Menu
        


Cannonball 101 Posts



On This Day, May 7, 1977: The Eagles went to #1 with “Hotel California”

ABC Digital  ·  May 7, 2024

On This Day, May 7, 1977… The Eagles hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Hotel California,” the title track from their fifth studio album, which also went to #1 on the Billboard Album chart. The tune was the […] Read More



Director Michael Lindsay-Hogg says 'Let It Be' is “an entirely different part of the Beatles’ story”

ABC Digital  ·  May 7, 2024

Courtesy of Disney+ The Beatles’ 1970 documentary Let It Be premieres May 8 on Disney+ and the studio is giving fans another preview of what to expect from the newly restored film. A new clip has just been released centered around the George […] Read More



Van Halen’s Michael Anthony still upset about band’s 2007 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction

ABC Digital  ·  May 6, 2024

Scott Legato/Getty Images Van Halen was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2007, and not only did the band not perform, few of the group members attended — and bassist Michael Anthony still seems upset about it. […] Read More



David Lee Roth is “going back to cali” in latest video

ABC Digital  ·  May 6, 2024

BG017/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images David Lee Roth appears to have gotten some inspiration from LL Cool J for his latest video. The rocker just shared a new video titled “back to cali..,” a spoken word track that has him sharing his take on LL’s classic 1988 […] Read More



The Doobie Brothers announce 2024 Canadian tour dates

ABC Digital  ·  May 6, 2024

Courtesy of The Doobie Brothers The Doobie Brothers are taking their tour up north. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers — consisting of Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald, Pat Simmons and John McFee — have announced a Canadian leg of their […] Read More



Jimmy Buffett celebrated at Jazz Fest in New Orleans

ABC Digital  ·  May 6, 2024

Josh Brasted/WireImage The late Jimmy Buffett was celebrated on the final night of New Orleans Jazz Fest Sunday, May 5, with a set by his band, The Coral Reefer Band, who performed lots of his classic hits. According to setlist.fm, […] Read More



Paul McCartney responds to adoring fan after 60 years

ABC Digital  ·  May 6, 2024

ABC/Heidi Gutman Paul McCartney has responded to one of his biggest fans from 60 years ago. To help promote his photography exhibit, Paul McCartney Photographs 1963-64: Eyes of the Storm, opening at the Brooklyn Museum, McCartney responded to a viral clip of […] Read More



Richie Sambora says Bon Jovi doc shows Jon Bon Jovi’s perspective on his departure

ABC Digital  ·  May 6, 2024

Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for Unbridled Eve Richie Sambora has a different take on his departure from Bon Jovi than what fans saw in the Hulu docuseries Thank You Good Night: The Bon Jovi Story. The guitarist tells People that what was […] Read More



On This Day, May 6, 1973: Paul Simon launched his first solo tour

ABC Digital  ·  May 6, 2024

On This Day, May 6, 1973… After parting ways with his musical partner Art Garfunkel three years earlier, Paul Simon launched his first ever solo tour in Boston, Massachusetts.  The tour launched a few weeks before the release of Simon’s […] Read More



Bruce Springsteen offers up four tour debuts, including “Born in the U.S.A.,” at Cardiff show

ABC Digital  ·  May 6, 2024

Mike Lewis Photography/Redferns Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band launched their U.K. and European tour in Cardiff, Wales, on Sunday, May 5, and had some surprises in store right from the start. According to setlist.fm, Springsteen kicked things off with […] Read More