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courtesy of Live Nation Rock & Roll Hall of Famer neil young and his new band the chrome hearts are hitting the road this summer.They just announced dates for the love earth world tour, which will hit Europe, the U.K., the U.S. and Canada.The tour kicks off June 18 in Rättvik, Sweden. It hits the U.S. Aug. 8 in Charlotte, North Carolina, with the tour wrapping with a show at the Hollywood Bowl in […]

Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for Songwriters Hall Of Fame R.E.M.’s Peter Buck made a surprise appearance at Friday's Seattle show of Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy, who are on tour celebrating the 40th anniversary of R.E.M.’s 1985 album, Fables of the Reconstruction.According to setlist.fm, Buck joined the duo for the second set of the show, once they finished performing Fables of the Reconstruction in its entirety. Buck played on the Reckoning tracks […]

Scott Weiland; Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images Scott Weiland's son Noah Weiland sings his late father's words in a newly released cover of the Stone Temples Pilots song "Sex Type Thing."The recording is accompanied by a video that Noah says he "filmed ... about a dream I had long ago about seeing my father again.""It's hard for me to stay in the moment sometimes, but I try," Noah writes in an Instagram post.You can watch […]

On This Day, Feb. 24, 1982…John Lennon and Yoko Ono won album of the year at the 24th annual Grammy Awards, held in Los Angeles. The pair won the award for Double Fantasy, the final album Lennon recorded before his death in December 1980.The Police took home two awards that evening, best rock vocal performance by a duo or group for “Don’t Stand So Close to Me” and best rock […]

Atlantic Records/Rhino Entertainment Over the course of their career, Led Zeppelin released six #1 albums — and one of those is turning 50 on Monday.Physical Graffiti, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band’s fifth studio album, was released on Feb. 24, 1975. It was a double album and the band’s first to be released under their own label, Swan Song Records.The album, produced by guitarist Jimmy Page, contained eight […]

Courtesy of Gibson Gibson has revealed another custom guitar, this time inspired by one of Eric Clapton's legendary guitars.The Eric Clapton 1958 Les Paul Custom is a tribute to Clapton’s original Cream-era 1958 Les Paul Custom, which he performed on throughout the '60s and '70s, and then gifted to legendary guitarist Albert Lee in 1979, who still uses it to this day.The new guitar features Murphy Lab aging to replicate […]

Theo Wargo/Getty Images for MPL Paul McCartney’s photo exhibit is set to hit another city.Paul McCartney Photographs 1963–64: Eyes of the Storm will debut at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Canada in February 2026.Eyes of the Storm features more than 250 photographs taken by McCartney between 1963 and 1964, giving fans insight into his point of view during the height of Beatlemania.The exhibit debuted in June 2023 at London’s National Portrait […]

Barham Productions Traffic’s Dave Mason is set to release his 21st studio album, A Shade of Blues, on March 21, and he’s just shared a new single from the record.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has released "Use It, Or Lose It" featuring Joe Bonamassa on lead guitar, with the two artists sharing vocals on the song.“I've been fortunate to play alongside some of the greatest guitarists—Jimi Hendrix among them,” Mason shares. […]

BMG Simple Minds are giving fans a taste of their live show with a new live album coming in April.Live in the City of Diamonds is a recording of the band’s April 6, 2024, sold-out concert at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam and is the third in a trio of Live in the City albums, following 1987’s Live in the City of Lights and 2019’s Live in the City of Angels.As a […]