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Kevin Winter/Getty Images In the wake of Donald Trump's attacks on Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift on Truth Social, and his subsequent call for a "major investigation" into Springsteen, Bono, Oprah and Beyonce's endorsements of Kamala Harris, Neil Young has criticized the president for worrying about celebrities instead of the country.Writing on his website on Tuesday, Young, who became a U.S. citizen in 2020, addressed the president. "What are you worryin' about […]

Gary Miller/Getty Images Despite Pete Townshend's status as one of the most revered rock guitarists on the planet, not many of his fellow legends took to social media on Monday to wish The Who rocker a happy 80th birthday. But one who did is an artist who's even older than Pete and arguably even more iconic: Bob Dylan.Dylan, 83, cheekily wrote on social platform X, "Happy birthday Pete. Who’s the new boss? […]

Genesis Publications After revealing that his memoir, Cat on the Road to Findout, will arrive Oct. 7, Yusuf/Cat Stevens has announced a book tour of North America.Cat on the Road to Findout: An Evening Of Tales, Tunes, And Other Mysteries will begin Oct. 2 in Philadelphia and travel to Chicago, Boston, Toronto, New York City, San Francisco and LA. Each event will feature the artist speaking in-depth about his memoir and […]

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Power Trip Ahead of their Run for Your Lives tour, Iron Maiden is asking you to put your phones away.The metal icons have posted a statement asking fans "not to excessively film the concerts on their phones or tablets" during the tour."We really want fans to enjoy the shows first hand, rather than on their small screens," says Maiden manager Rod Smallwood. "The amount of phone […]

Ray Manzarek, co-founder and keyboardist of The Doors, passed away at the age of 74. Earlier in the year, the rocker had been diagnosed with a rare form of bile duct cancer.Manzarek co-founded The Doors with Jim Morrison in July 1965. Drummer John Densmore joined in August of that year, followed by guitarist Robby Krieger.The band released their self-titled debut in January 1967, containing future classics "Light My Fire" and […]

Far left: Steve Miller; Far Right: Les Paul; Courtesy Les Paul Foundation Steve Miller will be receiving an award named after late, legendary guitar pioneer Les Paul, which is appropriate, considering that Miller was Paul's godson.On June 9 in Nashville, The Les Paul Foundation will present Miller with the Les Paul Spirit Award, in partnership with Gibson Gives, the charity division of the Gibson guitar company. The event will take […]

ABC/Randy Holmes Foo Fighters have announced a trio of new tour dates in Asia.Dave Grohl and company will perform in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Oct. 2, and Tokyo and Osaka, Japan, on Oct. 7 and Oct. 10, respectively.For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit FooFighters.com.The newly added shows join the Foos' previously scheduled performance at the Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix on Oct. 4. That marked […]

Disney/Eric McCandless It was announced in March that KISS' Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley would be performing together at the convention-like event KISS Army Storms Las Vegas, but Simmons says people are getting the wrong idea about what it is."There's a mistaken notion that KISS is having a big Vegas event," Simmons tells ABC Audio. “This [event] is completely because of the fans. ... And we are going along for the […]

ABC/Paula Lobo Green Day has announced a tour of South America.The "American Idiot" rockers will play shows in Colombia, Peru, Chile, Brazil and Paraguay in August and September."South America, you've been oh so patient now we're here to make those dreams come true," Green Day says. "We're making our way down to you this August + September for what are going to be some truly epic shows!!"For the full list […]