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Foo Fighters, Alice Cooper Lead Special Aerosmith Event At 2020 MusiCares

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The Foo Fighters and Alice Cooper lead the performance lineup who will be paying tribute to Aerosmith as the 2020 MusiCares Person of the Year. The special tribute concert will be taking place on January 24th and Greg Phillinganes will be acting as music director where the band will be recognized for “their considerable philanthropic efforts over five decades and undeniable impact on American music history.”. ...Read Full Story

Five Finger Death Punch Drop New Video For ‘Inside Out’

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Five Finger Death Punch have dropped a new music video for ‘Inside Out’. The single is the first to be taken from the band’s forthcoming album ‘F8’, set for release on February 28, 2020. FFDP also recently announced a full US tour alongside I Prevail and Papa Roach which is set to kick off in Sunrise, Florida on April 8. The band were forced to cancel the final three dates of their current run earlier this week to allow guitarist Jason Hook to recover from gallbladder surgery.. ...Read Full Story

Peter Frampton Announces 2020 UK Farewell Tour

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Peter Frampton has announced dates for a farewell tour of the UK. The spring 2020 series will begin in Edinburgh on May 24, and see the guitarist hit Nottingham, Manchester and Cardiff before wrapping the run up at London’s Royal Albert Hall on May 31 and heading to Europe for more concerts, including new stops in Paris and Brussels.. ...Read Full Story

Sevendust’s Morgan Rose Undergoing Surgery

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Sevendust drummer Morgan Rose took to social media over the weekend to update fans on his medical condition, as well as sharing that he is undergoing surgery. The band announced earlier this week that they have been forced to pull out of a tour with Alter Bridge and Shinedown after a doctor ordered that Rose was unable to leave the country.. ...Read Full Story

Foo Fighters Cover Pink Floyd Classic On New EP

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On the latest EP from the The Foo Fighters’s ongoing archive series, the band covers the 1975 Pink Floyd classic, “Have A Cigar,” which is one of five tracks on the newly-issued 01999925.  On the EP, the band revisits material recorded during sessions for their 1999 album, There Is Nothing Left To Lose. The project also includes performances of “Ain’t It The Life” and “Floaty” from a November 1999 live studio session in the Netherlands. . ...Read Full Story

Queen’s Brian May Recovering From Leg Surgery

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Queen guitarist Brian May shared via social media that he underwent surgery on his leg on December 2nd, reporting that he is “feeling good.” On his Instagram page, May posted a picture with the following message, “I’m done! After a snip to my calf muscle, I’m feeling good! The theory is that it will release the excess tension in my Achilles’ tendon and get me out of a painful heel situation I’ve been in for many months. I had the problem all through our last tour of the USA – and although adrenaline got me through, my running around was severely curtailed, and there were a couple of nights when I really couldn’t move at all around the stage (nobody noticed, it seems! =).. ...Read Full Story

Slayer Play Final Show Of Their Farewell Tour

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Slayer played the very last show of their “The Final Campaign” farewell tour on November 30th at the Forum in Inglewood, Ca. The concert was the second of their hometown farewell shows in the Los Angeles area, with the band ending their tour career with a performance of “Angel Of Death” and Tom Araya saying goodbye to fans.. ...Read Full Story

Pink Floyd Share Live Video From Upcoming Box Set

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Pink Floyd are streaming live video of their 1987 track, “Sorrow”, taken from the 2019 remix of their 1988 album, “Delicate Sound Of Thunder.” The video is of the band during a sold-out, five-night stand as part of the “A Momentary Lapse Of Reason” world tour at the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island, NY, where they played before more than 71,000 fans while earning almost 1.8 million at the box office.. ...Read Full Story

Reunited Heart Plans New Music After Successful Tour

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Led by sisters Nancy Wilson and Ann Wilson the band Heart returned in 2019.  Now, they have plans for new music in 2020. Nancy Wilson said in an interview that “I’ve got a lot of song ideas in my head and in my notes on my phone, and [I’ve been] singing into my phone. So I think that new Heart material would be really great, because the last album we did was Beautiful Broken, [where] we kind of redid some of our favorite [songs from Heart’s catalog].”. ...Read Full Story

The Who Release New Song “I Don’t Wanna Get Wise”

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The Who have released “I Don’t Wanna Get Wise,” the third single from their upcoming album Who.  The legendary band also shared new information about the four bonus tracks that will be found on the Deluxe Edition: “This Gun Will Misfire” and “Danny & His Ponies” (which were written and recorded specifically for Who) as well as “Got Nothing to Prove” and “Sand” (which are demos from the mid-’60s that they finally completed).. ...Read Full Story

Tesla Announce US Tour Dates In 2020

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TESLA has announced several new concerts in early 2020, kicking off a run of dates on February 14 in Pensacola, Florida and wrap things up on February 26 in Houston, Texas. They will also play three dates in late April.  The band is continuing to tour in support of Shock”, which was released in March and is the follow-up to 2014’s “Simplicity.”. ...Read Full Story

Bryan Adams Releases ‘Christmas’ EP

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Rocker Bryan Adams has just released his “Christmas EP” just in time for the holiday season. The 5-track release features Adams’ original “Joe And Mary”, a new recording of “Must Be Santa,” made famous by Bob Dylan, along with “Christmas Time,” “Reggae Christmas” and “Merry Christmas.”. ...Read Full Story

The Allman Betts Band Confirm Lineup For Third Annual Allman Family Revival

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The Allman Betts Band have confirmed the lineup for their third annual Allman Family Revival shows in celebration of Gregg Allman’s Birthday.  The Allman Family Reunion will be make stops on Dec. 8 at The Mission Ballroom in Denver, finishing up on Dec. 28 at The Beacon Theater in New York City. Led by Devon Allman and Duane Betts, the band has expanded the celebratory event from just one show in San Francisco (Dec. 7) to three shows.. ...Read Full Story

The Black Crowes Reuniting For “Shake Your Money Maker” 30th Anniversary Tour

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The Black Crowes are reuniting to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their 1990 debut album ‘Shake Your Money Maker.”  Posters advertising an upcoming reunion tour next year have begun circulating on electronic billboards in New York, showing dates for shows at New Jersey’s PNC Bank Arts Center on July 17 and New York’s Jones Beach Theater on July 18.. ...Read Full Story

My Chemical Romance Announce More Live Shows To Follow Their Reunion Concert

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My Chemical Romance revealed at the end of October that they would be reuniting for a December 20 performance at Los Angeles’ Shrine Expo Hall. Now it turns out that the Los Angeles show isn’t the only one My Chemical Romance has planned: The group has announced a handful of international tour dates for 2020. In March, the group will perform three dates in Australia (including two at the Download Festival), as well as a date at Tokyo’s Download Festival.. ...Read Full Story