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Kevin Mazur/Getty Images Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose has settled the lawsuit filed in November 2023 by former Penthouse Pet of the Year Sheila Kennedy, who claimed that back in 1989 the rocker sexually assaulted her in his hotel room after they met at a New York nightclub.“Mr. Rose has suffered greatly from this lawsuit, and I am pleased that he will now be able to move on with his life,” Rose's attorney, […]

Disney/Eric McCandless Gene Simmons may no longer be touring with KISS but he hasn’t given up playing live.The rocker has announced a set of spring dates with the Gene Simmons Band, including shows in Florida, New Jersey and Texas.Simmons is set to play Tallahassee on April 28, followed by a previously announced show in Beaver Dam, Kentucky, on May 3. He’ll then play Red Bank, New Jersey, on May 5, […]

Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures/IMAX If you just can’t wait until Christmas Day to see the Bob Dylan movie A Complete Unknown, there’s now a chance to catch it earlier … and bigger.The film, starring Timothée Chalamet as the iconic singer, is set to play in IMAX theaters starting Dec. 18, a week earlier than its Dec. 25 official release day.A Complete Unknown: IMAX Early Access will screen in select AMC, […]

On This Day, Dec. 4, 1988 ...Roy Orbison performed what would be his final concert at the Front Row Theater in Highland Heights, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. The concert featured performances of such Orbison classics as “Crying,” “In Dreams,” “Only the Lonely,” “Oh, Pretty Woman” and more.After the show, Orbison returned home to Hendersonville, Tennessee, where he died from a heart attack on Dec. 6. He was 52.Orbison’s many accolades include […]

courtesy of Live Nation Dead & Company are once again set to take up residency at the Las Vegas Sphere. The band just announced a set of 18 new spring dates for their Dead Forever – Live at Sphere residency, kicking off March 20 and wrapping May 17. The shows will be in celebration of Dead & Company’s 10th anniversary and will be the only Dead & Company Sphere dates for 2025. Presale […]

Gary Miller/Getty Images The Rolling Stones want to make sure you smell good.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers have just unveiled their first-ever fragrance, RS No. 9, described as “a unique scent that summons the spirit of a scene that made history, the place where it all began.”The scent, released in partnership with The Stones, fragrance company Nirvana Brands and Bravado, is designed to recall the feeling of London’s Soho […]

Disney/Jennifer Pottheiser Gibson has unveiled the newest addition to its Jimmy Page guitar collection.The latest is a new replica of the Led Zeppelin rocker's most recognized guitar, his 1969 EDS-1275 Doubleneck, which he used on such songs as “Stairway to Haven,” “The Song Remains The Same” and “Celebration."The new Jimmy Page EDS-1275 Doubleneck VOS '69 Cherry is described as an “effective clone” of the original, with Gibson using 3D scanning technology while crafting […]

Mike Coppola/Getty Images for The Gotham Film & Media Institute Actor Oscar Isaac wasn't sure if Timothée Chalamet could pull off playing Bob Dylan — that is until he heard him sing one of Dylan's songs.While presenting Chalamet and director James Mangold with the Visionary Tribute award at the 2024 Gotham Awards on Monday, Isaac recalled working with Chalamet on Dune: Part One. While hanging out with fellow actors Josh […]

Warner Records A producer on Fleetwood Mac’s classic album Rumours has settled his lawsuit over the Tony Award-winning play Stereophonic.Ken Caillat, who co-produced the 1977 album, filed a lawsuit in October against the writer and producers of Stereophonic, alleging the play used portions of his 2013 book, Making Rumours: The Inside Story Of The Classic Fleetwood Mac Album, without permission.In the suit, which was also filed on behalf of Caillat’s co-author Steven Stiefel, the […]