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Joey Molland, guitarist for the legendary Welsh rock band Badfinger, died at the age of 77 on Saturday (March 1st). While no cause of death was announced, the veteran musician had been battling a number of health issues recently.

Molland’s passing was reported by his social media manager Paul (aka Pd), who wrote on Instagram, “It is with profound sadness to inform his fans here on Ig, and around the world that Joey (Joseph Charles) Molland passed away last night at 11:39pm Cst, after a 3+ months long battle with multiple health issues.”

Previously, Pd had posted about Molland’s health on January 18th, linking to a GoFundMe page and writing, “Joey has spent the past 2 months in the hospital due to a complicated list of health issues, which centers on complications from his 30+ years of managing diabetes. Not to mention, he’s now 77. He is under constant care…has good days & bad days.

The Grammys are getting a new home after more than 50 years on CBS.

In a major shakeup of the TV awards landscape, the Grammy Awards will move to Disney outlets beginning in 2027. ABC, Hulu and Disney+ will simulcast the music industry honors under a 10-year deal that runs through 2036. The move will also make Disney the home of what are traditionally the two most watched awards telecasts in any given year, with the Grammys joining the Oscars.

CBS will have the Grammys in 2025 and 2026, with the final year marking the end of more than half a century of broadcasting the awards. The network first aired the Grammys in 1973 — George Harrison’s The Concert for Bangladesh won album of the year — and has partnered with The Recording Academy on the show ever since.

“As The Walt Disney Company combines forces with The Recording Academy to open this exciting new chapter in the history of the Grammys,...

George Harrison’s second solo album, Living in the Material World, is receiving a massive box set reissue for its 50th anniversary.

Arriving on November 15th, the Super Deluxe Edition features the remastered album pressed on both double vinyl and CD, plus a bonus disc containing 12 previously unreleased early renditions of every album track. Additionally, the box set features a Blu-Ray of the album with Dolby Atmos surround sound technology, a 60-page booklet with extensive sleeve notes, photography, and artwork from Harrison’s archives. There’s also a 7-inch single of Harrison’s previously-unheard rendition of “Sunshine Life For Me (Sail Away Raymond)” featuring Ringo Starr as well as The Band’s Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, and Garth Hudson.

The remastered album will be released digitally as well, and several exclusive vinyl editions are available for pre-orders now: George Harrison’s official online store is selling a purple-colored variant,...

For the first time, The Concert for Bangladesh, the Grammy Award-winning album from George Harrison, Ravi Shankar & friends, is now available for streaming across all major digital music providers worldwide.

The Concert for Bangladesh was the first major music benefit of its kind. Two sold out concerts at New York’s Madison Square Garden brought together an extraordinary assemblage of major artists collaborating for a common humanitarian goal – setting the precedent that music could be used to serve a higher cause.

With its triple album boxset and feature film, The Concert for Bangladesh has generated millions of dollars for Unicef and raised awareness for the organization around the world. To quote the former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, “George and his friends were pioneers.”

By August 1971, when George Harrison, Ravi Shankar & friends took the stage to play The Concert for Bangladesh, 10 million East Pakistani refugees had fled over the border into India,...

George Harrison’s pivotal project The Concert for Bangladesh is now available on streaming platforms for the first time. Stream the full album below.

This massive event took place in 1971 and pioneered the concept of large-scale music benefit shows. The acclaimed concert took place over two shows at New York’s Madison Square Garden and saw Harrison welcome the likes of fellow Beatle Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan, virtuoso instrumentalist Ravi Shankar, and Eric Clapton throughout the event. Focused both on raising money for Unicef and awareness of the humanitarian crisis of the Bangladesh Liberation War (which had not been covered in-depth by Western media), “The Concert for Bangladesh” was considered a major success.

The album went on to win Album of the Year at the 1973 Grammy Awards, and the concert is often references as a turning point in major stars using their voices, platforms, and concerts for a larger purpose.

This weekend, The Beatles Channel (Ch. 18) celebrates the official worldwide streaming release of “The Concert for Bangladesh” album with special programming.

Tune in to hear songs from the album throughout the weekend with insights from various hosts on the channel, as well as special episodes of “Dark Horse Radio” and “Fab Fourum.” See the full broadcast schedule below.

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Tthe Grammy Award-winning “The Concert for Bangladesh” album from George Harrison, Ravi Shankar, and friends is now available worldwide for streaming across all major digital service providers for the first time. Proceeds continue to benefit the George Harrison Fund for Unicef.

The Concert for Bangladesh was the first major music benefit of its kind. Two sold-out concerts at New York’s Madison Square Garden in August 1971 brought together an extraordinary assemblage of major artists — including George Harrison,...

Bob Dylan turns 76 today and we’re ranking Dylan’s 10 best film performances, dating back half a century to 1967. The key word is “performances,” which encompass acting work, concert films, and documentaries. It’s often hard to know when Dylan is acting and when he’s being himself (whoever that is), but whenever the iconic singer-songwriter appears on film, one thing’s for certain: you’re watching a performance.

Bob Dylan’s ‘Don’t Look Back’ Gets Deluxe Treatment With New Blu-ray Set

For this reason, we’re lumping everything together, ranking the films based on the depth and richness of performance. It was hard not to include the televised 1965 press conference in San Francisco, which sees Dylan effortlessly (and hilariously) shoot down reporters’ attempts to have him label himself, but we limited this list to feature-length films. Don’t look for Todd Haynes’ “I’m Not There” or any...

Sol Negrin, a cinematographer who received five Emmy nominations, three for his work on the classic Telly Savalas cop series Kojak, died March 20, the American Society of Cinematographers announced. He was 88.

Negrin's other credits as a director of photography include episodes of McCloud, The White Shadow, St. Elsewhere and Rhoda; the 1972 documentary The Concert for Bangladesh; and the 1974 feature Amazing Grace, starring Moms Mabley.

He contributed additional cinematography to films including King Kong (1976), Superman (1978), Jaws 2 (1978), RoboCop (1987) and Coming to America (1988).

Negrin also earned four Clio Awards for his...

Forty years ago today, George Harrison took to the stage with a host of his celebrity friends for what is regarded as the first large scale multi-artist benefit concert – The Concert For Bangladesh. Look To The Stars Feature Editor Tim Saunders looks back at the climatic and political events that led up to the concert, and the on-going effects the show has had on celebrity charity events.

In early November, 1970, the Beatles were just about to break up and something wasn’t right in the South China Sea.

As Paul McCartney prepared his legal suit for the dissolution of the Fab Four after months of tempestuous fighting within the band, merchant shipping reported a storm was brewing to the south east of India. Moist, hot air was rising off the warm sea, sucking up water vapor as it went. When it reached a few hundred meters in height, it began to cool,...

Ravi Shankar was he first Indian to win a Grammy in 1967 for his performance, West Meets East, with violinist Yehudi Menuhin, in the Best Chamber Music Performance category. In 1972, The Concert For Bangladesh, featuring Shankar and legends like George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan, Billy Preston and Eric Clapton was named Album of the Year. In 2001, it was a third Grammy, for his album, Full Circle – Carnegie Hall 2000 in the Best World Music Album category Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, creator of Mohan Veena, won the Grammy, along with guitar guru Ry Cooder for A Meeting By The ...