Music

As we previously told you, Bryan Adams announced a new album, "So Happy It Hurts," which will drop on March 11. He's now sharing a stripped-down new single from it called "Never Gonna Rain." The song has a punchy melody and a booming bass guitar. It gives off "Cuts Like A Knife" vibes, his hit from 1983. 

Meat Loaf’s death last week prompted renewed interest in his music, with sales and streams of his catalog seeing a huge bump. 

Blood, Sweat & Tears Dick Halligan dies: Blood, Sweat & Tears co-founder Dick Halligan passed away of natural causes on January 18^th in Rome, Italy.

Daryl Hall will release a compilation album of his solo material and will follow it up with a solo tour.

Bob Dylan has sold his entire catalog of recorded music to "Sony Music Entertainment." This dates back to 1962, starting with his self-titled debut album and ending through "Rough and Rowdy Ways" from 2020. He has also sold the rights to some future releases. The two have had a relationship for six-decades now and this news marks a major expansion of it. The amount has not been confirmed, but the deal is worth between $150 million and $200 million. 

The video for Cyndi Lauper’s classic “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” is the latest video to surpass one billion views on YouTube. The video, which was released in 1983, was first added to YouTube in 2009.

Everyone has their favorite songs that really mean something to them, and that’s true for rock stars as well. Well, U2 just shared a new playlist of 41 songs titled “Songs That Saved Our Lives,” with Bono, The Edge, Larry Mullen, Jr. and Adam Clayton, each sharing their contributions. 

As we told you, Meat Loaf died Friday, possibly after contracting COVID, and tributes to the legendary rocker continue to pour in on social media, including a post from his "Fight Club" co-star Ed Norton.

Don Wilson, founder and guitarist for the surf-rock group The Ventures, died Saturday from natural causes. He was 88. 

The late Mary Wilson’s music is being celebrated with a new deluxe two-CD set coming out later this year.

Fans have been taking their photos in Asbury Park in front of the life-sized Danny Clinch pic of Bruce Springsteen in the Transparent Clinch Gallery. Now Springsteen is doing it, too.

Rock singer Meat Loaf has died at the age of 74. According to his official Facebook page, the legendary performer passed away last night at the age of 74. Born Michael Lee Aday, he exploded onto the music scene in 1977 with the release of his album "Bat Out of Hell," which remains one of the best-selling albums of all time.

After two straight years of cancelations due to COVID, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is set to return to the Big Easy this spring, and now the lineup has been announced.

Neil Young and Crazy Horse released a new album "Barn" back in December. Just as the name sounds, the album was recorded in a restored 19th century farm. They're now releasing a documentary on how they made the album. It's available to stream for free on YouTube.

After almost two years, Elton John finally restarted his “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” tour Wednesday night at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans. The shows were the first since the pandemic shut down touring, and Elton later postponed dates again in order to have hip surgery.

Tina Turner has just landed herself quite a pad. The singer and husband Erwin Bach just bought a $76 million estate overlooking Lake Zurich in Switzerland.

Nominees for the 33rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards have just been announced, with Elton John, Melissa Etheridge and more earning nominations, in the Outstanding Music Artist category which celebrates LGBTQ artists and allies who promote LGBTQ acceptance through their albums. 

Patti Smith is set to headline a new livestream. “Patti Smith Live From Electric Lady Studios” will go down February 2^nd exclusively for her Substack newsletter subscribers.

As we told you, earlier this month, the Recording Academy postponed the planned January 31^st GRAMMY telecast due to the Omicron surge Well, now the GRAMMYs officially have a new date and location.

Bono doesn't like the name of his band... or the sound of his own singing! The Edge explained that the band's first name was The Hype but they weren't happy with it because it wasn't original. They went to their former classmate and fellow musician Steve Averill for his input. One of them was U2, and the band didn't love it, but it was the one they hated the least out of the all the options he gave.