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Getty Images45 years after releasing I’m In You — his followup to 1976’s Frampton Comes Alive! — Peter Frampton admits he still has regrets. Despite both the title track and album both topping out at Number Two, Frampton recalls the entire experience as one bad decision after another. Frampton looked back at attaining worldwide fame…

Getty ImagesHomeward Bound: A Grammy Salute To The Songs Of Paul Simon will air on CBS on December 21st at 9 p.m. ET. Performers set to appear on the special, which will also stream on Paramount+, include old friends Sting and Stevie Wonder, along with Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, the Bangles’ Susanna Hoffs, Eric…

Getty ImagesDuring a recent radio interview, Ozzy Osbourne revealed that he is still fighting to walk six months after having spinal surgery. He revealed that his inability to get around on stage may affects his 2023 tour. Ozzy, who is also dealing with Parkinson’s disease, told Yahoo News, “It is so f*cking tough because, I…

Getty ImagesIt was 54 years ago today — December 14th, 1968 — that Marvin Gaye scored the biggest hit of his career when “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” hit Number One and kicked off a seven-week run on top of the charts. The song had recently hit Number Two by Motown label-mates Gladys Knight…

Getty ImagesAs Don Was enters his 30th year as the Rolling Stones’ record producer, the world renowned musician and record exec took time out to talk about his initial meeting with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Was, who was on a particularly hot streak, having produced Bonnie Raitt’s Grammy Award-winning 1989 Nick Of Time album,…

PRPhotos.comFans are raving over the new fan extraction of Metallica’s latest single — “Lux AEterna.” The new track, which has already made its way into the Top 10 of Billboard’s Hot Trending Tracks and the YouTube Music Charts, can now be dissected by fans wishing to hear Lars Ulrich’s intricate drum work in isolation. Loudwire…

Getty ImagesOn Monday night (December 12th), there was an extended Beatles family reunion led by Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr at London’s Abbey Road Studios for the premiere of If These Walls Could Sing, according to The Daily Mail. In celebration of the hallowed studio’s 90th anniversary, McCartney’s photographer daughter Mary McCartney directed the film…

Getty ImagesThe official online John Lennon shop has posted a string of new holiday merchandise products, mostly based around his and wife Yoko Ono’s 1971 classic “Happy Xmas (War Is Over).” In addition to shirts, caps and blankets that proclaim, alternately, “Peace Love Truth,” “War Is Over,” “Happy Xmas,” there is a “Hair Peace” wool…

Getty ImagesIt was 36 years ago today — December 13th, 1986 — that Bruce Hornsby & The Range scored their sole Number One hit to date — the poignant coming-of-age track and one-week chart-topper, “The Way It Is.” Hornsby — a Williamsburg, Virginia native — went on to score six more Top 40 hits over…

Getty ImagesZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd are teaming up for a 23-date joint run this summer, dubbed “The Sharp Dressed Simple Man Tour.” The trek kicks off on July 21st at West Palm Beach, Florida’s iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre and runs all the way through September 17th when the two iconic Southern Rock legends hit Camden,…