The 70 year-old Pop star Cyndi Lauper, who will celebrate her 71th birthday next June 22, announced that she will retire soon. She announced the “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” farewell tour and the first dates will happen in the United States and Canada this year, from October to December. Cyndi Lauper started her career in 1977, releasing her debut album “She’s So Unusual” In 1983 and in the following years she became a huge pop star, releasing huge hits like the one that is the name of her farewell tour and other like “Time After Time”, “True Colors” and “All Through The Night”. During her career she released 11 studio albums, the most recent one being “Detour” in 2016. Cyndi Lauper's 2024 farewell Tour dates October 18 - Montreal, QC -Bell Centre 20 - Toronto, ON - Scotiabank Arena 24 - Detroit, MI - Fox Theatre 26 - Boston, MA - MGM Music Hall at Fenway 27 - Washington, DC - Capital One Arena 30 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden November 1 - Nashville, TN - Bridgestone Arena 3 - Columbus, OH - Schottenstein Center 6 - Tampa, FL - Amalie Arena 8 - Hollywood, FL - Hard Rock Hollywood 10 - Atlanta, GA - State Farm Arena 12 - Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center 14 - Austin, TX - Moody Center 16 - Houston, TX - Toyota Center 19 - Phoenix, AZ - Footprint Center 20 - San Diego, CA - Viejas Arena 23 - Los Angeles, CA = Intuit Dome 24 - Palm Desert, CA - Acrisure Arena 26 - San Francisco, CA - Chase Center 30 - Portland, OR - Moda Center December 1 - Seattle, WA - Climate Pledge Arena 4 - Minneapolis, MN - Target Center 5 - Chicago, IL - United Center https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wybfVgj0Nk0The post Cyndi Lauper announces farewell tour at the age of 70 appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

The legendary guitarist Ritchie Blackmore first left Deep Purple in 1975 and then created his own band Rainbow, which started being heavier and by the early 80s had a more commercial sound. He then reunited with Purple again for the last time from 1984 to 1993, then reactivating Rainbow for a few years. But it was essentially in 1997 that his career in Renaissance music started when he formed the band Blackmore’s Night, alongside his wife Candice Night. Since then they have released 11 studio albums, the most recent one being “Nature’s Light” in 2021. In an interview with New Jersey Stage, the musician explained why he left Deep Purple and ended Rainbow for Renaissance music. Ritchie Blackmore explains why he left Rock and Roll for Renaissance music “The stress was from the traveling to do with rock and roll, the continual trying to come up with different augmentations of heavy riffs which can be boring, I was getting stale playing the same type of music: heavy rock for the sake of playing heavy rock.” “ I have always been interested in melodic rock - melodies in general. Toward the end of Purple it was just being loud for the sake of being loud so when I heard renaissance music - there were so many incredible melodies that struck a chord with me. That was such a relief in many ways so I jumped off the monster train just to play some melodies more organically,” Ritchie Blackmore said. Next Ritchie Blackmore’s Night tour dates June 22 - The Sherman Theater - Stroudsburg, PA 23 - District Music Hall - Norwalk, CT 29 - Berklee Performance Center - Boston, MA 30 - Academy of Music - Northampton, MA July 6 - The Vogel - Red Bank, NJ Besides Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night, the band is also formed nowadays by David Baranowski (Keyboards), Mike Clemente (Guitar, bass, mandolin), David Keith (Drums), Claire Smith (Violin) and Christina Lynn Skleros (Harmony vocals, shawn, flute and recorder). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m16-Bg9I-Hw&pp=ygUQYmxhY2ttb3JlcyBuaWdodA%3D%3DThe post Ritchie Blackmore explains why he left Rock for Renaissance music appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

Formed in London, England back in 1975, the Sex Pistols changed the course of Rock and Roll music forever with the release of their only album: "Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols", released in 1977. The praised record was a huge influence for countless artists all over the world and it became one of the best-selling Punk albums of all time. With a difficult relationship between the band members the band was active until 1978 and then reunited a few times over the decades, the last time being from 2007 to 2008. Now, the group announced that they will reunite for a couple benefit shows without their vocalist John Lydon, also known as Johnny Rotten. This new line-up will be formed by the original members Steve Jones (Guitar), Paul Cook (Drums) and bassist Glen Matlock. They will be accompanied by the singer Frank Carter (Gallows, Pure Love, Frank Carter and The Rattlesnakes). The shows will happen next August 13 and 14 in support of the campaign "God Save The Venue". The campaign was created in order to save Bush Hall, a small club located in London, which was built in 1904 and was the birthplace of many independent bands over the decades. In an interview with The Sun, the drummer Paul Cook talked about the shows. “We’re going to be playing Pistols numbers cause they need support and they need the money. We thought it would be a great way to stop it going under. "This is my local venue. I grew up in Shepherd’s Bush and I still live around here. It would be a real shame to see it disappear and we want to keep it going. So everyone get down to the gig!” Paul Cook said. Why John Lydon won't be part of the Sex Pistols reunion It is known that the relationship between them and Lydon was never easy. And of course, the singer was not happy at all when Jones partnered with FX to make the 2022 TV show "Pistol", which told the band's story from his point of view. He even sued the band at the time trying to prevent that the songs of the band were used on the show. But he lost the legal battle and the show was released with the original tracks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqrAPOZxgzU&pp=ygUMc2V4IHBpc3RvbHMgThe post Sex Pistols announce reunion without John Lydon appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

The legendary Rush vocalist, keyboardist and bassist Geddy Lee was a crucial part of the band's sound and helped them to become one of the most successful and influential Rock and Roll bands of all time. He started his career in 1968 and the first album of the group was released in 1974. Five decades later millions of fans still love the songs from that album and believe that's a kind of music that doesn't age. Like everybody, Lee also believes that there are certain songs that don't age and he once revealed the name of one. The song that doesn’t age according to Geddy Lee It's no secret that Geddy Lee has always been a huge fan of Progressive Rock and one of his favorite bands was Genesis, especially when Peter Gabriel was the band's vocalist. During his era, the band released some of the most praised Prog Rock albums of all time and after he decided to leave them in 1975, the musician started a solo career. Lee obviously followed closely his solo records. There is one song from his self-titled debut album released in 1977 that he believes doesn't age. That track is "Solsbury Hill", which was also a hit-single at the time, peaking at number 13 in the United Kingdom. He said that in an interview with Global Bass Online in 2000. "There are a whole range of other things (I like to hear). Things from the past, of course, that I still find very inspiring. Every time 'Solsbury Hill', by Peter Gabriel, comes on the radio I remember where I was when I first heard it. That song doesn't age because it's so well written. There is something so right about it," Geddy Lee said. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OO2PuGz-H8&pp=ygUOc291bHNidXJ5IGhpbGw%3D He went to see Genesis open for Lou Reed and then left after their show was over Back in the early 70s, Genesis was still not a famous group in the United States and Canada. So they accepted the offer to sometimes open for artists who really were not really similar to the kind of music they were doing. That happened when the band was Lou Reed's opening act and Geddy Lee went to see him. He said that like him, many other fans went to the show only to see Genesis. Because they left when Lou Reed appeared. He recalled that experience in an interview with Classic Rock magazine back in 2012 (Transcribed by Rock and Roll Garage). “Yes. I went to see a strange double bill. Genesis was opening for Lou Reed. It was Genesis' first time in Toronto. They started with ‘Watcher of Skies’ and they were great.” “I mean and then Lou Reed started playing afterwards. You know, you like Genesis, not so much Lou Reed at that period. Nothing against Lou Reed. But it just wasn’t an act he could follow up. So we left,” Geddy Lee said.The post The song that doesn’t age according to Geddy Lee appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.