by KingoftheHits | Sep 1, 2015 | #Posts, 2000's, Beatles, Oldies, Pop, Rock & Roll, Top 40, UK Artists
The two surviving members of The Beatles will be rockin’ the Motor City just three days apart, after another concert has been added to Paul McCartney’s extended 2015 Out There tour. Following announced dates for Nationwide Arena in Columbus,...
by KingoftheHits | Aug 31, 2015 | #Posts, 2000's, Pop, Rock, UK Artists
In the world of gazillionaire pop and rock stars, does it really matter who’s accumulated net fortune is greater? Probably not, but for the record, the UK publication International Business Times reveals that U2 singer Bono is now the wealthiest of wealthy...
by KingoftheHits | Aug 30, 2015 | #Posts, 2000's, Classic Rock, Rock, Rolling Stones, UK Artists
As first reported here in July, the ageless lead guitarist of ‘The Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World,’ Keith Richards, is releasing his first solo album in 23 years (and third overall) called Crosseyed Heart. The album was actually finished some 18 months...
by KingoftheHits | Aug 24, 2015 | #Posts, 2000's, Beatles, Oldies, Pop, Rock & Roll, Top 40, UK Artists
It now appears there’s a good chance of an added leg to Paul McCartney’s 2015 Out There tour this fall in North America. That possibility grew as a second Macca concert has been confirmed for October 13th in Columbus, OH at Nationwide Arena. A previously...
by KingoftheHits | Aug 22, 2015 | #Posts, 60's, Beatles, British Invasion Era, Oldies, Pop, Rock & Roll, Top 40, UK Artists, Videos
Last month I posted an article in which both the Associated Press and the UK’s British Movietone had obtained over 500,000 digitally restored newsreel footage videos. The massive amount of clips is from all categories of history, dating from 1895 to the present. Well,...
by KingoftheHits | Aug 20, 2015 | #Posts, 60's, Beatles, British Invasion Era, Oldies, Pop, Top 40, UK Artists
For Throw Back Thursday, this story is priceless! 50 years ago this month, an ingenious plot paid off for an aggressive young female journalism intern at the Minneapolis Tribune – now known as the Star-Tribune. Though her surreptitious scheme, Susan Stocking...