Roger Wink, VVN Music, Author at Noise11.com

Jerome Teasley, a drummer who was a member of Jr. Walker & the All Stars and worked extensively in the studio, died at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Phoenix, AZ after battling stage four cancer in his lungs and liver. He was 67.

Bluegrass great Ralph Stanley has died after battling skin cancer. He was 89.

Coldplay had the headlining set on the last day of Britain’s Glastonbury Festival on Sunday and, as part of their set, they brought out special guest Barry Gibb.

Out on Long Island, there is a little covers band called Big Shot that performs the music of Billy Joel.

Sinead O’Connor could be suicidal according to a report on TMZ.

The jury is in and they say that Led Zeppelin did not steal the opening guitar passage of Stairway to Heaven from the group Spirit.

KISS’ recent worldwide theatrical concert film, KISS Rock Las Vegas, will be released on a variety of formats August 26 via Eagle Rock Entertainment.

Steven Tyler finally made a almost definitive statement on the future of Aerosmith.

It should come as no surprise to the members of the Eagles that they have been selected to receive the Kennedy Center Honors.

Wayne Jackson, trumpet player for the Memphis Horns, died on Tuesday night from congestive heart failure at the age of 74.

Graham Nash is once again expanding his tour in support of his latest album This Path Tonight.

The Georgia Department of Revenue raided and shut down the three locations of Gladys Knight’s Chicken and Waffle Restaurants in Atlanta on Tuesday afternoon.

The death of music icon Prince has brought a focus to his catalog in a way seen only with the biggest of artists.

Farm Aid, the annual charity concert for the family farmer started by Willie Nelson in the 80’s, will bring its 2016 edition to Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow, VA on September 17.

The Rolling Stones exhibition of memorabilia from throughout their career, Exhibitionism, will move from its London base to New York in November.

Don McLean and his wife of about thirty years, Patrisha, have finalized their divorce.

When Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow took the stage Friday night at Germany’s Monsters of Rock Festival, it was the first time he had played straight rock music in nineteen years.

Kim Venable, the drummer for the late-60’s/early-70’s band The Classics IV, died on Sunday, June 12 at his home in Pike Road, Alabama.

Brian Rading, the bassist for the 70’s group the Five Man Electrical Band, died on June 8 in Hull, Ontario at the age of 69.

It has been a long time since we have had any significant new music from Peter Gabriel.

Showbiz 411 owner Roger Friedman is reporting that Led Zeppelin was offered $14 million to play at this October’s Desert Trip Festival in Indio, CA but turned it down.

With seven Billboard Top 10 albums to their name, multiple Platinum album certifications all over the world and a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the legendary ZZ Top are officially the world’s longest running rock band with its original line-up intact.

Singer Rick Astley has made up the ground and officially scored his first number 1 album since 1987.

On June 17 at 12:01 AM local time, The Beatles’ award-winning Love album will become available for streaming worldwide.

Red Hot Chili Peppers release their eleventh studio album, The Getaway today as well as the video to go along with ‘Dark Necessities’.

Status Quo’s Rick Parfitt has suffered a suspected heart attack after a show in Turkey.

Singer Melissa Etheridge has paid tribute to the victims of last weekend’s nightclub massacre in Orlando, Florida by writing a new song about the tragedy.

RCA Records and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release Way Down In The Jungle Room, a definitive new 2-CD collection of Elvis Presley’s last studio recordings, on Friday, August 5.

Rick Astley has been part of internet jokes for almost five years with the infamous “Rickrolling” where a link is placed on a post or story talking about some fabulous item or fact which just leads to the video of Astley singing his hit Never Gonna Give You Up.