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Joe Walsh announces VetsAid2025; Fernando Salazar Photography Joe Walsh's VetsAid charity concert is returning this year for its ninth edition, and it'll be held in a place near and dear to the guitarist's heart: his hometown of Wichita, Kansas.VetsAid 2025 will take place Nov. 15 at the INTRUST Bank Arena. The lineup includes country star and Eagles touring member Vince Gill; Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen; and a "super-set" from […]

Courtesy Live Nation If you piled it all up, the amount of marijuana smoked at Grateful Dead and Dead & Company concerts over the years would probably reach from here to the moon. But Deadheads will be indulging legally for the upcoming anniversary shows.Three Dead & Company shows are taking place at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park from Aug. 1 to Aug. 3 in celebration of 60 years of the Grateful […]

Courtesy HBO Billy Joel's two-part HBO documentary, And So It Goes, is inspiring fans to check out his back catalog — and that's sending his albums back onto the charts.Billboard reports that according to new Luminate data, Billy experienced an 80% jump in traditional album sales and a 356% increase in digital song downloads. His catalog streams also increased by 16%. What this means is that Billy's Greatest Hits Vol. I & […]

Mike Marsland/WireImage for One For The Boys If you're an Alice Cooper fan, you know that the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer is really into playing golf and has hosted a charity golf tournament for the past 27 years. But in a new interview, Alice says he only got into the sport because he needed something to distract him from his substance abuse.Speaking to the Scott Mills Breakfast Show […]

R. Diamond/Getty Imagess Wanna learn how to play the iconic guitar solo in "Hotel California" from the guy who wrote it? Now's your chance.Former Eagles guitarist Don Felder is offering fans a chance to win an an all-expenses-paid trip to Nashville. During the trip the winner will receive a one-on-one lesson from him, as well as an Epiphone Double Neck SG guitar, a signed bass drum head and tickets to the […]

On This Day, Aug. 1, 1942...Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia was born in San Francisco, California.Co-founder of the legendary rock band the Grateful Dead, Garcia was the principal songwriter, lead guitarist and a vocalist for the group, and for many he was their de facto leader.The Grateful Dead came to prominence during the counterculture of the 1960s, and went on to become one of the most beloved rock bands, especially among […]

Photo Credit: Clay Patrick McBride The Doobie Brothers — featuring founding members Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald and Pat Simmons — are set to kick off the North American leg of their Walk This Road tour on Monday, their first time touring the States since releasing their new studio album, Walk This Road, in June.Johnston tells ABC Audio fans can expect to hear new songs from the album at their shows, but they likely won't play "more […]

Rhino Records Foghat's 1975 album Fool for the City, which gave us both the classic title track and their signature song "Slow Ride," is getting a 50th anniversary reissue.Available on double CD and double vinyl, the package includes a remastered version of the original album, as well as a second disc of live tracks from a 1975 show at Chicago's Aragon Ballroom. The CD includes two bonus tracks not included on the […]

Scott Yamano/Netflix Some big-name musicians guest star in the new Netflix streaming hit Happy Gilmore 2, but it's the big names on the movie's soundtrack who are reaping the benefits.While Bad Bunny, Post Malone and Eminem all appear in the film, the soundtrack features a number of classic rock staples, which Billboard reports have received streaming bumps since the movie debuted July 25. The biggest winner is "Tuesday's Gone," the Lynyrd […]