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Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesA new film about Buddy Holly is in the works, and it’s now snagged a director.Variety reports that Mario Van Peebles is set to direct That’ll Be the Day, which will focus on Holly and his fellow musicians of the 1950s, detailing how their music influenced society and culture.“America’s tumultuous cultural melting pot has produced transcendent musical talent, including Buddy Holly, who was our first bad a** rock ’n’ roll nerd,” Van Peebles, who ...

Artwork by Karsten SteigerForeigner doesn’t seem ready to say farewell to their Farewell tour. The band just announced a new set of fall dates featuring special guests Lita Ford and Loverboy.The latest leg of the tour kicks off September 23 in Charleston, West Virginia, with dates confirmed through October 9 in Las Cruces, New Mexico.A Foreigner presale kicks off Wednesday, April 3, at 10 a.m. CT, and tickets go on sale to the general public starting Friday, April 5, at 10 a.m. CT.Foreign...

Rotary Club Meeting – 4-2-24   The program at Tuesday’s Rotary luncheon was presented by Rotarian Beau Wilson.  Beau introduced Connie Lamke, the Founder and President of ...

Congratulations to Donna Dupre, one of our four winners who won tickets to attend the Baby Face concert this Saturday night at Coushatta Casino Resort in Kinder. DJ Ray is shown presenting the two ti...

Gie Knaeps/Getty ImagesSome previously lost Marvin Gaye recordings may soon see the light of day after being discovered in Belgium.Over 40 years ago, Gaye lived in the home of Belgian musician Charles Dumolin, whose family recently uncovered a collection of items belonging to Gaye, the BBC reports. The collection includes costumes, notebooks and cassettes with what is believed to be music Gaye recorded while living in the city."They belong to [the family] because they were left in...

Daniel Knighton/Getty ImagesGuitarist Joe Satriani is set to join Sammy Hagar on his Best of All Worlds tour this summer, where they’ll be playing, among other things, songs from the Van Halen catalog. And despite his expertise with the instrument, Satriani doesn’t expect it to be easy."My task right now is trying to unravel the mystery of Eddie Van Halens strange guitar playing," Satriani tells Classic Rock in a new interview. "I spent decades avoiding how to learn this ...

Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesRick Springfield has penned a heartfelt tribute to “All By Myself” hitmaker Eric Carmen, whose wife, Amy, announced on March 11 that he passed away at the age of 74.“This is almost more than I can stand. I have always been a huge Eric fan,” Springfield wrote on social media. “Amazing singer. Amazing writer. Good human. Why do we have to wait until we pass before we acknowledge what they mean to us.”The “Jessie’s Girl” singer noted how he o...

L-R: Brad Booker, Dave Mullins, Sean Ono Lennon/ photo credit: Disney/Frank MicelottaA short film inspired by John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s classic tune “Happy Christmas (War Is Over),” took home an Oscar Sunday night. War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko won the award for Best Animated Short Film, with the couple’s son Sean Ono Lennon on stage to help accept the award alongside filmmakers Dave Mullins and Brad Booker.“John Lennon and Yoko Ono wrote a song that inspi...

Roberto Serra - Iguana Press/Getty ImagesR.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe has donated some handwritten lyrics to help raise money for a good cause.The rocker has contributed a signed lyric sheet for the track “Nightswimming” to the Art for Gaza auction. The money raised is going to Doctors Without Borders.The auction is set to run until March 2 at 12 p.m. ET. The initial estimate for the sale was between $1,000 and $1,200, but the current bid has already surpassed that. Bids can be placed ...

Mike GreenhamArtists like The Who, Santana and Jimi Hendrix have fans all over the world, but their music is no longer limited to folks here on Earth.Billboard reports that digitized recordings from a slew of musicians was included in a time capsule on the Odysseus space craft, which touched down on the moon on Thursday, February 22.In total, the time capsule features music from 222 artists, including Elvis Presley, Marvin Gaye, Bob Marley, and Chuck Berry. Some previous...