Eddie Vedder has released the new song “Brother the Cloud.” It’s the third single from the Pearl Jam frontman’s upcoming solo LP Earthling, which arrives Feb. 11. The LP will feature collaborations with Stevie Wonder, Ringo Starr, and Elton John, as well as Andrew Watt, Chad Smith, and Josh Klinghoffer. …
Read More »Ringo Starr's New Album Features Paul McCartney, John Lennon-Penned Song
Ringo Starr has organized a mini-Beatles reunion, tapping Paul McCartney for a rendition of John Lennon’s “Grow Old With Me,” which will appear on the musician’s new album,What’s My Name, out October 25th via UMe. “Grow Old With Me” was one of the last songs Lennon wrote before his death, …
Read More »Flashback: Ringo Starr 'Warns You With Peace and Love' to Stop Sending Him Crap
In October 2008, an angry Ringo Starr took to his website to warn fans to stop sending him objects through the mail to autograph. “Nothing will be signed after the 20th of October!” he said in the bizarre video. “If that has a date on the envelope, it’s going to …
Read More »'Hey Jude': Celebrating the Beatles' Most Open-Hearted Masterpiece
“Hey Jude” sums up the Beatles’ turbulent summer of 1968 — a tribute to their friendship, right at the moment it was starting to fracture. The single was a smash as soon as they released it on August 26th — their biggest hit, topping the U.S. charts for nine weeks. …
Read More »'Magical Mystery Tour': Inside Beatles' Psychedelic Album Odyssey
The year leading up to the release of the Magical Mystery Tour album in November 1967 was turbulent but fantastically fertile for the Beatles – they were working on its songs more or less simultaneously with the ones that ended up on Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and the …
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