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Sting's 'Mercury Falling (Expanded Edition)' (UMe) Sting is celebrating the 30th anniversary of his fifth studio album, Mercury Falling, with a just-released expanded edition of the album.The digital-only Mercury Falling (Expanded Edition) includes the original album along with 19 tracks, several of which were previously unavailable on digital services. The bonus material includes various B-sides and remixes, the song "Moonlight" from the 1995 film Sabrina and three live recordings: "You Still Touch Me," […]

Billy Morrison "Becoming" single artwork. (LG | ZOID | Virgin Music Group) Billy Idol guitarist Billy Morrison has announced a new solo album featuring a whole bunch of guests.The record, titled Hollow, is due out in August and includes contributions from Godsmack frontman Sully Erna, Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan, Marilyn Manson, Dexter Holland of The Offspring, Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt, Billy Idol's Steve Stevens and rappers Chuck D, B-Real […]

On This Day, March 4, 1967…The Rolling Stones landed their fourth #1 single with "Ruby Tuesday," written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.The song appeared on the U.S. version of their fifth studio album, Between the Buttons. It was released as a double-A side single in the U.K., alongside "Let’s Spend the Night Together," and peaked at #3 on the U.K. chart.Richards said that the song was written about his […]

Courtney Love and Melissa auf der Maur at The Museum of Modern Art on March 28, 2011 in New York City. (Michael N. Todaro/FilmMagic) Courtney Love has something planned with former Hole bandmate Melissa Auf der Maur.The "Celebrity Skin" rocker has shared a video of Auf der Maur on Instagram, adding in the caption, "So do we tell the kids about the tour ... ?" The clip is soundtracked by […]

Rock singer Sebastian Bach performs at The Fonda Theatre on December 16, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Tullberg/Getty Images) After being forced to cancel their planned reunion tour due to frontman Dee Snider’s health, the remaining members of Twisted Sister have found someone else to front the band.Jay Jay French and Eddie Ojeda announced on Instagram that former Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach will be taking over […]

Admat for The Mountain Festival (Courtesy of The Mountain Music Festival) Bret Michaels, Rick Springfield and Ratt’s Stephen Pearcy and Warren DeMartini are among the acts booked for  The Mountain Music Festival, happening Aug. 21-23 at the Gatlinburg Convention Center in the Great Smokey Mountains of Gatlinburg, Tennessee.The three-day classic rock festival features over 25 artists on three stages, with the lineup that also includes 38 Special, Night Ranger, Skid Row’s Sebastian […]

(L-R Allen Collins, Leon Wilkeson, Gary Rossington, Artimus Pyle, Ronnie Van Zandt and Billy Powell) pose for a portrait circa 1975. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Lynyrd Skynyrd’s classic “Free Bird” has gotten a chart boost thanks to the Winter Olympics.After the song became the unofficial anthem for the U.S. men’s and women’s gold medal winning hockey teams, the track has hit #15 on Billboard's Rock & Alternative Songs […]

Paul McCartney was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist in 1999, but it turns out he was expecting it to happen a lot earlier.Vanity Fair just published a 2015 interview with McCartney that was conducted for a biography about Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner and in it McCartney reveals Wenner, who co-founded the Rock Hall, went back on a promise regarding his solo induction.McCartney explained […]

Metallica Life Burns Faster at Sphere artwork. (Courtesy of Live Nation) Metallica has announced the exact dates for the six newly added shows to the band's upcoming Life Burns Faster residency at the high-tech Sphere venue in Las Vegas.The updated schedule now includes performances on Oct. 8 and 10, Nov. 5 and 7, and Jan. 28 and 30, 2027. Presales for members of Metallica's Fifth Member fan club begin Wednesday at […]