Boy bands back. Don’t tell *NSYNC, Backstreet Boys or 98 Degrees, but U.K. pop sensation One Direction arrives at No. 1 on this week’s Billboard Top 200 albums chart with its debut album “Up All Night,” which sold 176,000 copies its first week in stores, according to Nielsen SoundScan. That makes the “X Factor” graduates … Continue Reading →
What would the annual announcement of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions be without the yearly round of arguments over who was robbed, and who should never be allowed to even set foot in the hallowed hall overlooking Lake Erie? But a story in the Washington Times raises the argument into the stupefyin’ category, with an … Continue Reading →
It’s official: Guns N’ Roses will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2012 at a ceremony in Cleveland in April. GNR enters the Rock Hall alongside the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Boys, Donovan, Laura Nyro and the Faces. But it’s GNR’s induction that is the most intriguing, thanks … Continue Reading →