Hall & Oates: ‘Michael Jackson told me at Live Aid that “I Can’t Go For That” had inspired “Billie Jean”’

U2’s The Joshua Tree has been named the best album of the 1980s, beating records by Michael Jackson, Prince and Madonna.The 1987 album received the most votes in a poll conducted by BBC Radio 2, which urged listeners of Sounds of the 80s to name their favourite records of the decade.The Joshua Tree, U2’s fourth record, remains the fastest-selling album in British history, and features singles including “With or Without You” and “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”.Coming in second place

Eddie Van Halen fans have been paying tribute to the late Van Halen guitarist’s work on Michael Jackson‘s classic 1982 hit ‘Beat It’.The legendary guitarist, who passed away yesterday (October 6), previously revealed that when he got the call from ‘Thriller’ producer Quincy Jones, he thought it was a practical joke.“I went off on him. I went, ‘What do you want, you fucking so-and-so!,’” he told CNN in 2012.

Van Halen where he describes making Michael Jackson’s hit “Beat It” when the singer was briefly away from the studio, has resurfaced following his death from throat cancer on Tuesday.The musician’s son Wolfgang Van Halen announced on Twitter on Tuesday that the legendary guitarist had died at the age of 65, and wrote that he was “the best father I could ever ask for”.Van Halen was born in the Netherlands in 1955, but moved to California with his parents and his older brother Alex in 1962. He

Eddie Van Halen's death on Tuesday from a lengthy battle with cancer, the late rocker's friends and fellow musicians took to social media to remember the legendary musician and Van Halen founder.Van Halen, who founded his iconic eponymous rock group with brother Alex in 1972, is widely regarded as one of the most talented guitarists in rock history and was a consistent presence in the group through several hiatuses and lineup shifts.However, something casual fans might not know is that one of

NEW YORK -- Before Eddie Van Halen agreed to add a guitar break to Michael Jackson's “Beat It,” one of the most famous cameos in rock history, he had to be sure the phone call from producer Quincy Jones wasn't a practical joke.“I went off on him. I went, ‘What do you want, you f-ing so-and-so!,’” Van Halen told CNN in 2012, 30 years after he worked on the song.

Paris Hilton has revealed that she developed post-traumatic stress disorder after attending a boarding school as a teenager.Michael Jackson's daughter shared her story while supporting Paris Hilton amid the heiress' claims that she was abused while attending Provo Canyon School in Utah."I stand with @ParisHilton & all the survivors. #BreakingCodeSilence," Jackson, 22, wrote.

Madonna and Michael Jackson, the duo goofed their way through “the embarrassment” of music videos with blow-dried mullets and “absolutely no regard for our image”. So it comes as no surprise when Oates tells me he’s celebrating the billionth stream of the duo’s 1981 single “You Make My Dreams Come True” not with a hip party but with “some sort of a gluten-free vegetable pizza.

Blanket Jackson, 18, is rarely photographed in public, but on Sept. 27, the paparazzi caught him out and about. The teenager, who is Michael Jackson’s youngest son, was seen driving a black car in California. Although his face was a bit hard to make out behind the windows and camera lens, Blanket seemed relaxed as he took his car for a spin.

Paris Jackson is remembering two of her late friends.

Chance The Rapper has said Justin Bieber‘s forthcoming new album reminds him of Michael Jackson‘s classic LP ‘Off The Wall’.It comes after the pair shared their collaboration ‘Holy’ last week.In a quarantine-friendly livestream promoting the new track, the pair discussed Bieber’s follow up to his recent album ‘Changes’.