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The Kinks have unveiled full details about the expanded 50th anniversary reissue of their 1970 concept album Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One, which will be released on December 18. The deluxe-edition box set featuring three CDs, including a remastered stereo mix of the original album, alternate mixes and versions of songs, B-sides, session tapes, live performances, BBC recordings, and demos and medleys offering new conversations between Kinks members Ray and Dave Davies.. ...Read Full Story

Over the weekend, Foo Fighters took to the stage to play a special five-song acoustic set for virtual benefit event Save Our Stages at Los Angeles’ iconic Troubadour. The benefit raised money and awareness for struggling independent venues across America.. ...Read Full Story

Five Finger Death Punch have confirmed the departure of guitarist Jason Hook and announced his replacement. In a lengthy message on Instagram the band reveal that they parted ways with Jason back in February on their European tour after he had to miss some shows for emergency gall bladder surgery. He has been replaced by Andy James, who played those shows that Jason missed and also plays on ‘Broken World’, one of the previously unreleased songs that appears on the band’s latest greatest hits compilation ‘A Decade of Destruction, Volume 2’.. ...Read Full Story

Bring Me The Horizon will be giving fans more new material as part of a nine-song EP, Post Human: Survival Horror. The band posted the news in a Tweet, simply captioned: “POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR 30/10/20” and will include collaborations with BABYMETAL, Evanescence’s Amy Lee and Nova Twins.. ...Read Full Story

The Smashing Pumpkins are teasing their highly anticipated eleventh studio album ‘CYR’ with two brand new tracks ‘Anno Satana’ and ‘Birch Grove,’ ahead of their Friday, November 27 20-track double album release.. ...Read Full Story

Metallica have announced that they will playing a special acoustic concert for their second All Within My Hands: Helping Hands Concert and Auction next month. The pay-per-view event will be streamed live from the Metallica HQ on Saturday, November 14th at 2:00pm Pacific with the proceeds benefiting the band’s charity.. ...Read Full Story

Green Day have announced that they will be releasing a 25th anniversary reissue of their fourth studio album ‘Insomniac,’ which was first released on October 10, 1995. Insomniac peaked at Number Two on the Billboard 200 chart and features the singles ‘Stuck With Me,’ ‘Walking Contradiction’ and ‘Geek Stink Breath.’. ...Read Full Story

Ozzy Osbourne’s No More Tours II tour has already been rescheduled twice, but his wife Sharon has confirmed that Ozzy has new dates booked for 2022.  . ...Read Full Story

TRIVIUM have announced “The Deepest Cuts II,” the second and final installment in the band’s series of free, single cam live-stream shows that broadcast from their rehearsal room in Orlando, Florida. The performance is scheduled for Saturday, October 24 at 3pm ET and will stream on front-man/guitarist Matt Heafy’s Twitch channel.. ...Read Full Story

Tool’s Maynard James Keenan has shared that he is still suffering with lung damage and “dealing with the residual effects” of having COVID-19.  Keenan contracted coronavirus back in late February.. ...Read Full Story

Whitesnake frontman David Coverdale says in a new interview that he is “healing nicely” after his recent bilateral inguinal hernia surgery, which he says wasn’t safe for a man of his age to undergo.. ...Read Full Story

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong launched a weekly cover series called “No Fun Mondays” to help pass the time during lockdown. Now, all of those renditions are being collected on a full-length album of the same name.. ...Read Full Story

The White Stripes have announced their first-ever greatest hits compilation, titled The White Stripes Greatest Hits (with the message “My Sister Thanks You and I Thank You” printed on the cover) The compilation is due out December 4th.. ...Read Full Story

Guns N’ Roses have launched their own pinball machine based on the band’s ‘Not In This Lifetime’ tour. The new machine is available in three editions and was designed in conjunction with guitarist Slash.  You can take a look at a video clip of the new machine here.. ...Read Full Story

The Kills have announced a new rarities album called Little Bastards. The 20-song compilation includes B-sides and demos that the duo of Jamie Hince Alison Mosshart made from 2002 through to 2009. The Kills’ last studio LP was 2016’s Ash & Ice.. ...Read Full Story

A documentary film about the making of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s upcoming album Letter to You is coming to Apple TV+ this month. . ...Read Full Story

Heart guitarist Nancy Wilson has announced plans to release her debut solo album early next year. Nancy said in a post on Instagram: “There have been so many times I was asked about when I would ever put out a solo album. Well, the time is now. Having been unable to tour and having spent so much time at home has made a good space for creating new music.”. ...Read Full Story

Linkin Park have announced that they will holding a special online event this coming Friday, October 9th that will include a Q&A with bandmembers and the debut stream of a classic concert performance.. ...Read Full Story

Alice In Chains will be honored with a Founders Award by the Museum Of Pop Culture during its annual fundraising event that will be held on December 1st. The nonprofit institution based in Seattle is recognizing the work of band, who were formed in 1987 and have sold more than 30 million records worldwide.. ...Read Full Story

An unreleased version of The Doors 1970 classic, “Roadhouse Blues”is available for streaming, as the latest preview to the expanded deluxe 50th anniversary edition of “Morrison Hotel” which is set for release on October 9.. ...Read Full Story

The 40th Annual John Lennon Tribute, featuring previously unseen and newly recorded performances from Jackson Browne, Patti Smith, Natalie Merchant, Taj Mahal, Rosanne Cash, Bettye LaVette and more, can be viewed online beginning on Lennon’s birthday, Oct. 9 at 7 p.m. ET.. ...Read Full Story

Grandstand Media announced the release of the second edition of the compilation album, Good Music to Avert the Collapse of American Democracy. The 77-track album is made up of never-before-heard new songs, covers, remixes, live versions and unreleased demos. from artists like Pearl Jam, David Byrne, Yoko Ono, Mark Ronson, Cold War Kids, John Prine, Shakey Graves, Margo Price, My Morning Jacket, Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, Flume and many more.  You can see the full track list in the link below.. ...Read Full Story

Neil Young has announced Return To Greendale, a live album and concert film from his 2003 tour centering around his 25th studio record Greendale.. ...Read Full Story

After teasing fans with videos and posters,  AC/DC have confirmed their current line-up with a picture posted on social media, featuring several returning members. Joining lead guitarist Angus Young and rhythm guitarist Stevie Young, frontman Brian Johnson, bassist Cliff Williams and drummer Phil Rudd have all confirmed their places within AC/DC in 2020.. ...Read Full Story

Metallica are continuing to give back via their All Within My Hands Foundation. The band have just announced another donation with AWMH, giving $250,000 to five organizations who are currently battling the Californian wildfires.. ...Read Full Story

The talk show Two Minutes To Late Night, an ongoing quarantine cover series, has enlisted Mastodon’s Brann Dailor, Russian Circles’ Mike Sullivan, Justin Suitor of Painted Wives and Cave In’s Stephen Brodsky to take on Alice in Chains’ 1992 cut “Rain When I Die.”. ...Read Full Story

Elton John has announced the list of rescheduled North American dates for his global farewell tour, just months after they were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.. ...Read Full Story

All Time Low have confirmed the details of Basement Noise, a series of five unique livestream events filmed back in July in Nashville. One event will see the band playing their latest album ‘Wake Up, Sunshine’ and the other four will be a setlist chosen by each member of the band. The dates for each stream are as follows:. ...Read Full Story

Static-X have released a music video for their song Dead Souls off their “Project Regeneration Volume 1” album.  Dead Souls features guest vocals from Ministry’s Al Jorgensen.. ...Read Full Story

Linkin Park’s debut album, “Hybrid Theory”, has hit a new milestone in the United States. The project has officially been certified 12 times platinum by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) for US sales in excess of 12 million copies.. ...Read Full Story

Deftones are asking fans to benefit two charities by ‘adopting the dots’ on their forthcoming studio album “Ohms”, which will be released today, September 25th.  Fans have been invited to take part in the ‘Adopt-a-Dot’ campaign where they can adopt one (or more) of the 12,995 dots and upload their photo to be part of the album cover.. ...Read Full Story

Eric Clapton is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Derek & The Dominos’ legendary album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, with a new box set. The 4LP vinyl box will feature the original double album tracks remastered as “half-speed” by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios.. ...Read Full Story

Michael Stipe, Patti Smith, Joan Baez, Cyndi Lauper, Stella McCartney, Tony Hawk, and Micah Nelson, along with many artists and activists worldwide, have recorded a socially distant version of “People Have the Power” to honor the sixth anniversary of non-profit group Pathway to Paris.. ...Read Full Story

Smashing Pumpkins have officially announced the details surrounding their new album, Cyr.. ...Read Full Story

Fall Out Boy and Weezer competed against each other on an recent episode of Celebrity Family Feud. The episode aired directly ahead of the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards, hosted by Family Feud mainstay Steve Harvey. To round out the teams, actor Seth Green joined Fall Out Boy, while music producer Suzy Shinn joined the Weezer team.. ...Read Full Story

Fans are hoping for official news of an AC/DC comeback after images that seemed to be taken from a new video shoot were apparently posted on the band’s official website, before being removed.. ...Read Full Story

After releasing their single “Do What You Can” back in July, Bon Jovi and Jennifer Nettles have reunited for a country take on the track. The newly released music video includes additional footage “dedicated to everyday heroes fighting to rise about this pandemic.” You can view the video: here. Bon Jovi and Nettles previously collaborated on the band’s single “Who Says You Can’t Go Home” from their 2005 album Have a Nice Day. . ...Read Full Story

Bret Michaels has been named as the official 2020 Ambassador for the 10th Annual World College Radio Day, which is happening worldwide on Friday, October 2th, 2020.. ...Read Full Story

The legendary metal group Deftones shared their latest single “Genesis” from their forthcoming album Ohms, which is set to b released on Sept. 25. The new song follows the release of the album’s title track last month.. ...Read Full Story

Chris Cornell’s widow Vicki posted on the late singer’s Instagram page to share a previously unreleased clip of the original version of “Only These Words” to celebrate their daughter Toni’s 16th birthday.. ...Read Full Story

A new live music film, “Stevie Nicks 24 Karat Gold The Concert”, is coming to the big screen next month.  The film captures the singer on a 2016-2017 tour in support of her 2014 collection, “24 Karat Gold: Songs From The Vault” and mixes solo hits and Fleetwood Mac classics.  You can check out the trailer for the film: here.. ...Read Full Story

Metallica, Dave Matthews and Friends, and the Beastie Boys final performance are just three of the major acts that will be part of the Bonnaroo festival’s Virtual ROO-ALITY, a free three-night live YouTube broadcast.. ...Read Full Story

Ozzy Osbourne is celebrating the 40th anniversary of his debut album, Blizzard of Ozz, with a new expanded edition. The expanded Blizzard of Ozz arrives this Friday, September 18th on digital platforms. In addition to the original album and previously available bonus tracks (1980 B-side “You Looking at Me, Looking at You”, the 2010 guitar/vocal mix of “Goodbye to Romance”, and Randy Rhoads instrumental outtake “RR”), the expanded edition includes seven live tracks from the Blizzard of Ozz tour that were previously unavailable digitally. Six of the live cuts are from 2012’s Ozzy Live vinyl release, including the rare track “You Said It All,”  originally included on the Mr. Crowley EP. . ...Read Full Story

Staind frontman Aaron Lewis and Godsmack lead singer Sully Erna have announced that they are teaming up to launch The American Drive-In Tour, scheduled to kick off on October 1st in Wichita, KS at the Starlite Drive-In and wrap-up on November 1st in Del Mar, Ca at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. . ...Read Full Story

The classic Fleetwood Mac hit “You Make Loving Fun” has been given a metal makeover by current and former members of Megadeth, Mastodon, Baroness, Lucifer, Cave In and more. The remake was recorded in quarantine for the online heavy metal talk show “Two Minutes To Late Night” and features former Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman, Mastodon’s Bill Kelliher, Lucifer’s Johanna Sadonis and Nicke Andersson, Baroness’ Nick Jost, Cave In’s Stephen Brodsky and more.. ...Read Full Story

Eddie Vedder has just shared his new single, “Cartography” and has released two versions of the track.. ...Read Full Story

Following their epic drum battle that went viral, Dave Grohl has written a theme song for his talented drumming opponent, 10-year-old internet sensation Nandi Bushell.. ...Read Full Story

Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine discussed the advice Iron Maiden‘s Bruce Dickinson gave him following his 2019 cancer diagnosis. In a new interview published by Forbes, Mustaine discussed the chat that the two heavy metal musicians had shortly after Mustaine was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2019.. ...Read Full Story

U2 have announced a series of expanded 20th anniversary reissues of their 2000 album, “All That You Can’t Leave Behind.”. ...Read Full Story

Disturbed have unveiled a new cover of the Sting classic, If I Ever Lose My Faith In You, and have also released a video for their version of the classic track.. ...Read Full Story

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have announced a new album, Letter To You, will be released October 23rd via Columbia Records.  Springsteen also unveiled the album’s lead single and title track, along with a lyric video starring him and the E Street Band.. ...Read Full Story

The late Rush drummer Neil Peart will be honored this Saturday with a tribute concert featuring famous musicians such as Mike Portnoy, Carl Palmer, Stewart Copeland, Taylor Hawkins, Chad Smith and more.. ...Read Full Story

Metallica’s new live album, “S&M2”, has debuted in the Top 5 on the Billboard U.S. album chart.  S&M2 entered the Billboard 200 at No. 4 with first week sales of 56,000 equivalent album units earned, of which album sales total 53,000, and SEA units equal 3,000 (translating to 3.6 million on-demand streams of the album’s tracks in the tracking week.). ...Read Full Story

Lamb of God have announced two livestream events, with the band playing full-albums live from their hometown of Richmond, Virginia. The first event is is scheduled for Friday, September 18th, where the band will perform the songs from their self-titled album, which was released in June. The second livestream event, on Friday, September 25, will see the group play their classic 2004 album, Ashes of the Wake, in its entirety for the first time ever.. ...Read Full Story

The Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl and AC/DC vocalist Brian Johnson have taken part in a documentary where they’ll discuss their lives and careers. . ...Read Full Story

The Rolling Stones are streaming a lyric video for “All The Rage”, from the expanded reissues of their 1973 album, “Goats Head Soup.”. ...Read Full Story

Judas Priest will commemorate their 50th anniversary with the publication of an official photo book this December.. ...Read Full Story

The Who are premiering previously-unreleased video highlights from a 2006 performance in Switzerland on the last two episodes of their weekly virtual concert series, Join Together @ Home:. ...Read Full Story

Legendary rock icons Yes have announced that they will be releasing their new album, “The Royal Affair Tour, Live From Las Vegas,” in various formats on October 2nd. The album was recorded during the band’s July 26,2019 stop on The Royal Affair Tour at Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel and will be released digitally, as a CD digi sleeve with a 12-page booklet and 2LP gatefold vinyl with 12″ booklet.. ...Read Full Story