New Year’s Day 1983 did not arrive for Tina Turner with celebration or optimism. There were no champagne toasts, no grand plans announced to the world. Instead, the year opened…
On New Year’s Eve 2018, as New York prepared for its familiar explosion of noise and countdown rituals, Neil Diamond experienced the moment differently. For the first time in decades,…
New Year’s Day 1982 arrived in Jamaica without celebration in its heart. For the first time in living memory, the country stepped into a new year without Bob Marley—and the…
On New Year’s Day 1974, while much of Los Angeles was nursing hangovers and greeting a fresh calendar with optimism, David Cassidy spent the morning in relative isolation. There were…
On New Year’s Eve 1981, while London celebrated with fireworks and packed clubs, the members of the Bay City Rollers were scattered—physically and emotionally. There was no group countdown, no…
Neil Diamond has never been a conventional love-song writer. He didn’t idealize romance or paint love as flawless and eternal. Instead, he treated love as something learned over time—through mistakes,…
Throughout his six-decade career, Tom Jones has recorded countless powerful performances. Yet “Letter To Lucille” stands apart as one of his most quietly revealing songs — a track that feels…
In the 1980s, during a period when Neil Diamond’s concerts were drawing some of the largest and most loyal audiences of his career, a single recurring onstage moment sparked an…
In the late 1990s, as Shania Twain dominated charts, sold out arenas, and redefined crossover success, an unexpected tension followed her behind closed doors. At the very moment her fame…
In the 1990s, as Neil Diamond stood before sold-out arenas across the United States, delivering performances that appeared effortless and assured, he carried a private fear that rarely surfaced in…