Jim Irsay is calling from Pittsburgh, where his Indianapolis Colts will face the Steelers on Sunday, and regretfully not New York’s Theater at Madison Square Garden, where an all-star gathering to celebrate John Lennon’s 75th birthday is about to take place. The NFL team owner is a well-known Beatles fanatic as well… Source: Music News

Velvet Revolver drummer Matt Sorum reminisced about Scott Weiland and his time with the singer in a new interview recorded just days after Weiland’s death at the age of 48. In a long chat with Sirius XM’s Matt Pinfield, an emotional Sorum said of his former band mate, “In the end, I just… Source: Music News

“Rock & roll is here to stay!” Yoko Ono asserted on the stage of the Theater at Madison Square Garden Saturday night, telling the audience that’s what her late husband would have said in response to “Imagine: John Lennon 75th Birthday Concert.” Steven Tyler, Eric Church, Aloe Blacc, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow and Tom… Source: Music News

Retro-soul singer Leon Bridges made his second high-profile television appearance in as many weeks Saturday when he served as musical guest on the Ryan Gosling-hosted episode of Saturday Night Live. The up-and-coming artist treated the audience to a pair of tracks from his 2015 album Coming Home: The gospel-influenced rave-up “Smooth… Source: Music News

Ringo Starr’s personal copy of the Beatles’ The White Album, numbered No.0000001, sold for a world record $790,000 Saturday at the Julien’s Live auction of instruments and items from Starr and wife Barbara Bach’s estate. Starr’s White Album carried a pre-auction estimate of $40,000 to $60,000, a number that was easily shattered during bidding. “We… Source: Music […]

Lee “Scratch” Perry’s “secret laboratory” studio in Switzerland burned down Thursday, destroying the dub legend’s collection of studio equipment, art, stage costumes and music. “Something very very sad happened. I forgot to [put] out a candle and my whole secret laboratory burned out,” Perry wrote on Facebook, “My whole life… Source: Music News

Spike Lee has come under fire from critics and Chicagoans alike for turning the Windy City’s widespread issues with gun violence into a musical-comedy for his new film Chi-Raq, and now Chance the Rapper has added his voice to the chorus of detractors slamming the film. In a series of tweets, the Chicago… Source: Music News

Thom Yorke debuted a pair of new tracks, “Silent Spring” and “Desert Island Disk,” at the Pathway to Paris concert Friday that coincided with the climate conferences in the French capital. The tracks are the first new songs from the Radiohead singer since his 2014 solo LP Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes as well as a… Source: Music News