DENNIS DEYOUNG wants to do one final reunion tour with STYX, but he says that TOMMY SHAW nixed the idea. In a new interview, WOLFGANG VAN HALEN says that the mis-management of the coronavirus played a part in his father’s death. He also spoke about a VH reunion tourplanned before Eddie’s health took a nosedive.…… read more »
A 71-year-old grandmother in Pennsylvania used her free time during the pandemic to finally get her college degree, and graduated with honors. And a 97-year-old guy in Illinois just finished up his associate’s degree almost 80 years after he left college to serve in World War Two.………. A 56-year-old woman in Florida named Debby Neal-Strickland recently married a guy…… read more »
A couple in Los Angeles went around to different Target stores and hid cash in packs of diapers to help new parents out. They say it was a total of about $1,000.……………The owners of a movie theater in Southern California decided to renovate while they were closed down for covid. And an employee ended up finding a wallet that a woman…… read more »
26-year-old guy from Washington went to Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas, hoping to find something to use for an engagement ring. And he ended up finding a massive 2.2 carat diamond………….The ASPCA says the vast majority of pets adopted during the pandemic have NOT been returned. 90% of dogs and 85% of cats are still in…… read more »
Coming July 23, The Allman Brothers/March 10, 2020/Madison Square Garden/New York, NY. It will be available in multiple fprmats, as the band commemorates their 50th anniversary. Here’s a taste. KISS is getting the comic treatment again with “Phantom Obsession”. “Hash Pipe” could have been an OZZY OSBOURNE song. WEEZER‘s RIVERS CUOMO offered it to him, but he didn’t use it. TOTO‘s With…… read more »
Here’s some good instant karma: A guy in Sylva, NC (in the western part of the state), had to stop at a gas station while helping his neighbor fix up their car. And while he was there, he bought a lottery ticket that hit for $100,000………………….A graduating senior at Washington University in St. Louis went viral on TikTok after she used her…… read more »
This focused on one city, but I hope it was true everywhere. A study in Toronto found people started tipping more as soon as the pandemic hit. Before Covid, the average tip for a takeout order was 16.5%. Then it immediately jumped to 19% last April. And on some days last summer, it was up over 22%……….. As…… read more »
ALEX VAN HALEN‘s custom Ludwig drum kit that he used during VAN HALEN‘s 1980 “Invasion” tour, is going to be sold at auction. IRON MAIDEN singer BRUCE DICKINSON got himself a new hip. Most guitarists make faces when they shred . . . but SLASH takes it to another level. According to sound engineer Micajah Ryan, Slash has a funny habit of drooling while concentrating during solos. Micajah…… read more »
A professor at M.I.T. is going viral after he put a crib in his office, so one of his grad students can bring her baby to work when she needs to. He also babysits when she needs help, and he loves it. He called the setup a “win-win.”………. A nine-year-old kid in Indiana found an envelope filled with $5,000 under a…… read more »
AEROSMITH have postponed their big anniversary show at Boston’s Fenway Park again. It was originally scheduled for last year, but was postponed due to the pandemic. It will now happen in September 2022. BILLY GIBBONS says a new ZZ TOP album is in the works. “Biography: KISStory“, a four hour, two-night TV event is airing Sunday, June 27…… read more »