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On This Day, Feb. 25, 1998…Bob Dylan won three Grammy Awards, including album of the year, for his 30th studio album, Time Out of Mind.The record also won best contemporary folk album and Dylan won best male rock vocal performance for the track “Cold Irons Bound.”Dylan also performed the song “Love Sick” during the ceremony. During the performance, background dancer Michael Portnoy ripped off his shirt and danced around the band with […]

Metallica Life Burns Faster at Sphere artwork. (Courtesy of Live Nation) Back in 2023, Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich attended the first night of U2's residency at the newly opened high-tech Sphere venue in Las Vegas. Since then, the metal legends have fielded questions about whether they'll ever play the Sphere. Now, we finally have a definitive answer.The "Enter Sandman" metallers will play eight shows at the Sphere in the fall, dubbed Life […]

Tour admat for Eagles The Long Goodbye Act III (Courtesy of Live Nation) Turns out the Eagles aren’t done saying goodbye.The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band just announced a new set of dates on their The Long Goodbye Tour, which began in September 2023.The new North American stadium dates, which they are calling The Long Goodbye Act III, so far consists of three shows – May 5 in […]

2026 Rock Hall Nominees (Courtesy Rock & Roll Hall of Fame) The nominees for the 2026 class of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame have been revealed, with 10 out of the 17 artists in the running getting a nomination for the first time.Phil Collins is among those first-time nominees. He was inducted into the Rock Hall in 2010 as a member of Genesis, but this is his first nomination […]

Gibson's Mick Ronson 1968 Les Paul Custom Collector’s Edition (Courtesy of Gibson) Gibson Custom is honoring legendary David Bowie guitarist Mick Ronson with the release of a new guitar inspired by one of his iconic instruments.The Mick Ronson 1968 Les Paul Custom Collector’s Edition, limited to just 100 guitars, is a replica of the rocker’s stripped finish 1968 Les Paul Custom. Gibson used aging techniques to give the replica the […]

'Bridgerton' soundtrack artwork (courtesy of Netflix) Covers of songs by The Cars and Sting are set to make an appearance in Netflix’s hit series Bridgerton.The final four episodes of season 4 premiere Thursday, with episode six featuring instrumental versions of The Cars’ ”Just What I Needed,” performed by Altum Quartet, and Sting's “Fields of Gold,” performed by Music Lab Collective.Part 1 of season 4 featured instrumentals of songs by Coldplay, Third […]

Tom Morello at 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony; Bruce Springsteen on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' (Disney/Jennifer Pottheiser; ABC/Randy Holmes) Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band will have a special guest on their upcoming Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour.Springsteen just announced on social media that Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello will be joining the tour for “selected songs for every date” of the […]

On This Day, Feb. 24, 2019…Queen + Adam Lambert performed at the 91st annual Academy Awards held in Los Angeles, treating the Hollywood audience to “We Will Rock You” and “We Are The Champions.”The band attended the ceremony to support Bohemian Rhapsody, the biopic about the band’s original frontman Freddie Mercury. The film won four out of the five awards it was nominated for, the most of any other film that […]

'Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition' film poster. (Trafalgar Releasing; Art by Albert "Akirant" Quirantes) The story of Iron Maiden is officially coming to the big screen.A new documentary about the metal legends, titled Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition, will premiere in theaters on May 7. The film features interviews with the band members as well as Maiden fans including Metallica's Lars Ulrich, rapper Chuck D and actor Javier Bardem. "With unprecedented access to official band […]