Bob Harris, who became friends with Led Zeppelin when he hosted the U.K. TV show 'The Old Grey Whistle Test' in the '70s, credits Robert Plant with playing a key role in his recent cancer recovery.
Having just emerged from rehab for alcoholism, Eric Clapton says he named 'Money and Cigarettes' -- which was released in February 1983 -- after "all I saw myself having left."
Ian Anderson isn't finished with Gerald Bostock, a mythical character whose poetry was said to have inspired Jethro Tull's legendary 1972 prog classic 'Thick as a Brick.'
With the 50th anniversary of the Grateful Dead's formation coming up in 2015, Bob Weir is urging the group's surviving founding members to put aside their differences for some sort of commemorative event.
Though he at first seemed reluctant to write it, Kiss' Paul Stanley is really getting into this autobiography thing. He's doing a number of author events before the publication of 'Face the Music: A Life Exposed' on April 8, 2014 via HarperOne.
Def Leppard's Joe Elliott will produce the sophomore record by Black Star Riders, a band featuring former members of Thin Lizzy. Elliott previously worked on the 2011 reissue of Thin Lizzy's 1976 classic 'Jailbreak' album. The Def Leppard singer also produced the first two solo albums by Black Star Riders' Ricky Warwick, who joined Thin Lizzy as vocalist in 2010.
Elton John is once again taking on Russia and what he calls its "inhumane" anti-gay laws. After sternly criticizing state officials during a December concert in Moscow, the singer-songwriter has now written a more detailed condemnation, which he's posted on his website.
Neil Young has confirmed that his upcoming album, 'A Letter From Home,' will have a decidedly old-school feel. But he hasn't confirmed much else about it.
Former Dr. Feelgood guitarist Wilko Johnson says his forthcoming collaboration with Roger Daltrey has a "heavy power-trio sound backing up a singer. It’s a British institution. No one does that better than us."