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Sting To Perform At The GRAMMYS (Again)

Sting has just been added to the long list of performers at the GRAMMYS.

2013/02/05

Sting Announces 2013 ‘Back To Bass’ Tour

For the third consecutive year, Sting will embark on his Back to Bass Tour. The tour, which kicks off May 30th in British Columbia, includes 11 U.S. shows throughout June. Full tour dates below, with more expected to be released soon.

2013/01/24

Youngblood Hawke Play “What’s That Song”

Gearing up for the GRAMMY Nominations Concert tonight on CBS, we tested Youngblood Hawke’s memory on some of the biggest songs in rock GRAMMY history.

2012/12/05

Andy Summers Will Never Rule Out A Police Reunion

Former Police guitarist Andy Summers will premiere a documentary at the New York Documentary Festival on November 9th. Titled “Can’t Stand Losing You,” the film is based on Summers’ 2006 autobiography “One Train Later: A Memoir” and will take an in-depth look into the Police from the ’70s, ’80s and their reunion tour from 2007-2008.

2012/11/09

Rock Flashback: WNEW Reports John Lennon’s Death

It was December 8, 1980, and just another Monday. There was labor unrest in Poland. The American hostages in Iran were spending their 401st day in captivity. The newly-elected president, Ronald Reagan, was planning his […]

2011/12/08

Video Classics: 'King Of Pain' – The Police

Perhaps The Archivist shouldn’t mention that they first heard this song as [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Weird Al Yankovic’s[/lastfm] parody version, “King of Suede.” It earns geek points, but makes most rock aficionados just cringe. Nonetheless, the music […]

2011/02/08

Rudolph (You Don’t Have To Put On The Red Light)

Ever wonder what would happen if you mashed up Roxanne by [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]The Police[/lastfm] and the classic 1964 animation Rudolph, the Red-nose Reindeer? Neither did we because we’ve never made that illogical mind-jump. But we’re […]

2010/12/08

Top 5 “Glee” Musical Performances

We can talk plot, we can talk guest stars and we can even talk funny dialogue, but at its heart “Glee” is really about pretty people singing. In light of the recent musical heavy [lastfm]Britney […]

2010/10/01

It All Happened on September 27th

In 1964, Ed Sullivan welcomed[lastfm]The Beach Boys[/lastfm] to his program for the first time. The group sang “I Get Around.” In 1967, [lastfm]The Beatles[/lastfm] spent the day at Abbey Road recording string parts for “I […]

2010/09/27