With four decades of hindsight, it occurs that Stevie Ray Vaughan’s popularity might well have continued to ascend if he were not battling his demons so furiously when making his third studio album.

AUSTIN, Texas — Stevie Ray Vaughan would have turned 71 years old on Friday, Oct. 3, had his life not been cut short in a helicopter crash in 1990. Vaughan grew up in Dallas at a time when – like many ...

On October 3, 2025, Dallas celebrated what would have been Stevie Ray Vaughan’s 71st birthday, 35 years after he died in a helicopter crash in 1990. The Oak Cliff native left a lasting mark on music ...

Stevie Nicks returned to active duty on Wednesday, Oct. 1, treating fans at Moda Center in Portland, Oregon, her first headlining concert of 2026, to a hit-filled journey through her catalog, ...

A rumor that circulated online in September and October 2025 claimed singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks organized a rock tour in memory of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot Sept. 10 ...

Stevie Nicks could never break the chain between her and Lindsey Buckingham. The Fleetwood Mac frontwoman shared a recently-discovered letter she wrote to her family in 1973 while she and the ...

Finally enjoying rerelease more than 50 years after its original debut, the “Buckingham Nicks” album is pure magic, a bright light in a fraught contemporary world sorely in need of hope. By the early ...

There’s a reason more than one person claimed Stevie Ray Vaughan reduced the stage to a pile of smoking cinders—his guitar didn’t just sing, it blazed. Too bad the same heat that fueled his music also ...

Eric Clapton was supposed to be on a helicopter 35 years ago on August 27, 1990, that killed Stevie Ray Vaughan. However, since Eric wanted to finish a cup of coffee, Vaughan took his seat instead and ...

Thirty-five years ago, Eric Clapton lost dear friend Stevie Ray Vaughan when the Texas blues legend's helicopter smashed into a Wisconsin hillside after the pals played a concert on August 27, 1990.