Gary Rossington, founding member and guitarist of the iconic Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd has died. He was 71. “It is with our deepest sympathy and sadness that we have to advise, that we lost our brother, friend, family member, songwriter and guitarist, Gary Rossington, today,” the band posted on Facebook. The band announced his death … Read more
Mother knows best. A Pennsylvania fifth grader composed a score, and thanks to her supportive mom, it’s now being played by musicians all over the world. Olive Wallace penned the tune at home, but when the 10-year-old violin and clarinet player performed it, she thought it sounded terrible, so she abandoned her sheet music on … Read more
Legendary musician Wayne Shorter, co-founder of the American jazz fusion band Weather Report, died Thursday morning at the age of 89, his publicist confirmed to The Post. Shorter passed away in a Los Angeles hospital, but his cause of death has not been revealed. “Visionary composer, saxophonist, visual artist, devout Buddhist, devoted husband, father and … Read more
Elvis Presley’s granddaughter, Riley Keough, stars in Prime Video’s ’70s-era miniseries “Daisy Jones & The Six” — but she wasn’t cast in the role because of her rock ‘n roll lineage. “It never even occurred to us,” series co-creator Scott Neustadter (“The Fault in Our Stars”) told The Post. “She had her representatives call us and say, … Read more
In many ways, Joan Baez’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame career will forever be intertwined with that of another 1960s folk legend: Bob Dylan. So what did she think when the “Blowin’ in the Wind” bard received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016? “I thought, ‘Oh, how Bob,’” Baez, 82, told the Hollywood … Read more
Since he became the de facto lead singer of Queen in 2011, Adam Lambert has often thought about what Freddie Mercury might think. “I often wonder, ‘Is Freddie’s spirit aware that we’re still celebrating him and singing his music? Would Freddie like the way I sing?’ And I hope, with all my heart, that he … Read more
Go easy on her. Adele opened up about her health during her 32-show “Weekends with Adele” Las Vegas residency at Caesars Palace Colosseum. The 34-year-old British singer revealed to the audience that she has been performing with a disintegrated disc in her spine. “Is anyone else kind of my age starting getting bad knees? I … Read more
Pink’s ninth studio album, released on Friday, is called “Trustfall,” and the singer says that making the LP helped her cope with own crisis of faith. “In order to be a human being in this world today, it requires a lot of trust, like just to … drop your kids off at school and participate … Read more
“Have Mercy!” Chlöe Bailey, 24, disappointed fans Thursday when she announced a new single, “How Does It Feel,” featuring embattled R&B star Chris Brown, 33. Bailey’s Twitter post included a sensual snap of the pair holding each close as their heads touch. “2ND PIECE. HOW DOES IT FEEL @chrisbrown. 2/24,” she wrote. The announcement swiftly drew backlash. … Read more
Pick up on these good vibrations. A UK researcher is revealing the songs most likely to make listeners feel happy — and it all boils down to a simple formula. Dr. Michael Bonshor, who teaches music psychology at the University of Sheffield, claims the winning combination for a joyful score is: A major key, 7th chords, … Read more
Father knows best. Julio Iglesias Jr. revealed Tuesday while appearing on Tamron Hall’s talk show to promote his new album “Under the Covers,” that he uses his dad’s love songs to “get in the mood” with his model girlfriend Vivi Di Domenico. “Especially on a holiday like today, when you have romance in your DNA, … Read more
For De La Soul rapper Trugoy the Dove — who died at 54 on Sunday — the group’s biggest hit, 1989’s “Me Myself and I,” was created under duress. “ ‘Me Myself and I’ was almost like a punishment,” the rapper, whose real name was David Jude Jolicoeur, told Rolling Stone in one of his … Read more
Taylor Swift is used to making awards-show history. In 2021, the “Anti-Hero” singer became the first woman to win the Album of the Year Grammy three times. Last August, she became the first artist to take home Video of the Year three times at the MTV Video Music Awards. And in November, she broke her … Read more
How did ABBA get nominated for both Record (“Don’t Shut Me Down”) and Album (“Voyage”) of the Year in 2023? And has anybody even heard Bonnie Raitt’s Song of the Year nominee “Just Like That”? (Sorry, but it’s no “Something to Talk About.”) In the Grammy 2023 nominations — for the 65th annual awards, which … Read more
“Fame” star Irene Cara’s cause of death reportedly resulted from hypertension and high cholesterol. According to TMZ, which claimed to review the 63-year-old’s medical documents from the medical examiner in Florida’s Pinellas County, the singer’s official cause of death is arteriosclerotic and hypertensive cardiovascular disease. The documents also allegedly state Cara was diabetic. The Post … Read more
Call it the Woke & Roll Hall of Fame. This year, the first-time nominees for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame — music’s most exclusive club — range from a black female rapper to a gay male pop heartthrob to an ’80s icon known as much for human rights as artistic achievement. On Wednesday … Read more
The exclamation point is being retired. Panic! at the Disco — the emo rockers who went from a high school band to arena headliners — announced that the group is splitting up after 19 years on Tuesday. Frontman Brendon Urie said that the band will be calling it quits after its upcoming European tour, which … Read more
It took going to prison in 1986 for David Crosby to finally kick drugs, but the rock legend could never quit his beloved ex Joni Mitchell. When I interviewed him in 2019, Crosby — who died at 81 on Thursday after a long illness — revealed that decades after Mitchell broke up with him and … Read more
Michael Jackson’s complex life story is coming to the big screen. “Training Day” and “Emancipation” director Antoine Fuqua, 57, is set to direct the biopic based on Michael Jackson’s life and career. “Bohemian Rhapsody” producer Graham King is producing “Michael” and “The Aviator” writer John Logan penned the script for Lionsgate. “The first films of my … Read more
They say that death strikes in threes. And that’s certainly the case in the music world, which in the span of just two days has lost guitar god Jeff Beck, Elvis’ daughter Lisa Marie Presley and now Robbie Bachman, drummer and co-founder of ’70s classic-rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive. No cause of death was immediately given … Read more