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Kim Thayil of Soundgarden performs with MC50 during the Kick Out The Jams: The 50th Anniversary Tour at Variety Playhouse on September 7, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Chris McKay/Getty Images) Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil has announced a new memoir.The book, titled A Screaming Life: Into the Superunknown with Soundgarden and Beyond, is due out May 19. As Thayil explains, it "tells my story as an American son of immigrants growing up […]

Bon Jovi Forever Tour admat/(courtesy of Live Nation) Bon Jovi has added two more dates to their Forever Tour in 2026.The trek’s only U.S. shows are happening at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Due to overwhelming demand, the New Jersey rockers have added two more dates to the stint, July 16 and 19.The six-night New York stand will kick off July 9 and will be followed by shows in Edinburgh, Scotland, […]

Kirk Hammett on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' (ABC/Randy Holmes) Exit electricity, enter Kirk Hammett's new limited-edition Gibson acoustic guitar.The Metallica shredder has announced the launch of the Raven, featuring a design inspired by Hammett's love of horror and "The Raven" poet himself, Edgar Allan Poe. It's described as a counterpart to Hammett's previous Gibson acoustic, the Hummingbird.The Raven was created with the Gibson Custom shop and is limited to just 100 pieces. It […]

Cover of Pink Floyd's 'Wish You Were Here 50'/ (Sony Music) The U.K.'s poet laureate, Simon Armitage, has released a new poem inspired by Pink Floyd’s iconic album Wish You Were Here.The poem, Dear Pink Floyd, is part of the band’s upcoming 50th anniversary reissue of the album, dropping Dec. 12. Armitage reads it in a new video posted to YouTube.“I was thinking about the album and their noise, and what effect that has […]

Kurt Cobain of Nirvana performing in New York City, New York (Kevin Mazur/WireImage) The first-ever Nirvana record played on radio is going up for auction.Produced by the label Sub Pop, the 7-inch vinyl 1988 test pressing contains Nirvana's cover of the Shocking Blue song "Love Buzz," which was released as the future "Smells Like Teen Spirit" band's debut single. It made its way into the hands of Sub Pop employee Scott Vanderpool, who […]

On This Day, Oct. 28, 2014 ...The Allman Brothers Band played their final live show at New York’s Beacon Theatre.The location of the concert was very special to the Allman Brothers Band. They'd played the venue annually since 1989, which helped them set a Broadway record of 237 consecutive sold-out shows.The concert had the band — founders Gregg Allman, Jaimoe and Butch Trucks, along with Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Marc […]

L-R: Slim Jim Phantom, Brian Setzer and Lee Rocker of The Stray Cats/(Photo credit: Suzie Kaplan) The Stray Cats have canceled their latest tour.The band was supposed to kick off their a new tour on Oct. 25 in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, but canceled the first two dates due to frontman Brian Setzer suffering a “serious illness.” Now, they’ve scrapped the whole thing.“I’m heartbroken to share, due to serious illness, I am unable to perform […]

Cover of Blondie's 'No Exit'/(BMG) Blondie's reissuing their 1999 comeback album, No Exit, on Friday, and Debbie Harry and Chris Stein are giving fans some insight into the record.The band just released a new video, the No Exit Interrogation Tapes, in which Harry and Stein are questioned about the record. They reveal things like who came up with the title, their favorite songs, how it felt to reunite and more.Both Harry and Stein say their late […]

Peter Criss attends the 2024 Raven Drum Foundation Benefit Show at The Cutting Room on March 14, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Manny Carabel/Getty Images) KISS drummer and founding member Peter Criss appears to be teasing some news.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, who left KISS in 1980, posted a new black-and-white teaser on YouTube that opens with images of a skyline on a rainy night, and then moves […]