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Getty ImagesArt Garfunkel is set for a brief East Coast run next month. The legendary singer will take in stops in Reading and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania along with shows in Red Bank and Englewood, New Jersey. Garfunkel’s concerts, which feature an even split between solo favorites and Simon & Garfunkel classics, are low-key events, with Garfunkel…

Getty ImagesRapper Coolio has reportedly died. He was 59. According to TMZ, the Coolio’s manager Jarez said that the rapper was visiting a friend yesterday afternoon (September 28th) and he went into the bathroom. But when he didn’t come out after a while, his friend kept calling out for him. The friend eventually went into…

Getty ImagesComing on November 25th is David Bowie’s Divine Symmetry, a newly compiled a four-CD, one Blu-ray box set celebrating “the 12 months leading up to the release of the album Hunky Dory in December 1971 via home demos, BBC radio sessions, and live and studio recordings.” The collection contains 48 previously unreleased tracks/demos and…

Getty ImagesIt was 45 years ago today (September 29th, 1977) that Billy Joel released his breakthrough fifth album, 1977’s The Stranger. The album didn’t enter the Top 10 until nearly four months after its release, finally appearing on January 21st, 1978 when it took a four-spot jump to enter at Number 10 under The Grand…

Getty ImagesSammy Hagar admits that he still regrets that a final all-inclusive Van Halen tour with all its past and former members never took place. Hagar and the Circle drop their latest album, Crazy Times, tomorrow (September 30th), and the “Red Rocker” appears in conversation tonight (September 29th) for a career-spanning chat at the Clive…

Getty ImagesTuesday night’s (September 27th) star-studded Taylor Hawkins tribute at L.A.’s Kia Forum once again featured the late-drummer’s heroes, friends, and fans performing the songs by the artists that meant the most to him. Loudwire posted the night’s setlist and, like the previous Wembley Stadium show, the amount of sheer talent gracing the stage alongside…

PRPhotos.comFoo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett has opened up about the death of his bandmate Taylor Hawkins. In an interview with The Plug with Justin Jay, Shiflett compared the loss of Hawkins to that of his father. He explained, “I remember for a long time after my dad died, you’re sad about it, but you almost,…

PRPhotos.comElton John and Britney Spears released the music video for their “Hold Me Closer” collaboration Tuesday (September 27th). Neither artist appears in the visual, but the Tanu Muino-directed video features dancers performing in Mexico City. John wrote on Instagram that the clip “beautifully captures an immeasurable feeling of intimacy so missing from the world through…

PRPhotos.comA new four-part docuseries about producer Phil Spector and the 2003 murder of Lana Clarkson will hit Showtime in early-November. The docuseries, titled Spector, will “largely center” on the night of February 3rd, 2003 when Spector murdered Clarkson. It will air first on Showtime’s on-demand platforms on November 4th before airing widely on the network…

Getty ImagesBilly Corgan didn’t mince words about how the music business does not produce happy people. Loudwire transcribed some of his chat on WFAN’s Boomer & Geo show, in which he explained, “I don’t know if you can be happy in the music business because the music business is sort of designed to mess with…