Ramones frontman Joey Ramone died in New York City just one month before he would have turned 50.
The rocker died following a private battle with lymphoma, which he had been diagnosed with in 1995. His condition was only revealed a month prior to his death.
Born Jeffrey Ross Hyman in Queens, New York, Joey co-founded the Ramones in 1974 with Johnny Ramone,born John William Cummings, and Dee Dee Ramone, born Douglas Glenn Colvin.
The Ramones are considered by many to be one of the most influential punk rock bands of all time and were known for such hits as “I Wanna Be Sedated,” “Rockaway Beach,” “Sheena Is a Punk Rocker” and more.
They were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.
Judas Priest and Alice Cooper are teaming up for a fall co-headlining tour.
The joint outing launches Sept. 16 in Biloxi, Mississippi, and concludes Oct. 26 in Houston. Metal band Corrosion of Conformity will also be on the bill on most dates.
Presales begin Wednesday at 10 a.m. local time, and tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday at 10 a.m. local time. For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit JudasPriest.com or AliceCooper.com.
The most recent Priest album is 2024’s Invincible Shield. Cooper put out his latest record, Road, in 2023.
David Bowie’s daughter, Lexi Jones, recently launched her own music career, but she wants folks to know she’s not trying to be a copy of her dad.
The singer, who released the new album Xandri in April, shared a poem on Instagram titled “DAVID BOWIE’S DAUGHTER.” She wrote under it, “That gets your attention ay?”
“I’m the daughter of a legend but I’m more than just his name,” she writes. “they see the blood, they hear the sound yet fail to see me, don’t feel the same.”
She adds, “they compare me to his heights like I’m supposed to reach his light but I’m not here to chase what’s already been done by loving what I do, I feel I’ve already won.”
In the poem Lexi insists she’s “not a copy, not a shadow” of her dad: “I’m not trying to fill his shoes I’m just trying to find my own peace.”
The 24-year-old Lexi, born Alexandria Zahra Jones, is Bowie’s only daughter with supermodel Iman. She was 15 when Bowie passed away in 2016 after a private battle with liver cancer.
Ex-Judas Priest drummer Les Binks has died. He was 73.
“We are deeply saddened about the passing of Les and send our love to his family, friends and fans,” the metal legends write in a Facebook post.
“The acclaimed drumming he provided was first class – demonstrating his unique techniques, flair, style and precision,” the post continues. “Thank you Les – your acclaim will live on.”
Binks drummed in Priest from 1977 to 1979, and played on the band’s 1978 albums Stained Class and Killing Machine. He was inducted with Priest into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2022, and performed with his former bandmates for the first time since 1979 during the induction ceremony.
The music of the Allman Brothers Band will be celebrated at New York’s Madison Square Garden Tuesday and Wednesday by The Brothers. The super group features ABB founding member Jaimoe, along with band members Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Oteil Burbridge, Marc Quiñones, Chuck Leavell and others.
Trucks, who officially joined the Allman Brothers in 1999, tells ABC Audio there was no way he wasn’t going to be part of the shows.
“When Jaimoe calls, you say, ‘Yes sir, how high do you want me to jump?’” he jokes. “The further we get away from being a part of this band and playing that music, kinda the more you want to play it.”
And Trucks felt that as soon as everybody got into the room together for rehearsals.
“Within five, 10 minutes, you’re like, oh yeah, I remember this feeling,” he shares. “You look around, there’s a bunch of people grinning and you’re like, this is gonna be fun.”
Allman Brothers were known for their fall residencies at the smaller Beacon Theatre in New York, but Haynes, who joined the group in 1989, believes they can get the same feeling on the bigger stage at MSG.
“For a big room, the Garden’s actually fun to play,” he says, noting the size means they’ll play “to the sound of the room and to the energy of the crowd.”
Haynes says fans coming to the shows, or watching via livestream, can expect them to be “really long,” with each night being “entirely different from each other” apart from some key songs.
“We’ll go somewhat deep but we’ll also concentrate on playing the stuff that everybody wants to hear,” he says of the set list. “The beauty of playing long shows is you can fit a lot of music in.”
Neil Young‘swife, actress Daryl Hannah, believes that the rocker’s application for U.S. citizenship was purposely held up by President Donald Trump‘s previous administration.
Young applied to become a U.S. citizen in 2019. Hannah tells the BBC, “They tried every trick in the book to mess him up, and made him keep coming back to be re-interviewed and re-interviewed. It’s ridiculous [because] he’s been living in America and paying taxes here since he was in his 20s.”
Young, who was born in Canada, eventually became a citizen in 2020.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer recently expressed fear that he may not be let back into the country if he says anything bad about Trump while on his upcoming European tour. Hannah, who directed the new Young documentary Coastal, doesn’t really think her hubby is in much danger.
“They’ve been detaining people who have green cards or visas — which is hideous and horrifying — but they have not, so far, been refusing to let American citizens back in the country, so I don’t think that’s going to happen.”
Coastal hits theaters for one night only on Thursday. Tickets are on sale now.
Young’s love earth tour with his band The Chrome Hearts kicks off June 18 in Rättvik, Sweden. It hits the U.S. Aug. 8 in Charlotte, North Carolina, wrapping with a show at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on Sept. 15.
Rocker Todd Rundgren is heading out on a U.S. tour this summer.
Rundgren has announced dates for the Still Me (Still We) tour, kicking off June 21 in Cranston, Rhode Island. The tour includes shows in multiple cities in New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Ohio and North Carolina, before wrapping July 27 in Orlando.
An artist presale begins Tuesday at 10 a.m. ET, with tickets going on sale to the general public Friday at 10 a.m. ET.
Rundgren is actually currently touring the U.S. on his What The World Needs Now tour, in which he performs the songbook of legendary composer/songwriter Burt Bacharach. The tour hits Glenside, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday. A complete list of dates can be found at todd-rundgren.com.
A cover of Sting’s classic song “Fragile” is used in the Netflix hit series Adolescence, and the rock star is thrilled at the attention it’s receiving.
“The reaction to the cover of my song, Fragile, in the new Netflix series Adolescence has been fantastic,” the former Police frontman shared on Instagram. “It’s always interesting for me to hear one of my songs through someone else’s lens. A great cover can reveal things about a song that I didn’t originally see and give a song a new life.”
The cover was recorded Emilia Holliday and the students of the Minsthorpe Community College Choir, who Sting calls “incredibly talented.” He adds, “Together they have created something beautiful.”
“Fragile” appeared on Sting’s sophomore solo album …Nothing Like The Sun, which was released in 1988. The song has been covered by several artists, and Sting himself rerecorded the tune in both Spanish and Portuguese for the 1988 EP Nada como el sol.
Elton John scored his first top-10 album on the Billboard 200 54 years ago — and now he’s racked up his 22nd.
Who Believes in Angels?, his collaborative LP with Brandi Carlile, has debuted at #9 on the Billboard 200. It’s Elton’s second collaborative album to hit the top 10, following 2010’s The Union, which Elton made with the late Leon Russell. Meanwhile, it’s Brandi’s fourth top-10 album overall.
This is Elton’s second top-10 album of the 2020s, following his 2021 duets album, The Lockdown Sessions. He had four top 10s in the 2010s, one in the 2000s, two in the ’90s and 13 in the ’70s.
Elton is tied with Bruce Springsteen when it comes to top-10 albums — both artists have had 22. The only artists who’ve had more are Madonna, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand and The Rolling Stones.
Who Believes in Angels? hit #1 in Elton’s native U.K., becoming his second #1 album in six months, following his best-of collection, Diamonds.
Now here she goes again: Stevie Nicks will be performing in both stadiums and arenas this summer and fall.
In addition to her four scheduled stadium shows with Billy Joel in New Jersey, California and Michigan, Stevie has added nine new arena dates to her tour schedule. Those shows start Aug. 12 in Boston and run through Oct. 15 in Oklahoma City.
Tickets go on sale April 18 at 10 a.m. local time at livenation.com. A presale starts April 17 at 10 a.m. local time.
As previously reported, Stevie will perform with Billy Aug. 8 in East Rutherford, New Jersey; Oct. 4 in Santa Clara, California; Oct. 18 in LA; and Nov. 15 in Detroit.
Stevie’s only live performance in 2025 to date was at the FireAid benefit in January.
