>Neil Diamond records charity song for Boston
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Neil Diamond visited Boston in the days following the marathon bombings and left convinced he should do something to help. "I was moved by the unity and the attitude of the...
View ArticleNeil Diamond records charity single 'Freedom Song' for Boston
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Neil Diamond visited Boston in the days following the marathon bombings and left convinced he should do something to help. "I was moved by the unity and the attitude of the...
View ArticleNeil Diamond to unveil Boston charity track The Freedom Song
Neil Diamond visited Boston in the days following the marathon bombings and left convinced he should do something to help. "I was moved by the unity and the attitude of the people in Boston," Diamond...
View ArticleNeil Diamond records charity song for Boston
Neil Diamond visited Boston in the days following the marathon bombings and left convinced he should do something to help. “I was moved by the unity and the attitude of the people in Boston,” Diamond...
View ArticleNeil Diamond pens Boston anthem
Neil Diamond hoped to raise Boston’s spirits with an impromptu April 20 appearance at Fenway Park. He didn’t expect Boston’s brave reaction to the marathon bombings would inspire him so intensely. On...
View ArticleQ&A: Neil Diamond on His New 'Freedom Song' and His Ultimate Baseball Dream
Neil Diamond has been focused on writing new material that he hopes to have out next year, he tells Rolling Stone – and it comes at an urgent time for him. Like so many, Diamond was angered and...
View ArticleAerosmith Drop Live DVD, Plot Solo Projects for 2014
Aerosmith headed to Japan in November 2011 with more than a little trepidation. A devastating earthquake and tsunami in March of that year led to a nuclear disaster that caused many bands to cancel...
View ArticleDavid Lynch on Chasing His Muse for New Album 'The Big Dream'
David Lynch doesn't want you to call him a musician. He's a renowned filmmaker and self-taught improviser on electric guitar, a slasher and basher of strange riffs he can never quite repeat again....
View ArticleSticky Wickets
Let's be honest, there haven't been too many songs written about cricket down the years. Dreadlock Holiday by 10cc features the famous refrain "I don't like cricket, no no, I love it."; The Who's 'I'm...
View ArticleBaseball celebrates Fourth at the ballpark
Neil Diamond gestures to the crowd after singing the "Freedom Song (They'll Never Take Us Down)" at Nationals Park. (AP) Patriotism was on display throughout Major League Baseball on Thursday, as...
View ArticleNeil Diamond gave a special gift and brought back a memory at a Capitol 4th
As a very introspective teen it was a joke it seemed to have a mother taken away so early in life and although an only brother was there to comfort and guide, the loss of a mother leaves a void that...
View ArticleNeil Diamond to debut song for Boston Marathon victims on July 4
Neil Diamond will take the stage at America's National Independence Day concert on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol this July 4 to premier his new song dedicated to the victims of the Boston Marathon...
View ArticleDiamond performs for July 4 crowd in D.C. (Washington Nationals)
(Source: Washington Nationals) WASHINGTON -- Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline" has forever linked him to Boston, where fans at Fenway Park sing the hit song during the eighth inning of every game. But...
View ArticleDiamond performs for July 4 crowd in D.C.
WASHINGTON -- Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline" has forever linked him to Boston, where fans at Fenway Park sing the hit song during the eighth inning of every game. But it was at Nationals Park where...
View ArticleNeil Diamond's 'Freedom Song' will ring out
Story Highlights The music icon will perform the song on the PBS special 'A Capitol Fourth'All of the single's proceeds benefit the Boston One Fund and the Wounded Warriors ProjectHe describes tune as...
View Article>Exit Sandman: Rivera gets solo bow as AL beats NL
NEW YORK (AP) — The great ones get the stage to themselves. Mariano Rivera was held in the bullpen out in right-center field until Neil Diamond had sung the final words of "Sweet Caroline" in the...
View ArticleRivera gets solo bow as AL wins All-Star Game
The great ones get the stage to themselves. Mariano Rivera was held in the bullpen out in right-center field until Neil Diamond had sung the final words of "Sweet Caroline" in the middle of the eighth...
View ArticleIndependence Day: Earning the freedom to BBQ
Related Columns WASHINGTON, July 8, 2013 – Independence Day 2013 is now but a memory. It is Monday and it is back to work. American independence from British rule should be celebrated with pomp and...
View ArticleAbout That Mariano Rivera Lovefest…
By JASON FRY The Mets hosted the All-Star Game for just the second time in their history Tuesday, giving downtrodden fans like me the rare chance to see Citi Field full of people and our franchise in...
View ArticleChuck Klosterman on His New Book, 'I Wear The Black Hat'
When analyzing pop culture, Chuck Klosterman makes broad strokes. In his 2003 New York Times bestselling work Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto, the renowned author wrote: Coldplay...
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