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Hollywood Vampires, featuring Alice Cooper, Joe Perry and Johnny Depp, have announced new spring 2019 U.S. tour dates. The shows kick off May 10 in Las Vegas and wrap May 18 in Indio, California.. ...Read Full Story

Slipknot are taking  their “Knotfest Roadshow” 2019 North American tour on the road this summer, featuring support from bands such as Volbeat, Gojira, and Behemoth.. ...Read Full Story

The Who guitarist Pete Townshend announced that his first novel, The Age of Anxiety, will be published on Nov. 5. He also said music connected with the story was being prepared for release.. ...Read Full Story

Keith Flint, lead singer of influential British dance-electronic band The Prodigy, was found dead Monday at his home near London, the band said. He was 49.. ...Read Full Story

Foreigner just released an extended video trailer previewing the March 15 reissue of their classic concert film, “Live At The Rainbow ’78,” which will be will be available on DVD, Blu-ray and digital video.. ...Read Full Story

Whitesnake are streaming audio of “Love Ain’t No Stranger as the latest preview to an upcoming series of 35th anniversary reissue of their 1984 classic, “Slide It In.”. ...Read Full Story

A special event celebrating what would have been late Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington’s 43rd birthday has sold out so a second show has been announced for the next night.. ...Read Full Story

Rock legends UFO are celebrating their 50th anniversary with a farewell tour.  The band announced the initial dates for the North American leg of the trek this week.  . ...Read Full Story

After releasing a preview, Queensryche have now dropped their new music video for their track “Blood Of The Levant”. The song comes from their forthcoming album “The Verdict”, which is set to hit stores this Friday, March 1st.. ...Read Full Story

Queen and Adam Lambert are featured in a new documentary set to air in North America this spring, called “The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story”  The 2-hour will capture Lambert and Queen’s journey since they first shared the stage together on American Idol in 2009.. ...Read Full Story

Rock bands Korn and Alice in Chains will co-headline a 2019 summer tour. The North American amphitheater tour will also feature special guest Underoath on all dates.. ...Read Full Story

For those unable to get to Las Vegas for Aerosmith’s Deuces Are Wild residency, you are now in luck. Following the conclusion of the first round of Vegas dates, the band will play 10 shows in three other casinos. Aerosmith will spend August playing three nights in Oxon Hill, Md., two in Atlantic City, N.J., and four in Springfield, Mass. . ...Read Full Story

The Offspring have completed recording their 10th studio album. The band’s upcoming album will be their first since Days Go By came out in 2012. Veteran producer Bob Rock (Metallica, Motley Crue) worked on the album, making his third straight album working with the Offspring.. ...Read Full Story

Following a sold-out show in Brooklyn on Friday, July 26, IRON MAIDEN have now confirmed a second night at Barclays Center on Saturday, July 27 on their “Legacy Of The Beast” tour. This latest date completes the final leg of the band’s tour in North America, and no further shows will be added.. ...Read Full Story

The first trailer for Dexter Fletcher’s Elton John biopic “Rocketman” debuted last week, and the movie is a homage to the music legend’s life story.. ...Read Full Story

Peter Frampton has revealed details of a debilitating health issue that is behind the timing of his newly-announced farewell tour. The guitarist was diagnosed with inclusion body myositis, a rare and incurable inflammatory condition which causes muscles to weaken slowly.. ...Read Full Story

System of a Down’s Daron Malakian has released a brand new video from Scars On Broadway, for the track “Guns Are Loaded” off the band’s latest album “Dictator.”. ...Read Full Story

The Rolling Stones have announced that they have recruited the Zac Brown Band to support them as special guests during a stop of their No Filter tour. The Zac Brown Band will be taking the stage before the Stones during the April 24th concert at the TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville, with will be the Rolling Stones first show in the city in almost three decades.. ...Read Full Story

On Wednesday, Steve Stricker was introduced as the 2020 U.S. Ryder Cup captain. Stricker has been an assistant captain three times and will be leading the United States in his home state of Wisconsin at Whistling Straits.. ...Read Full Story

Ozzy Osbourne announced that he has been forced to cancel the Australia, New Zealand and Japan legs of his final world tour.. ...Read Full Story

Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson have announced the latest leg of their ‘Twins of Evil’ tour, Hell Never Dies.. ...Read Full Story

After releasing a teaser yesterday, the full trailer for the film adaptation of Motley Crue’s The Dirt has just dropped.. ...Read Full Story

Imagine Dragons will perform at the Pro Football Hall of Fame to help kick off the NFL’s 100th season. The Hall announced Tuesday that the band will headline the Concert for Legends on August 4.. ...Read Full Story

Iron Maiden have announced the next round of albums in their digipak CD The Studio Collection – Remastered series will be released on March 22nd.. ...Read Full Story

This Sunday’s Academy Awards could be a big night for Queen. The biopic Bohemian Rhapsody is up for five awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Rami Malek.  And now it was announced the band, with Adam Lambert, will perform during the telecast.. ...Read Full Story

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers are sharing a previously unreleased song, called “For Real.” The new track will be featured on Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers: The Best Of Everything, a posthumous compilation of four decades of hits by Petty, who passed away in 2017 just one week after finishing the band’s 40th anniversary tour.. ...Read Full Story

Paul McCartney will release a limited deluxe Egypt Station Traveller’s Edition, for release May 10 on Capitol Records. . ...Read Full Story

Def Leppard have announced plans for a second Las Vegas residency, with the band headlining at the Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino beginning on August 14 through Sept. 7.. ...Read Full Story

Foo Fighters were forced to reschedule their the two-night grand opening of The Fillmore New Orleans (inside Harrah’s New Orleans casino) due to Dave Grohl’s surgery on his left arm.. ...Read Full Story

Whitesnake have previewed what will be the February 14 video release of “Shut Up & Kiss Me”, the lead single from their forthcoming album “Flesh And Blood.”. ...Read Full Story

Organizers of Record Store Day have announced that they have selected rock veterans Pearl Jam to be the ambassador for the annual event which will be taking place on April 13th.. ...Read Full Story

The Bizarre World of Frank Zappa hologram tour will include new music and former bandmates. The accompanying band will include Ray White, Mike Keneally, Scott Thunes, Robert Martin and Joe “Vaultmeister” Travers, along with guest turns by Steve Vai, Vinnie Colaiuta, Warren Cuccurullo, Ian Underwood, Napoleon Murphy Brock and others.. ...Read Full Story

Aerosmith have added 17 dates to Las Vegas residency, “Deuces are Wild,” at Park Theater at Park MGM, from Sept. 21 through Dec. 4. The new set of shows brings the total number of Aerosmith dates at the theater this year to 35.. ...Read Full Story

Heart have reunited after three years for a huge summer 2019 tour, featuring Joan Jett and Sheryl Crow. The 39-city Love Alive tour will begin on July 9 in St. Louis, with stops in Chicago, Houston and Atlanta before wrapping up on Sept. 9 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. Brandi Carlile will also join Heart on select dates, and Elle King or Lucie Silvas will also serve as opening acts on various dates.. ...Read Full Story

At last night’s Grammy Awards, the late Chris Cornell won a posthumous Grammy for Best Rock Performance for his  “When Bad Does Good.”   Cornell beat out fellow nominees Arctic Monkeys (“Four Out of Five”), The Fever 333 (“Made an America”), Greta Van Fleet (“Highway Tune”) and Halestorm (“Uncomfortable”).. ...Read Full Story

Live Nation has announced the details for their 2019 Ticket to Rock program, confirming tours will be coming this summer from Slipknot, Korn, Breaking Benjamin and various other top-tier rock and metal groups. . ...Read Full Story

Aerosmith will be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 14, according to an announcement by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. . ...Read Full Story

Ozzy Osbourne has been admitted to hospital due to flu complications. His wife Sharon Osbourne shared an update about the singer’s health on Twitter on Wednesday.. ...Read Full Story

Electro-rock band The Prodigy have announced their first U.S. tour in over 10 years. . ...Read Full Story

Longtime Yes frontman Jon Anderson will release his first solo album since 2011, titled 1,000 Hands, due out on March 31. The album will featuring Yes bandmates Steve Howe, Alan White and the late Chris Squire. . ...Read Full Story

Shinedown spent much of last year on tour with Godsmack in support of their latest studio album “Attention, Attention.” Now, Brent Smith and company have announced a new round of summer amphitheater tour dates, beginning June 21 in The Woodlands, Texas, and running through July 27 in Ridgefield, Virginia. Badflower, Dinosaur Pile-Up and Broken Hands will open for Shinedown on the tour.. ...Read Full Story

Ghost’s Tobias Forge has revealed new album plans for 2020. After the extensive touring scheduled for 2019, Forge wants to get back in the studio by early 2020 and release Ghost’s fifth album before the year is over.. ...Read Full Story

Slash and his bandmates, Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators, will return to the U.S. for another leg of their “Living the Dream” tour. Slash issued his fourth solo album (and third with Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators) last September. Living the Dream has already yielded the singles “Driving Rain,” “Mind Your Manners” and “My Antidote.”. ...Read Full Story

Foo Fighters have postponed a duo of shows this month due to an injury to an undisclosed member of band.  The cancelled New Orleans gigs scheduled for Feb. 15 and 16 will be rescheduled to May 15 and 16. Foo Fighters released the following statement on Monday, February 4: . ...Read Full Story

The Beatles officially broke up in 1970; however there were several signs alluding to their impending end, including a harsh letter to Paul’s lawyer signed by John, George and Ringo. That letter can now be yours, for the high price of $325K.. ...Read Full Story

On Saturday, the Foo Fighters performed a special concert in Atlanta as part of the festivities leading up to the Super Bowl. The show saw special guest appearances by among others, Queen’s Roger Taylor.. ...Read Full Story

The Who have announced a July 6th show at London’s Wembley Stadium where they’ll be joined by a lineup that includes Eddie Vedder, the Kaiser Chiefs, and more to be announced.. ...Read Full Story

Rumors of a new AC/DC album have been circulating over the past year, and drummer Phil Rudd and vocalist Brian Johnson were seen together at a studio. Now it seems that Johnson has confirmed there’s a new album and he’s definitely a part of it.  When asked about the rumors of him being on the new AC/DC album and he said “Yes” and that he is ” Sick of denying it”. . ...Read Full Story

Black Label Society has also announced that they will be hitting the road for the 20 Years of Sonic Brewtality Tour with two shows in each market. The tour will be launching to support the “reimaged” reissue of their 1999 debut “Sonic Brew” which will include two new bonus tracks, a full band/piano version of “Spoke In The Wheel” and an acoustic version of “Black Pearl.”. ...Read Full Story

John Mayer will be busy this summer. Following a 19-date run as part of Dead & Company, he will be launching a 27-date North American solo tour.. ...Read Full Story

Greta Van Fleet bassist Sam Kiszka revealed that the band are planning to release their second album during 2019, adding that he was certain they would “grow musically” in the process.. ...Read Full Story

Ozzy Osbourne has called off the first four U.K. dates of his European “No More Tours 2” farewell tour due to a case of the flu. The cancellation announcement came from Judas Priest, who were set to open for Ozzy on the tour, scheduled to kick-off January 30 in Dublin, Ireland.. ...Read Full Story

Tool drummer Danny Carey said that the band’s new album will be released in mid-April. At the NAMM show in Anaheim this week, Carey said, “It’s coming out in mid-April. That’s the plan anyways.” . ...Read Full Story

Blink-182 vocalist / bassist Mark Hoppus and All Time Low frontman Alex Gaskarth have teamed up for a new project that they call “Simple Creatures.”. ...Read Full Story

Last Sunday night, artists gathered at The Forum in Los Angeles to pay tribute to Chris Cornell. Members of Soundgarden, Audioslave, Temple Of The Dog, Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam, Jane’s Addiction, Melvins, Queens Of The Stone Age, Black Sabbath and more took to the stage to honor Cornell who died in May 2017 at the age of 52.. ...Read Full Story

Weezer just surprised fans by dropping a new covers album “The Teal Album” on Thursday, ahead of their planned release of their “Black Album” set for March 1.. ...Read Full Story

In This Moment just revealed 10 new tour dates for 2019, and they’ll be bringing along Sevendust, Light the Torch and Hyde on the newly announced May performances. . ...Read Full Story

Insane Clown Posse are back with two new albums on the horizon. The duo will release their new album Fearless Fred Fury on Feb. 15. Fans that buy a physical copy of the effort will be rewarded with a one-time use promo code to download another LP Flip the Rat. Fearless Fred Fury is two years in the making and is the follow-up to 2015’s The Marvelous Missing Link: Found. . ...Read Full Story