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Robin L Marshall/Getty Images KISS’ Paul Stanley says he felt a bit betrayed by his bandmate Gene Simmons in the '80s when Simmons went off to pursue other projects when he should have been concentrating on the next KISS album."I felt betrayed. No secret, I felt that he was leaving me to do the heavy work but continued to get paid. So, you know, trying to have the best of both worlds,” […]

L-R Bruce Springsteen, Matthew Anthony Pellicano and Jeremy Allen White/Photo credit: Bobby Bank/GC Images Bruce Springsteen was often seen on the New Jersey set of the upcoming movie Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, and he tells Rolling Stone that while he enjoyed his time there, it wasn’t always easy seeing his life acted out in front of him.Springsteen is played by Jeremy Allen White in the film, and Bruce says of being on set, […]

On This Day, June 19, 1950…Seventy-five years ago, Heart’s Ann Wilson was born in San Diego, California.Wilson and her sister Nancy co-founded Heart in the '70s and the band went on to sell over 50 million records worldwide. They launched their career with the debut album Dreamboat Annie, which featured their first top-10 hit "Magic Man."Heart went on to have seven top-10 albums, including their 1985 self-titled release, which went to […]

ABC/Travis Bell It appears that Foo Fighters are gearing up to celebrate a big anniversary.Dave Grohl and company have launched a Substack page titled Foo Fighters Field Notes. The first entry features images and videos related to the Foos' self-titled debut record, which turns 30 on July 4. A Fourth of July festival celebrating the album's 25th anniversary was previously planned for 2020, but it was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The […]

Hollywood Records/EMI Queen has contributed a unique piece of music history to an upcoming auction.The band announced that an original white label 7-inch test pressing of their 1975 classic "Bohemian Rhapsody" will be part of the upcoming White Label Auction to benefit the Brit Trust on Oct. 7."With just a handful produced ahead of a release so artists, managers and labels can check the audio is just as it should be, these white […]

Sam Tabone/WireImage Mötley Crüe is looking to kickstart your weekend with some news.The metal vets have shared an Instagram post teasing an announcement happening Friday. The accompanying photo features only what appears to be the letters Y and C in "Mötley Crüe" lit up on a billboard, while the caption is tagged #whoscominghome.Things have been fairly quiet in the Mötley world since the band postponed their Las Vegas residency due to […]

Rhino Deep Purple is revisiting their 1972 live album Made in Japan, which featured performances from two shows in Osaka and one in Tokyo.The band is set to release a new super deluxe edition of the record on Aug. 15: a five-CD/Blu-Ray set that includes new stereo and Dolby ATMOS mixes of the original album by producer Steven Wilson, as well as newly remixed versions of all three concerts and […]

Courtesy CNN Sting is one of several musical acts who'll be ringing in Independence Day this year on CNN.The cable network's fifth annual special The Fourth in America will air starting at 7 p.m. ET live on CNN. The special will feature coast-to-coast firework shows from Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Detroit, Chicago, Las Vegas, San Diego, New Orleans, Nashville and Seward, Alaska.Counting Crows and a reunited 4 Non Blondes are […]

Fantasy Records / Concord Gov’t Mule’s Warren Haynes is offering up a new take on his recent solo album, Million Voices Whisper.The rocker is set to release The Whisper Sessions on Sept. 12. The nine-track album features seven stripped-down versions of songs from the album, which came out in November. It also includes a new version of the Allman Brothers Band classic "Melissa," featuring Haynes and his ABB bandmate Derek Trucks."We didn’t plan […]