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Rock News Randoms 5-17-22

Rock News Randoms 5-17-22

A “Rolling Stone” report claims that TAYLOR HAWKINS had a heart-to-heart with DAVE GROHL shortly before he died, saying he couldn’t hack the FOO FIGHTERS’ grueling tour schedule anymore.  (Both PEARL JAM drummer MATT CAMERON and CHAD SMITH of the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS have apologized for their comments, saying they were taken out of…read more »

Today’s Good News 5-16-22

Today’s Good News 5-16-22

An 80-year-old woman named Madeline Adams graduated from the University of Nebraska-Omaha . . . 60 years AFTER she planned to.  She said she stopped at the time because “life happened.”  Her daughter encouraged her to go back. She said she taught her children not to start anything they can’t finish, so she wanted to be…read more »

Rush: Moving Pictures at 40 – All Access

Rush: Moving Pictures at 40 – All Access

Stream this exclusive radio special any time you want! In September 1980, after touring behind their most successful album to date, Permanent Waves, Rush convened at Ronnie Hawkins’ studio in a bucolic setting in Canada where they set about creating their landmark release, Moving Pictures. On April 15th, the band and Ume released the 40th…read more »

Today’s Good News 5-13-22

Today’s Good News 5-13-22

A musician in Canada named George Linton just got some well-deserved attention for something he’s been doing for three decades.  He’s 96 years old.  And for 30 years, he’s been playing guitar and singing for hospital patients to cheer them up……………A seven-year-old runner named Talaya Crawford lost her shoe at the beginning of a 200-meter race…read more »

Rock News Randoms 5-13-22

Rock News Randoms 5-13-22

There’s gonna be a SPINAL TAP sequel in 2024. CANDLEBOX frontman KEVIN MARTIN has announced that he plans to retire in 2023. And “Far Behind: The Candlebox Story” documentary, will be out this fall. Enjoy pro video of METALLICA rocking “Blackened” in Brazil on May 5. Oh, and JAMES HETFIELD called the woman who gave…read more »

Today’s Good News 5-12-22

Today’s Good News 5-12-22

 Wiley College in east Texas had its graduation ceremony on Saturday.  And near the end, the school’s president announced that every graduate’s student loans had been PAID OFF.  An anonymous donor put up about $300,000 to make it happen……….. Dexter, a one-eyed cat in Scotland, was missing for five years, and just turned up on an…read more »

Today’s Good News 5-11-22

Today’s Good News 5-11-22

A retired cab driver in Canada recently passed away at age 96 . . . and left over $1.3 MILLION to his local hospital.  His friends say he was very frugal, but also made money investing in stocks………. Someone in England adopted a stray Boston terrier that no one else wanted because it had weird…read more »

Today’s Good News 5-10-22

Today’s Good News 5-10-22

The owner of a restaurant in Wales found out a big group of diners had been jerks to one of his servers. So he called them out on Twitter, and gave the waitress ALL the money they’d spent on their food.  He says it was the biggest check the restaurant had ever had too.  Their…read more »

Rock News Randoms 5-10-22

Rock News Randoms 5-10-22

Here’s a taste of THE ROLLING STONES “Live At The El Mocambo” album, which is being released in full for the first time on May 13. LYNYRD SKYNYRD will perform on May 29 at Charlotte Motor Speedway for the Coca Cola 600. DEE SNIDER is set to start pre-production on his new horror flick in…read more »

Today’s Good News 5-9-22

Today’s Good News 5-9-22

A 17-year-old chess player from Colorado named Griffin McConnell recently earned the title of National Chess Master, despite the fact that he’s had four different brain surgeries to help with seizures.  Chess.com just did a profile on him.  He’s currently in the 99th percentile of chess players under the age of 21……………. A former nurse…read more »

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