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Led Zeppelin and the music world were dealt a devastating blow 40 years ago Friday — September 25th, 1980 — when drummer John Bonham died at the age of 32. Bonham grave 0924 SC.JPG After a day of rehearsals for Zeppelin’s upcoming fall tour, Bonham, who drank heavily all day, fell asleep at Jimmy Page’s…
There’s a new video for “Crazy Train” for the 40th anniversary of Ozzy Osbourne’s Blizzard of Ozz. The clip, which is on YouTube now, is animated and features black and white drawings of Ozzy plus his Blizzard of Ozz-era band. There’s a couple of more things on tap for Ozzy this weekend to mark Blizzard’s…
Steve Miller has paid tribute to Jimi Hendrix on the 50th anniversary of his death — September 18th, 1970. He’s posted his performance of “Peppa Sauce” from that night at the Pepperland Ballroom in San Rafael, California, which he dedicated to Hendrix. Playing with him that night was future Journey bassist Ross Valory.
Disturbed are releasing yet another cover as a single. This time it’s a take on “If I Ever Lose My Faith in You” by Sting. The song appeared on the Police frontman’s 1993 album Ten Summoner’s Tales. Disturbed’s version will be out Friday along with a video. Disturbed have had great success with covers in…
Turner Classic Movies is celebrating the final holiday weekend of the summer with a big music film festival. The End of Summer Tour starts Friday through Sunday at 8:00 p.m. ET and runs all day on Labor Day. Here are some highlights of the 28 films being shown: Friday features 1964’s The TAMI Show with…
Jonathan Davis opened up about his history of crystal meth abuse in a new interview. The Korn frontman said the habit started before the metal band “blew up” in 1994, and he discontinued using the drug after 1998’s Follow The Leader. “I started doing meth when I moved to Huntington, and there’s a lot of…
Judas Priest deserves to be included in the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, according to Rob Halford. The English heavy metal band’s frontman made his opinion clear in a new interview with NME. “I think if any metal band deserves to be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, it’s Priest and beyond…
A California graphic artist has claimed he created Nirvana’s iconic smiley face logo, and not Kurt Cobain. For the past two years, Nirvana has been fighting a copyright and trademark battle with designer Marc Jacobs over the use of the band’s smiley face design. Meanwhile, Robert Fisher, a freelance graphic designer based in Woodland Hills,…
HBO has shared a new trailer for the film version of David Byrne’s critically acclaimed Broadway show, American Utopia. The Spike Lee-directed adaption of American Utopia will premiere on HBO on Saturday, October 17th at 8:00-9:45 p.m. ET/PT. It will also be available on HBO Max. The American Utopia stage play featured the Talking Heads…
KEARNEY, Neb. – Billy P. Herl Sr. (43) and Jenny F. Cleaveland (22), were taken into custody in Teller County, Colorado on Tuesday, September 22nd, in connection to the September 3rd Assault / Armed Robbery that occurred in Kearney. Both subjects are charged with Robbery, Assault in the 1st Degree, Use of a Weapon to…
The Pac-12 on Thursday set a Nov. 6th start date for a seven-game conference-only football season. The conference’s CEO group of university presidents voted unanimously to resume football and basketball, lifting a Jan. 1 moratorium on athletic competition for all Pac-12 schools. The football championship game will be held on Dec. 18. The Pac-12 said…
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. – The Nebraska State Fair proudly announces Phase One of the 2020 Rock the Lot Improvement Project. This project improves the drive lanes for access into 1000 POV parking stalls on six acres of grass surface parking that is closest to the west side of the Pinnacle Bank Expo Center at Fonner…
