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Loosegroove Records Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard has released a new song called "The Message" in collaboration with singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco.The track appears on a compilation called House of LSGRV put out by Gossard's label, Loosegroove Records."Luckily for me, not every day at work is the same as the next," DiFranco says. "One day, [Gossard], myself and some other ner do wells made this song happen. I hope somebody somewhere digs it."You […]

Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for CMT Bad Company is one of the artists nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this year, and frontman Paul Rodgers is thankful for those he believes made it happen."If I were a gambling man, I would wager that Bad Company fans and friends had something to do with this nomination for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame,” Rodgers tells ABC Audio in a statement. […]

Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic The complete lineup for Milwaukee Summerfest has been announced, with the additions of artists like Chicago, DEVO, George Thorogood and the Destroyers and more.Both Def Leppard and James Taylor were previously announced as festival headliners, with both artists playing the first weekend, Def Leppard on June 19 and Taylor on June 21.Milwaukee Summerfest takes place over three weekends — June 19-21, June 26-28 and July 3-5 — with shows at […]

ABC/Randy Holmes Metallica has announced the high school winners of their 2024 marching band competition.Taking first place in the large high school category is Sonia Sotomayer High School in San Antonio, Texas. The medium high school winner is Freehold Township High School in Freehold, New Jersey, and the small high school prize went to South Range High School in Canfield, Ohio.The first-, second- and third-place winners in each category earned a combined $115,000 in music equipment.The […]

On This Day, Feb. 12, 2007 ...One day after reuniting for a performance at the 49th annual Grammy Awards, The Police held a press conference at the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles, where they confirmed rumors they would be reuniting for a world tour.The band performed at the press conference, which was also billed as a rehearsal. They played such classic tunes as “Message in a Bottle,” “Roxanne,” […]

Image: God's Love We Deliver Peter Frampton and The Doobie Brothers’ Michael McDonald are among the artists set to perform at the ninth annual Love Rocks NYC concert, taking place March 6 at the Beacon Theatre in New York City.The concert will also feature Beck, Cher, The Struts’ Luke Spiller, Eric Burton of Black Pumas, Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart featuring Vanessa Amorosi, Alicia Keys, Mavis Staples, Phish’s Trey Anastasio, Jesse Malin, Kate Hudson, Grace Bowers and more.All artists will […]

ABC/Randy Holmes Dave Grohl has contributed a signed guitar, as well as the cape he wore during a 2023 Crown Royal Super Bowl commercial, to an auction raising funds for Los Angeles fire relief.The guitar, a Pelham blue model of Grohl's signature Epiphone DG-335, not only features the Foo Fighters frontman's signature, but also his handwritten lyrics to the Foos songs "Rescued" and "These Days."The cape, meanwhile, is also signed by Grohl […]

Jo Hale/Redferns Paul McCartney surprised New Yorkers by playing New York City's 575-capacity Bowery Ballroom in on Tuesday, and now he’s doing it again.The two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer just announced he’s returning to the venue on Wednesday, with tickets only available at the Bowery Ballroom box office.According to setlist.fm, Tuesday night’s show lasted about 90 minutes, with Sir Paul opening with The Beatles' classic "A Hard Day’s Night." Other Beatles tunes […]

Courtesy of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame The nominees for the 2025 class of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame have been revealed, with eight out of the 14 artists in the running getting a nomination for the very first time.Among those first-times nominees are Bad Company, the supergroup featuring former Free members Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke, along with The Black Crowes, Billy Idol and Joe Cocker, plus "The Twist" singer Chubby Checker, rap […]