June 25, 2023 by Amy Gold
ONLY ON #CBSMORNINGS: Barry Gibb, Renee Fleming, Queen Latifah, Billy Crystal and Dionne Warwick are this year’s Kennedy Center Honorees. #KCHonors
— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) June 22, 2023
Watch the Kennedy Center Honors later this year on @CBS. pic.twitter.com/5eTgIGINKF
During the week of June 18, 2023, it was announced that Barry Gibb of The Bee Gees and Dionne Warwick are among this year's Kennedy Center Honors recipients. The awards gala, hosted by Gloria Estefan, will take place December 3 in Washington, DC and will air later on CBS.
Paul Simon sold the royalty rights to his Simon & Garfunkel music to BMG that includes such classic albums as "Sounds Of Silence," "Parsley Sage, Rosemary & Thyme," and "Bridge Over Troubled Waters. BMG also recently acquired the rights to The Hollies recording catalog that includes over 20 albums spanning 1967 to the present.
Also that week, it was announced that "The 50th Anniversary Of Lynyrd Skynyrd: An Exclusive Concert Film Experience" will be coming to theaters beginning July 8 with a weeklong run at various venues across the country. This movie captures the band's final concert with guitarist and founding member, Gary Rossington. For more info and tickets, visit lynyrdskynyrd50.com.
Tours & Shows:
(Band/Artist - Event(s) - Location - Dates)
Los Lobos - Tour (50th Anniversary) - U.S. - August 12-December 23, 2023
Ringo Starr & more - Benefit Concert (for the Ed Asner Family Center) - Los Angeles, CA - September 9, 2023
The Zombies - Tour - North America - October 1-29, 2023
Billy Joel - Concert (Madison Square Garden) - New York City, NY - December 19, 2023
Newly-Announced Recordings:
(Band/Artist - Title - Format - Release Date)
Nils Lofgren - Won't Cry No More (For Charlie Watts) (single from "Mountains") - digital download, streaming - June 23, 2023
Paul Rodgers of Bad Company/Free - Living It Up (single from "Midnight Rose") - digital download, streaming - June 23, 2023
Wilson Pickett, Staples Singers, & more - Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos - CD, vinyl, digital download, streaming - June 23, 2023
Nils Lofgren - Mountains - CD, vinyl, digital download, streaming - July 21, 2023
Aerosmith - Greatest Hits - CD, vinyl, digital download, streaming - August 18, 2023
Beck, Bogert & Appice - Live In Japan 1973, Live In London 1974 - CD, vinyl - September 15, 2023
Willie Nelson - Bluegrass - CD, vinyl, digital download, streaming - September 15, 2023
Paul Rodgers of Bad Company/Free - Midnight Rose - CD, vinyl, digital download, streaming - September 22, 2023
(For more information about the above news items, please see below for a list of sources with links.)
BMG acquires the recording catalogue of influential British Rock and Pop band and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees, @holliesofficial.
— BMG News (@BMG_News) June 14, 2023
Read more: https://t.co/PR2UVHmrOb pic.twitter.com/BLcSmfrVDd
LYNYRD SKYNYRD's Final Show With GARY ROSSINGTON Coming To Big Screen In July https://t.co/zfxM2PC1KI pic.twitter.com/R0Ft46DPqr
— BLABBERMOUTH.NET (@BLABBERMOUTHNET) June 21, 2023
ONLY ON #CBSMORNINGS: Barry Gibb, Renee Fleming, Queen Latifah, Billy Crystal and Dionne Warwick are this year’s Kennedy Center Honorees. #KCHonors
— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) June 22, 2023
Watch the Kennedy Center Honors later this year on @CBS. pic.twitter.com/5eTgIGINKF
Paul Simon sells Simon & Garfunkel royalty rights to BMG https://t.co/4jt7MVsd04
— 95.7 The Lake (@957TheLake) June 22, 2023
