Peter, Paul and Mary
Including a photo of her teenage self posing with the Peter, Paul and Mary star, Deborah Martin claims in court that Peter Yarrow raped her in 1969.
Read moreIncluding a photo of her teenage self posing with the Peter, Paul and Mary star, Deborah Martin claims in court that Peter Yarrow raped her in 1969.
Read moreOne month after Bob Dylan sold off his entire songwriting catalog for an estimated $300 million, the wife of an erstwhile collaborator of Dylan’s during his iconic mid-’70s Rolling Thunder Revue period brought a lawsuit on Wednesday for outstanding royalties.
Read moreLed Zeppelin will not have to face a jury a second time to answer whether they lifted the opening riff to their rock epic “Stairway to Heaven” from another song after the en banc Ninth Circuit ruled Monday that the rock legends did not infringe the little-known song’s copyright.
Read moreGinger Baker, the volatile and propulsive drummer for Cream and other bands who wielded blues power and jazz finesse and helped shatter boundaries of time, tempo and style in popular music, died Sunday at 80, his family said.
Read moreRock and roll photographer Neil Zlozower claims Gibson Brands (guitars) used his copyrighted photo of Eddie Van Halen without permission, in federal court.
Read moreThe Beatles’ psychedelic masterwork “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” has been named the most popular British album in history.
Read moreFeuding bandmates from New York City’s 1980s hardcore punk scene have taken a long-running trademark beef from the streets to federal court.
Read moreThe sons of legendary concert promoter Bill Graham cannot prove their rights to concert posters and other San Francisco Bay Area rock memorabilia they say they were swindled out of by Graham’s estate executor, the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday.
Read moreStoried concert promoter Bill Graham died in 1991, but his sons are still locked in a bitter legal fight with the executor of his estate over his rock memorabilia, including hundreds of concert posters and scrapbooks.
Read moreHoping to shut down an upcoming movie about the 1977 plane crash that killed members of the band Lynyrd Skynyrd, widow Judith Van Zant testified Tuesday that the film sensationalizes a tragedy governed by a decades-old settlement.
Read moreInvestors in a planned documentary about the rock band The Black Keys claim in a federal complaint that a famous photographer scuttled the project after holding the footage ransom.
Read moreA federal judge this week approved a $25.5 million class action settlement against Sirius XM Radio, to resolve claims over millions of dollars in royalties for broadcasting songs recorded before 1972, and said the final settlement could rise to $73 million.
Read moreThe Eagles sued the owners of a Mexican hotel named Hotel California, claiming the owner is unlawfully capitalizing on the band’s hit song of the same name.
Read moreAn old sketch, a crude, ink-on-paper drawing of the iconic “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club” album cover found in John Lennon’s former home in Weybridge, England, will be put up for auction May 20 at the Hard Rock Cafe in Manhattan.
Read moreAfter breaking her neck when a crowd surfer at a punk-rock show dove onto her, a North Carolina woman has sued the venue for damages.
Read moreThe English city of Liverpool is getting set to celebrate the half-centenary of “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” one of the most influential albums by local heroes The Beatles.
Read moreA Michigan autograph collector seeking Iggy Pop’s signature claims he was verbally and physically assaulted by Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme before TMZ falsely reported he called the singer names.
Read moreChuck Berry, rock ‘n’ roll’s founding guitar hero and storyteller who defined the music’s joy and rebellion in such classics as “Johnny B. Goode,” ”Sweet Little Sixteen” and “Roll Over Beethoven,” died Saturday at his home in an unincorporated area west of St. Louis. He was 90.
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