Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
HITMAN Ricky Hatton will join Oasis on stage in Liverpool later this month as he prepares to launch his own pop career.
The Sun (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
BOXING sensation Ricky Hatton turns his hand to hits of another kind “ releasing single
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
In a career spanning more than thirty years, guitarist Martin Taylor has collaborated with a wide range of artists including Stephane Grappelli, Chet Atkins and Jeff Beck, as well as recording extensively under his own name. Double Standards finds the Scottish guitar virtuoso in a duo performance with none other than himself. By recording two separate tracks, Taylor pulls off a set of familiar standards...
PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
Metallica, Run-D.M.C., the Stooges, Jeff Beck, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Neil Diamond, Genesis, the Cure, Hall & Oates, Rush, Alice Cooper, Bon Jovi, the Steve Miller Band, Peter Gabriel, Tom Waits, Roxy...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
Metallica, Run-D.M.C., the Stooges, Jeff Beck, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Neil Diamond, Genesis, the Cure, Hall & Oates, Rush, Alice Cooper, Bon Jovi, the Steve Miller Band, Peter Gabriel, Tom Waits, Roxy Music, KISS, the Spinners, Luther Vandross, Chicago, Linda Ronstadt, Yes and Jimmy Buffett are the nominees for the 2009 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
Metallica, Run-D.M.C., the Stooges, Jeff Beck, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Neil Diamond, Genesis, the Cure, Hall & Oates, Rush, Alice Cooper, Bon Jovi, the Steve Miller Band, Peter Gabriel, Tom Waits, Roxy Music, KISS, the Spinners, Luther Vandross, Chicago, Linda Ronstadt, Yes and Jimmy Buffett are the nominees for the 2009 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 28/09/2008
War, the pioneering pop-funk band co-founded in 1969 by San Diego native Lonnie Jordan, was announced this week as one of the six first-time nominees on the ballot for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Guest Music Bloggers (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
Dublin-born singer Imelda May is a last minute addition to next week’s Later… with Jools Holland (BBC2 Tuesday 10pm & Friday September 26, 2008 at 11:35pm). Imelda will be performing 2 songs from her current album ‘Love Tattoo’. First up is the foot-stomping riot of Johnny Got A Boom Boom, a rip-roaring affair bursting with [...]
LA Times (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
Nine music giants have been nominated to enter, but only five will actually be chosen in January.
Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
In mulling over the list of nine finalists up for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year, one thing kind of stands out: Half of the artists ain't rock and roll. Yes, we have Metallica, Wanda...
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
Mafia classic THE GODFATHER has beaten RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK and STAR WARS: EPISODE V - THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK to be named the greatest movie of all time in a new poll.
Things I'd Rather Be Doing (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
Wow, just when you thought it couldn't get any worse... OK, actually, the nominees for the 2009 class at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame aren't bad -- most are certainly worthy -- but it's just so uninspiring and is going to make for a pretty boring ceremony. And they are: Jeff Beck, Chic, Wanda Jackson, Little Anthony and the Imperials, Metallica, Run-DMC, the Stooges, War and Bobby Womack. We're fully...
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
Rocker PETER GABRIEL has called on the U.K. government to cut its budget for London's 2012 Olympics and send the spare cash to help disadvantaged people in Africa.
Electric Roulette (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
There's nine nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - right? Summovem are the typical fare... Metallica, Jeff Beck, Bobby Womack. Then there's some surprises like War, Chic and Little Anthony and the Imperials. Thenthenthen, there's The Stooges,...
Plastic: Most Recent (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
Plastic::Music::Self-Promotion: The nominees for the next class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame have been released, and as usual, it's a grab-bag of genres that seems to drift farther from rock and roll with every passing year.
