IN THE NEWS:
The Isle of Wight Festival in the south U.K. has cranked up its classic rock offerings with the addition of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers to the 2012 lineup.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have tacked more dates on to the European portion of their 2012 world tour, with U.S. stops to be announced soon.
E Street Band guitarist "Little Steven" Van Zandt says Bruce Springsteen and the remainder of the group plan to meet soon to discuss how they'll go forward without iconic saxophonist Clarence Clemons.
The fourth annual edition of Record Store Day -- during which about 700 independent record stores across the U.S. celebrate their continued, against-all-odds existence -- is set for Saturday (4/16), and as usual there are plenty of reasons to seek out a local shop.
Max Weinberg, longtime drummer for Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band and the musical director of Conan O'Brien's late-night shows for the past 17 years, says family and recent open-heart surgery influenced his decision not to join O'Brien on his new TBS late-night show, "Conan."
