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On This Day, March 5, 2023…Gary Rossington, guitarist for Southern rock legends Lynyrd Skynyrd, passed away at the age of 71.Rossington, who was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with the band in 2006, was the last remaining original member of Skynyrd's lineup.Rossington played guitar on many of the band’s biggest hits, including “Simple Man" and "Sweet Alabama," both of which he co-wrote with Ronnie Van Zant, […]

Sony Music Vision and Trafalgar Releasing A newly restored version of Pink Floyd's 1972 concert film, Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII, is set to hit theaters and IMAX on April 24, and now the first trailer for the film has been released.The clip has the four members of Pink Floyd walking along the ruins of Pompeii, with a David Gilmour voiceover sharing, “It would be interesting to see exactly what […]

Scott Dudelson/Getty Images for FIREAID Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Stephen Stills reveals in a new interview with Rolling Stone that he’s been sober for three years.“I’m really comfortable in sobriety,” Stills shares. “It gets me back to the kid I was before this madness started, pretty affable and friendly."He adds, "Things were so special at the beginning of my career before I sold a single record. But when you add […]

ABC/Randy Holmes Metallica will be paying tribute to late singer and actress Marianne Faithfull on the latest episode of their weekly podcast, The Metallica Report. The metal legends worked with Faithfull, who died in January at age 78, on "The Memory Remains," a cut off their 1997 album, Reload.Following Faithfull's death, drummer Lars Ulrich posted, "Thank you, Marianne… For the good times For your kindness For the great stories For your fearlessness."The Metallica […]

Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for The Recording Academy Items signed by Mick Fleetwood and Grateful Dead's Bob Weir are among the new additions to the Help on the Way benefit auction, which raises money for Los Angeles fire relief.Fleetwood has contributed a Gibson Les Paul Studio Modern guitar, which he signed along with John Mayer, Zac Brown, Wynonna Judd and others, while Weir is offering up a signed photo and print.Other available items […]

Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images Mötley Crüe has postponed their upcoming Las Vegas residency due to frontman Vince Neil undergoing an unspecified medical procedure.The 10-show run will now take place between Sept. 12 and Oct. 3. The originally scheduled residency was set to include 11 shows starting March 28."To all the Crüeheads who were looking forward to see us this spring, I'm truly sorry," Neil says. "My health is my top priority so […]

Jason Kempin/Getty Images for Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Rockers Rod Stewart and Keith Richards are both grandfathers again.Rod's son Liam — one of two children he had with his second wife, Rachel Hunter — just welcomed his second child with wife Nicole.The couple shared the news and photos on Instagram, revealing that the baby, who arrived March 2, is named Elsie Skylar Stewart. She joins big brother […]

Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for God’s Love We Deliver Heart recently launched their Royal Flush tour, and they’ve already announced plans for their next trek.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers just revealed dates for the new tour, An Evening With Heart, which will have the band performing two sets each night. The tour kicks off May 31 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and wraps June 28 in Hollywood, Florida.An artist presale […]

ABC/Paula Lobo Green Day is once again taking a shot at the Donald Trump administration with a lyric change.During the band's show in Melbourne on Saturday, Billie Joe Armstrong sang the line from "Jesus of Suburbia" as "Am I r*****ed, or am I just JD Vance?", referring to the vice president.Previously, Armstrong altered the words to "American Idiot" during live performances to "I'm not part of the Elon [Musk] agenda" […]