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Chris Putnam/Future Publishing via Getty Images Def Leppard is trying to find out which of their songs is the favorite among fans.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers just launched what they’re calling the On Through The Music Bracket Challenge, where 64 of their tracks will go head-to-head until one is crowned the favorite.The challenge is based on fan votes. By the end one tune will be named the “greatest Def […]

Disney/Randy Holmes Billy Corgan is bringing Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness to the opera.The Smashing Pumpkins frontman will celebrate the 30th anniversary of his band's 1995 album with a series of performances at the Lyric Opera House in Chicago, taking place over seven shows between Nov. 21-30."Opera and rock both tell stories of heightened emotions," Corgan says. "I am excited for both fans of my music and traditional opera fans […]

ABC/ANN LIMONGELLO An official teaser has just been released for the upcoming documentary John & Yoko: One to One.The clip features archival footage of New York in the '70s, plus a snippet of John Lennon and Yoko Ono dancing in the park and a clip of Lennon performing the track “Cold Turkey.”The film, directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald, follows the 18 months John and Yoko lived in New York's Greenwich Village […]

Courtesy of Gibson Gibson has teamed with Gov’t Mule frontman Warren Haynes for his first-ever signature guitar.The Gibson Warren Haynes Les Paul Standard has features that were tailored to the rocker’s preferences and has a '60s Cherry finish, with mahogany body and neck. It has the look and feel of a '50s-era Les Paul, but with modern features. “I’ve always been a Gibson guy—I got hooked on that sound as a teenager […]

Ethan Miller/Getty Images Billy Joel has just postponed several tour dates due to a “medical condition.”“The current tour will be postponed for four months to allow him to recover from recent surgery and to undergo physical therapy under the supervision of his doctors,” reads a post on Instagram. “Joel is expected to make a full recovery.”“While I regret postponing any shows, my health must come first,” Billy shared in the post. […]

Disney/Randy Holmes Sting has added some new dates to his Sting 3.0 tour, which has him backed by longtime collaborator Dominic Miller and drummer Chris Maas.The new additions include a third show at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado, on May 22, as well as a Nov. 18 show in Uncasville, Connecticut.The upcoming Sting 3.0 tour is now set to kick off May 19 with the three-night stand at Red Rocks, with the […]

Nicolas Russell/Getty Images A new restaurant and venue inspired by the Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia is set to open in Chicago’s West Loop area in March and the initial lineup of performers has just been announced.Garcia’s Chicago, the brainchild of Peter Shapiro, who's also behind The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York, the Brooklyn Bowl chain and more, will open March 21. The first of three shows will be […]

On This Day, March 11, 1970…Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young released Déjà Vu, the second album released by David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash, and the first to feature Neil Young.The album spent one week at #1 and featured three Top 40 singles, “Woodstock,” “Teach Your Children” and “Our House,” as well as the classic track “Carry On.”Déjà Vu has landed on several lists of the greatest albums of […]

Ethan Miller/Getty Images Billy Joel has just postponed several tour dates due to a “medical condition.”“The current tour will be postponed for four months to allow him to recover from recent surgery and to undergo physical therapy under the supervision of his doctors,” reads a post on Instagram. “Joel is expected to make a full recovery.”“While I regret postponing any shows, my health must come first,” Billy shared in the post. […]