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Taylor Hill/FilmMagic Bruce Springsteen has already endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz, but now he’s doing more to try to get them to the White House.The Boss is set to perform at two “When We Vote We Win” rallies for the pair: Oct. 24 in Atlanta and Oct. 28 in Philadelphia. Both will feature President Barack Obama.Additional "When We Vote We Win” rallies will be announced at a later […]

Disney/Jennifer Pottheiser Jimmy Page has announced a pair of new signature guitars with Gibson.The Jimmy Page 1964 SJ-200 and 1964 SJ-200 Collector's Edition are inspired by the Led Zeppelin icon's own mid-'60s Gibson SJ-200 acoustic, which he used to record the "Stairway to Heaven" outfit's debut album.Speaking about the new guitar in a video for Gibson, soundtracked by Zep's version of "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You," Page shares, "It was so authentic, and […]

Mercury Studios The Rolling Stones will revisit their 1999 concert at Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London for a new release.Welcome to Shepherd’s Bush is a recording of the band’s June 8, 1999, club show. The concert was a “secret gig” by The Stones, happening just a few days before they played two sold-out shows at Wembley Arena. The concert was witnessed by a star-studded crowd, including such big names as The Who's Pete Townshend, […]

On This Day, Oct. 22, 1969 …Led Zeppelin released their second studio album, aptly titled Led Zeppelin II, produced by the band’s guitarist, Jimmy Page.The album was the rocker's first #1 hit in both the U.S. and U.K., and featured the future Zeppelin classic “Whole Lotta Love,” which peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was a top 10 hit in several other countries around the world. Other fan favorites […]

Kevin Kane/Getty Images for Scoop Marketing Joe Walsh’s annual VetsAid concert is happening in November, and he’s giving fans a chance to land a one-of-a-kind VIP experience.The Eagles guitarist has just launched a new Fandiem sweepstakes, with the grand prize being round-trip travel for two to New York City, plus special VIP passes to VetsAid, which will be held Veterans Day, Nov. 11, at UBS Arena in Belmont Park, New York. The prize also includes […]

SGranitz/WireImage Ahead of the release of his memoir Brothers on Tuesday, Alex Van Halen has released the full version of “Unfinished,” a previously unreleased track that was the last song he wrote with his brother, Eddie Van Halen.The tune is featured on the audiobook of Brothers, but has now also been shared on VanHalen.com, where fans can also download it. Brothers is described by Alex as a love letter to Eddie, who passed away in October […]

Disney/Eric McCandless Gene Simmons made a career playing bass for KISS, but he wouldn’t consider himself a virtuoso, and he’s perfectly happy with that. He tells Guitar World that he thinks virtuosos are simply “show-offs in music” and he's not a fan.“I don't consider myself – and was never really interested in being – a bass virtuoso,” he says. “I don't like show-offs in music. I'm much more attracted to things […]

Cindy Ord/Getty Images Bruce Springsteen has commented on the recent death of One Direction singer Liam Payne at the age of 31, telling The Telegraph, “That’s not an unusual thing in my business.”“It’s a normal thing. It’s a business that puts enormous pressures on young people,” he elaborated. “Young people don’t have the inner facility or the inner self yet to be able to protect themselves from a lot of the […]

ABC/ Craig Sjodin The Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards was in Nashville on Sunday to help celebrate guitarist James Burton’s induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame.According to Billboard, Richards, who inducted Burton into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2001, attended the Hall of Fame's 2024 Medallion Ceremony, performing “I Can’t Dance” with Emmylou Harris and Vince Gill. Elvis Costello was also on hand to honor Burton, performing “Believe What You […]