He may or may not be giving up touring, but either way, Billy Joel's Irish fans will get at least one more chance to see him in concert. On November 1, Joel is scheduled to play the O2 Arena in Dublin, an engagement that will see him returning to Ireland for the first time in nearly a decade. Tickets for the show, which comes on the heels of Joel's recent appearances in Australia and New Orleans, are set to go on say May 30.
In a span of less than six months, Cheap Trick released one of the all-time great debut albums and its terrific follow-up. The group then delivered a rock and roll triple play with the release of 'Heaven Tonight' in May of 1978.
This is one of the cool things about being David Lee Roth: If you feel like starring in a five-minute movie about an anonymous hitman who drinks milk and kicks butt, you don't need to wait for someone else to offer you the part.
Classic rock is about heavy hooks, power chords, and tight harmonies, but it’s also about letting loose and enjoying the good times — and there’s no better time than Friday evening, when we pick up our paycheck, punch out of work, and enjoy a couple days of much-needed rest and relaxation.
Billy Joel opens up about a lot of things in a new interview with The New York Times Magazine, including dating, not writing any new pop songs and Elton John's "mom hair." But he also addresses two subjects the tabloids have mostly focused on since Joel stopped making pop records two decades ago: his drinking and the state of his finances.
Rock music has often taken a somewhat dim view of armed conflict by exposing the human cost of war in its lyrics. But that's not to say that rock and roll doesn't honor the soldiers themselves -- in fact, the following songs alternately celebrate their courage, and mourn their loss.
After all these years, a person could be forgiven for thinking there isn't a new angle from which to approach a book or film about Bruce Springsteen's music and career. But they'd be wrong, as the new documentary 'Springsteen & I' proves.
A two-sided metal acetate test copy of Led Zeppelin's 'Your Time Is Gonna Come' has fetched $3,600 on eBay after 40 bids.
Paul McCartney has written an open letter of support for one of the jailed members of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot. The former Beatle sent handwritten letters to officials in charge of the woman's case.
