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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Genetic researchers think they finally found the specific mutation behind lupus, which could lead to better treatments. And a team at the University of Illinois think that basically doing a “factory reset” of your brain could cure alcoholics and people with anxiety………. It pays to be friendly at work: A woman in Calgary named Karla…… read more »
SAMMY HAGAR & THE CIRCLE are set to release a new album titled “Crazy Times” sometime later this year. THIN LIZZY‘s legacy continues with the release of “Phil Lynott Songs For While I’m Away + Thin Lizzy The Boys Are Back In Town Live At The Sydney Opera House October 1978” on June 24. It’s…… read more »