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Courtesy Live Nation Neil Young & Crazy Horse opened their Love Earth Tour in San Diego, California, on Wednesday, April 24, treating fans to a 14-song set filled with classics.Rolling Stone reports that Young opened with his iconic track “Cortez the Killer." The band — drummer Ralph Molina, bassist Billy Talbot and guitarist Micah Nelson filling in for Nils Lofgren — spent six minutes jamming before Young uttered a lyric.In early April, Young told […]

Adam Berry/Redferns Artists including Graham Nash, Yes and Duran Duran have signed an open letter supporting the proposed Fans First Act, which aims to "combat predatory resellers and the use of illegal bots" in the concert ticket industry.The letter was released by a coalition called Fix the Tix, organized by the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA)."As artists and members of the music community, we rely on touring for our livelihood, and […]

Artwork by Anton Corbijn/Sony Music Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour has given fans their first preview of his upcoming solo album Luck and Strange, which drops September 6. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer just released the new tune “The Piper’s Call,” with the video set to debut on Friday, April 26.“It's been such a joy to make my new album, Luck and Strange, and I look forward to you […]

Reprise Records Green Day's upcoming world stadium tour will include full album performances of 1994's Dookie and 2004's American Idiot each night in honor of their respective 30th and 20th anniversaries. The band has been warming up for the trek with smaller, last-minute club shows, including playing American Idiot in its entirety during a recent gig in San Francisco."American Idiot was sort of this unicorn that [during its album cycle] […]

On This Day, April 25, 1987...Three weeks after its release, U2’s The Joshua Tree hit number one on the Billboard 200 album chart.The album, the band’s fifth studio release, was U2’s first U.S. chart-topper, and it remained at number one for nine weeks.The record included future U2 classics “With or Without You” and “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,” which remain U2’s only number-one singles in the U.S., as well as “Where the […]

Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns Mike Pinder, keyboardist, vocalist and founding member of the Moody Blues, passed away Wednesday, April 24 at the age of 82. The news was confirmed in a statement from his family, which was shared on Facebook by his Moody Blues bandmate John Lodge.“Michael's family would like to share with his trusted friends and caring fans that he passed peacefully,” read the statement. “His final days were filled with […]

Lester Cohen/Getty Images Robert Plant’s career following the breakup of Led Zeppelin in 1980 will be explored in a new picture book coming later this year. Portraits of Robert Plant, from Rufus Publications, is a 240-page coffee table book featuring rare and previously unseen photos from well-known rock photographers. It also includes an essay from music journalist Mark Blake, who delves into Plant’s career through the decade. The book will be released in two […]

Vevo Billy Idol is giving fans some insight into his Rebel Yell hit “Eyes Without A Face” in a new video for Vevo Footnotes.In the clip, Idol explains that his aim with the song was to put out something that was the opposite of what was popular during the '80s. “I think I was deliberately trying to write not a love song because the '80s was full of love songs, all drippy, […]

Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images John Fogerty is packing up and moving out of the home he recently bought from Sylvester Stallone.Fogerty purchased the 2.2-acre ranch in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley back in October, reportedly shelling out a little over $17.2 million. The Robb Report says he’s now putting it back on the market.Fogerty got a bit of a deal on the property, as Stallone was originally asking […]