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Jim Bennett/Getty Images Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready is set to join rock band Thunderpussy for a special benefit show in Seattle.The Stand for Innocence concert will take place Oct. 10 at The Showbox, with proceeds benefiting the Washington Innocence Project, a nonprofit that works to free innocent people imprisoned in Washington.The show is the 10th anniversary of the group’s Stand for Innocence fundraising event. Tickets are on sale now.Up next, […]

Photo Credit Scott Robert Ritchie Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band have canceled the final two shows on their fall tour due to illness.“Ringo has come down with a cold and after consulting a doctor he was advised to cancel these two remaining shows and get rest," reads a statement released by the rocker's rep. “As always, Ringo and the All Starrs send peace and love to their fans and hope to see them […]

Capitol Records Actor Michael Shannon and musician Jason Narducy are getting ready to tackle another R.E.M. album on tour.The pair previously went on the road in celebration of the 40th anniversary of R.E.M's debut album, Murmur, and now they’ve announced a new tour celebrating the 40th anniversary of the band's 1985 album, Fables of the Reconstruction.The tour kicks off Feb. 14 in Pioneertown, California, with stops in Los Angeles, Seattle, Boston, New York and more before […]

Matthew Eisman/Getty Images Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour recently dropped Luck and Strange, his first solo album of new material in nine years, but it sounds like fans may not have to wait long for the next one.The rocker tells MOJO that Luck And Strange is “the best record I’ve made going back to (Pink Floyd's) The Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here or whatever” and notes that he’s already thinking about […]

courtesy of Cherrytree Music Company and Live Nation Sting is currently on his Sting 3.0 tour, and there’s been so much demand in Los Angeles that the rocker has added a fifth and final show in the city. The latest addition to the schedule is Nov. 17 at the Wiltern, with tickets going on sale Friday. The five shows, beginning Nov. 12, will wrap the U.S. leg of the tour.Sting kicked off […]

On This Day, Sept. 24, 1983 ...Billy Joel landed his second #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Tell Her About It,” the first single from his ninth studio album, An Innocent Man, which was a tribute to popular music of the 1950s and 1960s.The video for the song had Joel performing on The Ed Sullivan Show as frontman of the fictional band BJ and The Affordables.Over the course of his career, Joel has had […]

Courtesy of Disney Bruce Springsteen fans are getting their first preview of the upcoming documentary Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band with the release of the first trailer for the film, a behind-the-scenes look at the rocker's recent tour.“Since I was 16, playing live has been a deep and lasting part of who I am and how I justify my existence here on earth,” Springsteen says in a voice-over. “But […]

Rick Kern/Getty Images Alice Cooper is the latest rocker set to appear at next year's Sonic Temple Festival, happening May 8-11 in Columbus, Ohio.The four-day festival is expected to feature more than 100 bands, with Cooper booked to play May 9.Metallica, Alice in Chains and Rob Zombie were the first artists announced for Sonic Temple; Metallica is confirmed to play two nights, May 9 and May 11, with promises of two […]

Taylor Hill/WireImage Two one-of-a-kind surfboards and a guitar, all autographed by Bruce Springsteen, are part of a newly launched sweepstakes to raise money for a variety of causes.The Fandiem auction is part of a special collaboration with Sea.Hear.Now, the Asbury Park, New Jersey, festival that The Boss headlined on Sept. 15.The more detailed surfboard up for auction is the One of One surfboard, which features 75 Springsteen photos taken by […]