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Heavy metal vocalist Blaze Bayley performing live on stage at the 2013 Hard Rock Hell festival in Pwllheli, Wales, on November 30, 2013. (Photo by Kevin Nixon/Metal Hammer Magazine/Future via Getty Images/Future via Getty Images) Iron Maiden has announced some additions to EddFest, their 50th anniversary celebration, happening July 10-11 at Knebworth Park in Knebworth, England.The rockers revealed that Blaze Bayley, who replaced frontman Bruce Dickinson in Iron Maiden from 1994 to 1999 and appeared […]

James Taylor at the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony (Disney/Eric McCandless) James Taylor, Van Morrison, Sting and Deep Purple are among the artists booked to play the 2026 Montreux Jazz Festival, taking place in Montreux, Switzerland, July 3-18.All four artists are booked to play the festival's Auditorium Stravinski, with Sting performing on July 4, Deep Purple confirmed for July 13, and Taylor and Morrison set for July 18.Deep Purple, […]

On This Day, March 31, 1992 ...Bruce Springsteen released two albums, Human Touch and Lucky Town, both made after breaking up The E Street Band.Human Touch was the first album The Boss recorded, with E Streeter Roy Bittan and several studio musicians including Randy Jackson on bass guitar and Toto’s Jeff Porcaro on drums. It was supposed to be released in 1991 but Springsteen held it back and began working on Lucky […]

'Your Favorite Toy' album artwork. (Roswell Records/RCA Records) Dave Grohl has shared a preview of the vinyl version of the upcoming Foo Fighters album, Your Favorite Toy, in an unboxing video."I've never done an unboxing thing before," Grohl says in the clip. "Honestly, this is the first time I've ever seen this."Grohl then opens the package to reveal the record sleeve and the LP inside. He also pulls out the included […]

Justin Hayward (Photo credit: John Nichols) The Moody Blues’ singer/guitarist Justin Hayward is hitting the road on The Story In Your Eyes tour, where he’ll perform songs from every era of his career, share stories with the audience and take part in a Q&A.Hayward tells ABC Audio that preparing for the tour has been quite nostalgic for him, but says, “I'm finding out things about these songs at the same time." […]

Bruce Springsteen performs during a "No Kings" protest at the Minnesota State Capitol Saturday, March 28, 2026, in St. Paul. (Photo by Jerry Holt/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images) Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band kick off their Land of Hope and Dreams American tour on Tuesday at the Target Center in Minneapolis, and The Boss is giving fans at home a chance to experience at least a part […]

Dave Mason's 'Hole in My Show' (Courtesy of Dave Mason) Traffic co-founder Dave Mason has released his first children’s book, Hole in My Shoe, a reimagining of his 1967 song, which he wrote when he was just 19 years old."'Hole In My Shoe’ was the first song I ever wrote," says Mason. "Released by Traffic in 1967, it spent 14 weeks on the U.K. charts, climbed to #2, and has carried its […]

(L-R) Roger Glover, Ian Paice, Ian Gillan and Don Airey from Deep Purple perform on stage at the Notodden Blues Festival on August 02, 2024 in Notodden, Norway. (Photo by Per Ole Hagen/Redferns) Deep Purple has announced dates for a new North American tour.The "Smoke on the Water" rockers are set to hit the road this summer joined by special guests Kansas, with Jefferson Starship joining them on select dates.The tour will take them across […]

Led Zeppelin's 'Physical Graffiti' (Atlantic Records) Led Zeppelin celebrated the 50th anniversary of their iconic album Physical Graffiti in 2025, and now guitarist Jimmy Page is giving fans some insight into how one of the songs on the album came to be.The rocker just released an early home demo of an instrumental piece that would eventually become the track “Ten Years Gone.”“As a footnote to Physical Graffiti, I thought you might like to hear […]