Phil Spector Wall of Sound singer Darlene Love (The Blossoms, The Crystals, Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans) is about to release a live album featuring all of her old hits.
After 50 years in the business Darlene Love will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with Neil Diamond, Alice Cooper, Tom Waits and Dr. John next year.
Every year since 1988, R.E.M. has released a special Christmas single for fan club members. In the early years, the release was usually on vinyl and combined a regular Christmas song with a cover of another artist's non-holiday song. After a few years, that changed to special versions of their own songs along with more covers and the medium changed to CD's, VHS tapes and DVD's.
Black Sabbath have announced on their Facebook page that the only one scheduled show for summer will be played by Black Sabbath. It will be the Download Festival on June 10th. Ozzy Osbourne will now perform the majority of the previously scheduled Black Sabbath shows.
You either love him or hate him but Mebourne hip-hop artist 360 has made, what could be a called a community service announcement regarding suicide. And for what its worth, despite being a little drawn out, it comes from a good place.
As you may or may not know, tomorrow is Save Live Australian Music Day, or National SLAM day depending on where you are from. Regardless, its time to plan your evening and get out to see some live Australian Music!