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Aerosmith's Joe Perry at the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony (Disney/Frank Micelotta) Joe Perry sounds hopeful that Aerosmith isn't over for good.Fans have been wondering about the future of the band ever since they canceled their Peace Out farewell tour in 2024 due to frontman Steven Tyler's continued vocal problems. Now, in a new interview with Billboard to promote the recently released Legendary Edition of Aerosmith's 1973 self-titled debut album, Perry noted […]

Blaze Bayley performing live on stage at Hard Rock Hell on December 2, 2011 in Prestatyn. (Kevin Nixon/Classic Rock Magazine/Future Publishing via Getty Images) Former Iron Maiden vocalist Blaze Bayley has shared his reaction to being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame along with the metal icons."It's crazy, really!" Bayley tells Metal Hammer. "When I started out, I just wanted to be like Ronnie James Dio, and Dio […]

On This Day, April 15, 2001 ...Twenty five years ago, Ramones frontman Joey Ramone died in New York City, just one month before he would have turned 50.The rocker died following a private battle with lymphoma, which he had been diagnosed with in 1995. His condition was only revealed a month prior to his death.Born Jeffrey Ross Hyman in Queens, New York, Joey co-founded the Ramones in 1974 with Johnny […]

Some of Phil Collins' children, including two who are acclaimed actresses, have taken to Instagram to congratulate him on his Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction.Lily Collins, star of Emily in Paris, wrote on her Instagram Story, "You did it! Couldn't be more proud of you, Dad. What an incredible achievement and SO insanely deserved. Love you to the moon and back." Lily is Phil's daughter with his second wife, Jill Tavelman.Meanwhile, […]

Tedeschi Trucks Band's 'Future Soul' (Fantasy Records) Tedeschi Trucks Band recently released their sixth studio album, Future Soul, and according to guitarist Derek Trucks, their aim was to try something different this time around.The band’s previous studio offering — a conceptual quadruple album called I Am the Moon, recorded during the COVID-19 lockdown — left a lot of room for sonic exploration. In contrast, Future Soul is a decidedly song-focused […]

(L-R) Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi perform during the 2024 MusiCares Person of the Year Honoring Jon Bon Jovi during the 66th GRAMMY Awards on February 02, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy) Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi are among the artists set to perform at the two-night concert event Music America: The Songs that Shaped Us, put on by the […]

Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley perform during the final show of KISS: End of the Road World Tour at Madison Square Garden on December 02, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Live Nation) KISS is giving fans an update on their planned avatar show, which was first unveiled during their final concert at New York's Madison Square Garden in 2023.Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley and their manager, […]

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell has new music to share.The rocker and his band The Dirty Knobs — guitarist/keyboardist Chris Holt, bassist Lance Morrison and drummer Steve Ferrone — have announced that their fourth studio album, Mission of Mercy, will be dropping June 12. It will feature guest appearances by The B-52s’ Kate Pierson and Morgane Stapleton.As a preview of the record, the band has released the album’s first […]

Clem Burke's 'The Other Side of the Dream (My Life In and Out of Blondie)' (HarperCollins) Blondie drummer Clem Burke passed away in 2025, but his life story is about to be told in a posthumous memoir, The Other Side of the Dream (My Life In and Out of Blondie).According to the description, Burke began writing his memoir over 20 years ago, but had often put it aside due to his commitments […]