The Who review – rock operas get an orchestral uplift in a show stuffed with classics | Pop and rock

Spiky and electric … Daltrey (left) and Townshend.

‘I want what you’re taking,” Pete Townshend quips, pointing to an enthusiastic fan. “Not again,” retorts Roger Daltrey, comedically rolling his eyes. After six decades of bickering, the two original members of the Who still […]

Watch: Ex-DIO Guitarist ROWAN ROBERTSON Performs DIO, BLACK SABBATH Classics In Slovakia

Watch: Ex-DIO Guitarist ROWAN ROBERTSON Performs DIO, BLACK SABBATH Classics In Slovakia

Fan-filmed video of Rowan Robertson performing on April 30 at the Smer Klub 77 in Žilina, Slovakia can be seen below. The concert was part of the ex-DIO guitarist’s “Electric Guitarlands” European tour with Gus […]

Watch: UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER And TIM ‘RIPPER’ OWENS Perform JUDAS PRIEST Classics At Santiago Concert

Watch: UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER And TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Perform JUDAS PRIEST Classics At Santiago Concert

Tim “Ripper” Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) and Udo Dirkschneider (ACCEPT, U.D.O.) have joined forces for a string of shows in South America where they are performing JUDAS PRIEST and ACCEPT classics. Fan-filmed video of […]

Watch: ANTHRAX’s SCOTT IAN Joined By His Wife And Son For Performance Of BLACK SABBATH And LED ZEPPELIN Classics

Watch: METALLICA's ROBERT TRUJILLO Joined By His Wife And Daughter For Performance Of BLACK SABBATH's 'Hand Of Doom'

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian was joined by his wife Pearl Aday (vocals) and son Revel (drums),along with guitarist Zach Throne and bassist Joey Vera, for a performance of BLACK SABBATH‘s “Symptom Of The Universe” and […]

Pythagoras Music Fund Buys the Rights to Frank Sinatra Classics

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Frank Sinatra recording circa 1955. The Netherlands’ Pythagoras Music Fund has officially announced the acquisition of Barton Music’s publishing catalog, which includes the rights to songs popularized by Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Doris Day, Nat […]

Watch: LOU GRAMM Sings FOREIGNER Classics On Deck Stage Aboard ‘Rock Legends Cruise X’

Watch: LOU GRAMM Sings FOREIGNER Classics Aboard 'Rock Legends Cruise X'

The David Huras YouTube channel has uploaded video of original FOREIGNER singer Lou Gramm‘s February 16 performance on the deck stage aboard the Rock Legends Cruise X, which sailed from Fort Lauderdale to CocoCay, Bahamas on […]

What’s next, Shrek starring the Rock? Hollywood’s addiction to live action remakes of animated classics | Movies

The Fly (1986), directed by David Cronenberg, is a remake of a 1958 film of the same name.

What’s the record for the fastest remake? What is the least amount of time in which film studios have conspired to bring almost exactly the same movie back to the big screen? There was the […]

Burt Bacharach: an astonishing creator of impermeable classics and supersmooth pop | Music

Let’s dance … Dionne Warwick and Burt Bacharach recording in 1964.

With the arrival of rock’n’roll, pop music divided, broadly speaking, into two categories. There was music aimed squarely at the recently discovered teenager that frequently seemed to have the specific intention of alienating their forebears. […]

Watch NICKO MCBRAIN And TIM ‘RIPPER’ OWENS Perform JUDAS PRIEST And IRON MAIDEN Classics

Watch NICKO MCBRAIN And TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Perform JUDAS PRIEST And IRON MAIDEN Classics

The ViewFromTheCheapSeats YouTube channel has uploaded video of IRON MAIDEN drummer Nicko McBrain and ex-JUDAS PRIEST singer Tim “Ripper” Owens performing a couple of PRIEST and MAIDEN classics on Saturday, December 3 at the 13th-anniversary celebration […]

Watch NICKO MCBRAIN Perform IRON MAIDEN Classics At Rock N Roll Ribs 13th-Anniversary Celebration

Watch NICKO MCBRAIN Perform IRON MAIDEN Classics At Rock N Roll Ribs 13th-Anniversary Celebration

On Saturday, December 3, IRON MAIDEN drummer Nicko McBrain performed a set of MAIDEN classics with TITANIUM TART at the 13th-anniversary celebration for Rock N Roll Ribs, the barbecue restaurant owned by McBrain and close […]

SAXON’s BIFF BYFORD On ‘Wheels Of Steel’: ‘We Had No Sense Of Destiny. But We Did Know We’d Written Some Classics’

SAXON's BIFF BYFORD On 'Wheels Of Steel': 'We Had No Sense Of Destiny. But We Did Know We'd Written Some Classics'

The latest issue of Rock Candy magazine celebrates the making of SAXON‘s game-changing New Wave Of British Heavy Metal album “Wheels Of Steel” with a 10-page mega feature including new interviews with every band member […]

Watch: TIM ‘RIPPER’ OWENS And SIMON WRIGHT Perform RONNIE JAMES DIO And JUDAS PRIEST Classics At METAL GODS Tour Kickoff

TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS And SIMON WRIGHT To Pay Tribute To JUDAS PRIEST And DIO With METAL GODS Tour

METAL GODS, described as the ultimate ode to JUDAS PRIEST and DIO featuring Tim “Ripper” Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, KK’S PRIEST) and Simon Wright (AC/DC, DIO),kicked off its Australian tour last night (Friday, October […]