Daily entertainment news covering The Allman Brothers Band en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/11/20/celebrity_birthdays_november_132 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 143259@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to:

"Malibu's Most Wanted" actresss Bo Derek (1956)

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/12/12/celebrity_birthdays_december_75 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 105445@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to country singer Katrina Elam (1983), TV's "Blossom" Mayim Bialik (1975), WWE wrestling's Rey Mysterio, Jr. (1974), "Dark Water" actress Jennifer Connelly (1970), 80s pop-star drummer Sheila E. (1957),

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/11/22/bruce_springsteen_gets_top_tour_prize Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:02:02 EST Entertainment News 104333@http://www.starpulse.com/news Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band claimed the coveted Top Tour honor at the fifth annual Billboard Touring Awards in New York on Thursday night.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/11/20/celebrity_birthdays_november_82 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 97916@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to singer Dierks Bentley (1975), Beastie Boy Michael Diamond a.k.a. "Mike D" (1965), actress Cathy Moriarty (1960), actress Sean Young (1959), actress Bo Derek (1956), solo artist and Eagle Joe Walsh (1947),

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/10/14/surviving_members_of_grateful_dead_rock_ Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:31:16 EST Entertainment News 100673@http://www.starpulse.com/news STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Tie-dyed T-shirts and political slogans made for a heady mixture as the four surviving members of the rock band Grateful Dead put on a concert in support of Barack Obama.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/08/12/the_allman_brothers_band_sue_label_for_1 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:06:46 EST Entertainment News 95444@http://www.starpulse.com/news American rockers The Allman Brothers Band have launched a $10 million lawsuit against a record label over unpaid royalties.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/07/14/rock_band_2_setlist_revealed_see_the_ent Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:35:04 EST Entertainment News 92706@http://www.starpulse.com/news Harmonix, the world’s premier music video game company, and MTV Games, a division of Viacom’s MTV Networks, along with marketing and distribution partner Electronic Arts Inc., today revealed at the 2008 E3 Media & Business Summit the song set list for Rock Band 2, the next evolution of the groundbreaking Rock Band music platform.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/06/24/aarp_tour_bands_that_shouldn_t_be_tourin Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:25:16 EST Entertainment News 90847@http://www.starpulse.com/news Sometimes it seems like a band just doesn't know when to quit. Just imagine how many times you've heard some classic rock DJ try to pawn off front row tickets to Steely Dan, or how many advertisements

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/04/16/gregg_allman_pulls_out_of_bonnaroo_festi Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:43:17 EST Entertainment News 84457@http://www.starpulse.com/news Gregg Allman's ongoing recovery from Hepatitis C has prompted the Allman Brothers Band to scrap their upcoming performance at the Bonnaroo Festival in Tennessee.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/03/28/hepatitis_c_recovery_prompts_gregg_allma Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:40:00 EST Entertainment News 82517@http://www.starpulse.com/news The Allman Brothers Band have been forced to postpone a string of New York shows to let founding member Gregg Allman fully recover from Hepatitis C treatment.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/03/23/safetysuit_lives_up_to_their_name_debut__13 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:00:00 EST Entertainment News 81758@http://www.starpulse.com/news Meet Safetysuit four talented musicians from Tulsa who are as comfortable with their music as they are with each other. When asked what makes a good song, singer/guitarist Doug Brown replies with a simple answer, "quintessential good melody and good lyrics."

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/20/top_10_unnecessarily_long_songs Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:14:34 EST Entertainment News 78605@http://www.starpulse.com/news Some of these songs have some good moments but just go on a little too long. Some of them have zero good moments, and then go on a little too long. What they all have in common is that they're too freaking long. Any of these guys ever hear of trimming the fat? Less is more? Your song is too damn long? Any of that ringing a bell, you bloated, self-indulgent rockers?

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/03/fascinating_facts_163 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 17:00:00 EST Entertainment News 76638@http://www.starpulse.com/news Actor Tommy Lee Joneswas presented with the American Riviera Award at the 2008 Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Friday.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/12/12/celebrity_birthdays_december_44 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 69137@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to country singer Katrina Elam (1983), TV's "Blossom" Mayim Bialik (1975), WWE wrestling's Rey Mysterio, Jr. (1974), "Dark Water" actress Jennifer Connelly (1970), 80s pop-star drummer Sheila E. (1957), jazz musician Grover Washington, Jr. (1943; d. 1999), Allman Brother's Band singer/guitarist Dickie Betts (1943),

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/11/20/celebrity_birthdays_november_50 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 64392@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to singer Dierks Bentley (1975), Beastie Boy Michael Diamond a.k.a. "Mike D" (1965), actress Cathy Moriarty (1960), actress Sean Young (1959), actress Bo Derek (1956), solo artist and Eagle Joe Walsh (1947), guitarist Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band (1946), TV daredevil Super Dave Osborne (1942),

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/11/06/headcount_plans_to_register_up_to_200_00 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:32:35 EST Entertainment News 66815@http://www.starpulse.com/news HeadCount, the volunteer-run voter registration organization that registered nearly 50,000 voters in 2004 through alliances with Dave Matthews Band and other artists,

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/23/travis_tritt_enlists_american_idol_s_ran Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:18:49 EST Entertainment News 57096@http://www.starpulse.com/news NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - With his new album, Travis Tritt wanted to delve deeper into his bluesy, soulful side. He wanted to build on his musical kinship with fellow Georgians like the Allman Brothers and Otis Redding. He wanted to break free of Nashville conventions.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/08/willie_nelson_neil_young_john_mellencamp Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:27:37 EST Entertainment News 54966@http://www.starpulse.com/news NEW YORK (AP) - There's something to be said for consistency - go to Farm Aid and you see John Mellencamp, Willie Nelson, Neil Young and Dave Matthews.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/25/ozzy_sings_dylan Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:09:25 EST Entertainment News 53029@http://www.starpulse.com/news Ozzy Osbourne is the unlikely choice to croon Bob Dylan's Masters Of War on a new metal reworking of the folk rocker's classics. Mountain stars Leslie West and Corky Laing have rearranged and recorded a collection of Dylan tunes and they asked Ozzy to join them in the studio.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/12/2007_new_orleans_jazz_fest_compilation_r Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:00:00 EST Entertainment News 51282@http://www.starpulse.com/news The 2007 New Orleans Jazz Fest Compilation Album is ready! The album contains 30 live tracks from 30 of this year's New Orleans Jazz Fest performers and represents a selection of the joyous and varied musical styles that have come to signify the essence of Jazz Fest.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/06/patti_smith_s_upcoming_album_twelve_cove Tue, 06 Feb 2007 10:33:10 EST Entertainment News 28355@http://www.starpulse.com/news Columbia Records will release "Twelve," the eagerly-anticipated album of "cover" versions of classic popular songs newly interpreted by the 2007 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Patti Smith, on Tuesday, April 17.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/01/12/attend_rock_n_roll_fantasy_camp_for_just_000 Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:05:51 EST Entertainment News 25925@http://www.starpulse.com/news Welcome to the Hotel California!! Rock 'n Roll Fantasy Camp (RRFC) goes Hollywood (Presidents' Day Weekend, Feb. 15-19) -- giving campers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn rock from the masters. Over five-days -- and guided by a Who's Who of rock legends -- campers of all musical abilities and backgrounds will form bands, hone their skills, jam with their idols and become "rock stars."

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/01/04/concert_tv_and_relix_magazine_celebrate_ Thu, 04 Jan 2007 11:51:20 EST Entertainment News 25092@http://www.starpulse.com/news Relix, the magazine for music, and Concert.TV, the only television network dedicated to live music performances and documentaries, kick off the new year by kicking out the jams. Re-christening January "Jammuary," these two powerhouses in live music come together for the ultimate music television experience.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/12/25/starpulse_top_10_of_2006_9_gone_but_not Mon, 25 Dec 2006 09:00:00 EST Entertainment News 24249@http://www.starpulse.com/news 2006 was a great year in the entertainment world; however, let us not forget those who entertained us for generations but have moved on. We look back on those entertainers and cultural icons who left us in 2006 to pay our respects... Jazz, R&B and pop singer Lou Rawls, lost a two year fight with brain and lung cancer (1/6). He was 72. Prolific film star of the 50s, 60s and 70s and star of such hits as Alfie and The Poseidon Adventure, Shelley Winters at age 85 (1/14). 60s soul star Wilson Pickett, who brought us such hits as Mustang Sally and In The Midnight Hour age 64; of a heart attack (1/19); and actor Anthony Franciosa, 77 (1/19). Country singer Janette Carter, of cuuntry music's founding family, the Carters, 82 (1/22); and actor Chris Penn, 40, brother of actor Sean Penn who starred in Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs (1/24). And Coretta Scott King (76), civil rights activist and wife of Martin Luther King, Jr (1/30).

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/12/12/celebrity_birthdays_december_12 Tue, 12 Dec 2006 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 21932@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to country singer Katrina Elam (1983), TV's "Blossom" Mayim Bialik (1975), WWE wrestling's Rey Mysterio, Jr. (1974), "Dark Water" actress Jennifer Connelly (1970), 80s pop-star drummer Sheila E. (1957), jazz musician Grover Washington, Jr. (1943; d. 1999), Allman Brother's Band singer/guitarist Dickie Betts (1943), singer/"psychic friend" Dionne Warwick (1940), singer Connie Francis (1938), "The Price is Right" host Bob Barker (1923), crooner Frank Sinatra (1915; 1998), actor Edward G. Robinson (1893; d. 1973), and Norwegian "Scream" artist Edvard Munch (1863; d. 1944).

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