CHEAP TRICK bassist TOM PETERSSON is currently recovering from open-heart surgery, but that didn’tstop him from performing with the band last week. Supposedly, more people have been having in-home disco parties since the pandemic hit . . . and their favorite song to party to is “Bohemian Rhapsody”. ROGER WATERS has announced dates for his “This…… read more »
Here’s a nice side effect of the pandemic: 43% of people who smoke or vape say it’s made them more motivated to quit…………………..A 12-year-old in West Virginia got pinned under his ATV during a TikTok livestream, and no one else was around. But luckily, a 13-year-old in New Hampshire was watching . . . called for help . . .…… read more »
I love seeing more and more of these stories: A guy in Colorado just got to visit his wife in her nursing home. And they gave each other a hug for the first time in a year. She has Alzheimer’s, and they’ve been married 55 years.………….A 13-year-old girl from New Mexico named Kaydence Henslee was staying at a…… read more »
Check out BRIAN JOHNSON in his pre-AC/DC band GEORDIE from 1973. Record Store Day will happen on June 12 and July 17 this year, with a ton of cool offerings from QUEEN, ROLLING STONES, POLICE, DOORS, BLACK SABBATH, DEF LEPPARD, AC/DC, BEASTIE BOYS, MOTORHEAD, ROBERT PLANT, TOM PETTY, THE WHO and more. Details here. SAMMY HAGAR & THE CIRCLE will be playing some shows…… read more »
Someone’s been leaving uplifting notes in random spots around Toronto that say things like, “It’s okay to make mistakes,” and “Don’t be so hard on yourself. You are doing okay.”………….With all the recent attacks on Asian-Americans, a woman in New York offered up $2,000 on Venmo to anyone who felt threatened and needed a cab ride home that they…… read more »
The owners of an Indian restaurant in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada have given out over 32,000 free meals since the pandemic started. And they’re still doing 100 meals a day. People in the community have been donating to partially cover the cost of it.…………. Some kids in Wilmington, Delaware challenged a cop to a game of basketball, and he SCHOOLED…… read more »
PEARL JAM is #1 on a list of the most popular music acts during the pandemic when it comes to streamed concerts. Metallica is #2 . . . followed by Billie Eilish, Snow Patrol, and the Tedeschi Trucks Band. Harley-Davidson and Bravado, Universal Music Group’s merchandise and brand management company, announce the launch of a special collection in collaboration with AEROSMITH.…… read more »
A bunch of high school students in Missouri dressed up as painter Bob Ross last Thursday to raise money for their school’s art program. Each of them did a landscape painting that’ll go up for auction next month. The money will help pay for supplies and a kiln for ceramics classes.…………A 13-month-old girl in Lockhart, Texas recently fell into a pool, and…… read more »
A random hero in Hawaii saw a house on fire the other day . . . ran in and pulled an elderly guy out . . . and then ran BACK in to check the other rooms. Luckily no one else was inside, and he made it out right before the house collapsed.………….The fast food chain Whataburger just announced they’ve handed…… read more »
“Master of Puppets” by Metallica tops a list of the best albums of the ’80s, as voted on by readers of Ultimate Guitar. “Appetite for Destruction” by Guns N’ Roses is second . . . followed by “Back in Black” by AC/DC. MARK KNOPFLER from DIRE STRAITS has finally explained exactly who the Sultans of Swing were. TWISTED SISTER’s DEE SNIDER and his family recently taped an episode…… read more »