s first five solo records — 1996’s Golden Heart, 2000’s…