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  • Pete Townshend updates fans on possible new Who album: ‘Roger wants to give it a try’
    (L-R) Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend of The Who perform onstage during the 2025 Backyard Concert supporting Teen Cancer America and the UCLA Health Center at a private residence on October 03, 2025 in Pacific Palisades, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for BC)It sounds like fans of The Who...Read more
    Date: 6 hours ago
  • Todd Rundgren announces summer tour
    : Todd Rundgren performs onstage during a concert at Cosmopolite Scene on November 05, 2025 in Oslo, Norway. (Photo by Per Ole Hagen/Getty Images)Todd Rundgren is hitting the road this summer.The rocker has announced dates for the Damned If I Do Tour, which kicks off June 11 in St. Charles, Illinois....Read more
    Date: 7 hours ago
  • On This Day, March 25, 2001: Bob Dylan wins an Academy Award
    On This Day, March 25, 2001 …Bob Dylan won an Academy Award for best original song for “Things Have Changed,” from the Michael Douglas/Tobey Maguire movie Wonder Boys.The category also featured songs from Sting, Björk, Randy Newman and others.Dylan was not at the ceremony to accept the award in person...Read more
    Date: 8 hours ago
  • 'Wild Thing,' 'Angel of the Morning' songwriter Chip Taylor dead at 86
    Singer/songwriter Chip Taylor onstage during An Evening With Chip Taylor at The GRAMMY Museum on August 20, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mark Sullivan/Getty Images)Chip Taylor, songwriter of such hits as “Wild Thing” and “Angel of the Morning,” has died at the age of 86. The news was confirmed...Read more
    Date: 9 hours ago
  • KISS guitarist Ace Frehley’s most used guitar headed for auction
    Ace Frehley’s Les Paul guitar (Courtesy of Julien's Auctions)Personal items from the late KISS guitarist Ace Frehley are among the pieces of memorabilia up for sale at Julien’s Auctions upcoming Music Icons auction.Over 800 items will be part of the auction, including instruments from Metallica’s Kirk Hammett, guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan, Black Sabbath's Bill Ward and...Read more
    Date: 14 hours ago
  • Graham Nash announces new summer tour dates
    Graham Nash performs onstage during the FIREAID Benefit Concert for California Fire Relief at The Kia Forum on January 30, 2025 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images for FIREAID)Graham Nash has extended his 2026 tour through the summer.The two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has announced a...Read more
    Date: 1 day ago
  • ZZ Top bringing their tour to Mexico and South America
    (L-R) Elwood Francis, Frank Beard, and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top perform on stage at Viejas Casino & Resort on November 02, 2025 in Alpine, California. (Photo by Daniel Knighton/Getty Images)ZZ Top has expanded their 2026 The Big One! tour to include dates in Mexico and South America.The band will...Read more
    Date: 1 day ago
  • 60th anniversary of The Beach Boys’ 'Pet Sounds' to be celebrated with new releases
    The Beach Boys' 'Pet Sounds' (Capitol Records)May will mark the 60th anniversary of The Beach Boys’ iconic album Pet Sounds, and the milestone is being celebrated with a whole host of new releases.On May 15, fans will get a glimpse of the making of the album with the release of...Read more
    Date: 1 day ago
  • Previously unreleased Gregg Allman live album coming in April
    Cover of 'Gregg Allman Band’s Great As Ever: Live In Philadelphia ’86' (Sawrite Records)A previously unreleased live recording of Gregg Allman in concert is set for release in April.Gregg Allman Band’s Great As Ever: Live In Philadelphia ’86 features a never-before-heard recording from the late rocker's personal archives. It captures Allman's Jan. 11, 1986, concert...Read more
    Date: 1 day ago
  • Chaka Khan, Men at Work, Susanna Hoffs confirmed for New Jersey’s Sea.Hear.Now festival
    Sea.Hear.Now 2026 lineup. (Courtesy Sea.Hear.Now Festival)Chaka Khan, Men At Work and former Bangles frontwoman Susanna Hoffs are among the acts set to play the annual Sea.Hear.Now festival, happening Sept. 19-20 in Asbury Park, New Jersey.The beachside festival will feature over 25 artists, including headliners Mumford & Sons and The Strokes. The lineup...Read more
    Date: 1 day ago
  • Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, Michael Stipe perform at Democracy Now’s 30th anniversary
    Bruce Springsteen performs during Democracy Now! 30th Anniversary Event at Riverside Church on March 23, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Rob Kim/Getty Images)Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith and Michael Stipe were among the performers at Democracy Now!’s 30th anniversary event at Riverside Church in New York City Monday night.Springsteen was a...Read more
    Date: 1 day ago
  • On This Day, March 24, 1986: Van Halen releases '5150', their first album with Sammy Hagar
    On This Day, March 24, 1986 …Forty years ago, Van Halen released their seventh studio album, 5150, which was their first record with new lead singer Sammy Hagar, following the departure of original frontman David Lee Roth.5150 is named after guitarist Eddie Van Halen's home studio and is also a reference...Read more
    Date: 1 day ago
  • Barry Manilow details cancer journey: 'I thought I might be dying'
    Barry Manilow, 'What A Time' album. (STILETTO Entertainment)Barry Manilow feels lucky to be alive after receiving a diagnosis of stage 1 lung cancer followed by surgery.In his new People magazine cover story, Manilow reveals that he went to the doctor in November for an unrelated problem, but his doctor ordered an...Read more
    Date: 1 day ago
  • The Black Crowes share playlist of songs that inspired new album 'A Pound of Feathers'
    Cover of The Black Crowes' 'A Pound of Feathers' (Silver Arrow Records)The Black Crowes are giving fans some insight into the music that inspired their recently released album, A Pound of Feathers.The band has released a new Spotify playlist, Feathers and Lead, which they describe on Instagram as “The songs...Read more
    Date: 2 days ago
  • Bruce Springsteen to perform at No Kings rally in Minnesota on March 28
    Bruce Springsteen performs at the Defend Minnesota! benefit concert at First Avenue in Minneapolis, Minn. on Friday, January 30, 2026. (Photo by Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images)Bruce Springsteen is set to kick off his Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour on March 31 in Minneapolis, but...Read more
    Date: 2 days ago

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