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Metallica's Lars Ulrich attends the 37th Annual Pollstar Awards at Loews Hollywood Hotel on April 15, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images for Pollstar ) The Eagles and Metallica were big winners at the 37th annual Pollstar Awards, which took place Wednesday night in Los Angeles.Eagles' residency at the Sphere Las Vegas was named residency of the year, while Metallica’s M72 World Tour was named rock […]

On This Day, April 16, 1996 ...The four original members of KISS — Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Peter Criss and Ace Frehley — held a press conference aboard the USS Intrepid in New York City to announce they were getting back together for a reunion tour.The trek was the band’s first with Criss and Frehley since 1979’s Dynasty tour. When tickets went on sale a few days later, they sold out in […]

Phil Collins October 16, 1986 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images)/Billy Idol performs on 'American Idol' (Disney/Eric McCandless) Phil Collins and Billy Idol are among the 2026 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees, and Rock Hall president Greg Harris has no doubt that they are deserving of the honor.Harris tells ABC Audio that Collins’ induction is “a fitting tribute to him as an individual artist.”“If you […]

Pink Floyd, (L-R: Nick Mason, Dave Gilmour, Roger Waters and Rick Wright) pose for a publicity shot circa 1973. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Pink Floyd and Sony Italy have teamed with soccer club Inter Milan for a new merch line celebrating the 50th anniversary of the band’s iconic album Wish You Were Here.The collection includes a T-shirt, jersey, tote bag, picks and more, as well as a limited-edition anthem jacket, […]

Lead singer Michael Hutchence (back row, left) with INXS band members, clockwise from top right: Andrew Farriss, Tim Farriss, Garry Gary Beers, Kirk Pengilly, and Jon Farriss. (Photo by Lynn Goldsmith/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images) INXS is set to receive a prestigious honor in their native Australia.The band — brothers Andrew, Jon and Tim Farriss, Garry Beers, Kirk Pengilly and late frontman Michael Hutchence — is set to receive the Ted […]

Musician Bob Dylan performs onstage during the AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Michael Douglas at Sony Pictures Studios on June 11, 2009 in Culver City, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for AFI) Bob Dylan has added some more dates to his 2026 North American tour.The 84-year-old Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has added seven new shows to his schedule, beginning July 10 in Cincinnati, Ohio. The additions include stops […]

Aerosmith's Joe Perry at the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony (Disney/Frank Micelotta) Joe Perry sounds hopeful that Aerosmith isn't over for good.Fans have been wondering about the future of the band ever since they canceled their Peace Out farewell tour in 2024 due to frontman Steven Tyler's continued vocal problems. Now, in a new interview with Billboard to promote the recently released Legendary Edition of Aerosmith's 1973 self-titled debut album, Perry noted […]

Blaze Bayley performing live on stage at Hard Rock Hell on December 2, 2011 in Prestatyn. (Kevin Nixon/Classic Rock Magazine/Future Publishing via Getty Images) Former Iron Maiden vocalist Blaze Bayley has shared his reaction to being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame along with the metal icons."It's crazy, really!" Bayley tells Metal Hammer. "When I started out, I just wanted to be like Ronnie James Dio, and Dio […]

On This Day, April 15, 2001 ...Twenty five years ago, Ramones frontman Joey Ramone died in New York City, just one month before he would have turned 50.The rocker died following a private battle with lymphoma, which he had been diagnosed with in 1995. His condition was only revealed a month prior to his death.Born Jeffrey Ross Hyman in Queens, New York, Joey co-founded the Ramones in 1974 with Johnny […]