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Getty ImagesMetallica has donated $150,000 to three separate organizations to provide assistance and relief to areas affected by severe weather in the United States. The first two organizations to receive $50,000 each are Team Rubicon and Direct Relief. The funds will assist in their recovery efforts related to the thunderstorms which swept through Mississippi and…

Getty ImagesTears For Fears have announced a North American tour for this summer. Beginning in June, The Tipping Point Tour Part II will hit 22 cities including NYC’s Madison Square Garden. Other concert sites include Austin, Los Angeles, St. Louis, Denver, Seattle, and Toronto. Pre-sale begins on Thursday, April 6th, followed by a public on-sale…

Getty ImagesAnthrax is headed to the studio this month to start work on a new album. In an interview with Metal Rules, drummer Charlie Benante revealed that it will probably be released sometime next year. It’s been seven years since their 2016 release of For All Kings. As for the time between albums, he said,…

PRPhotos.comFollowing the death of co-founder, Gary Rossington and lots of speculation from fans, Lynyrd Skynyrd has made some decisions about the future of the band. In a press statement on Monday (4-3) they announced that the Sharp Dressed Simple Man Tour featuring ZZ Top will go on as scheduled. It will kick off July 21…

Getty ImagesA Twitter post from Nikki Sixx got fans excited about potential new music from Motley Crue. He wrote: “Great day in the studio writing random riffs with J5.” He was referring to John 5 who recently joined as a touring guitarist in place of Mick Mars. Crue’s most recent release was in 2019 for…

PRPhotos.comKISS is currently streaming audio from a rare performance from nearly 40 years ago. It marks the latest preview of the upcoming release, KISS – Off The Soundboard: Poughkeepsie, New York. At the time, the band consisted of Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Eric Carr, and guitarist Mark St. John and was recorded in November 1984…

PRPhotos.comScott Weiland’s debut solo album, 12 Bar Blues will get a 25th anniversary reissue for Record Store Day (April 22nd). Blabbermouth reports that the remastered vinyl effort will feature three previously unreleased tracks, including “Lazy Divey,” “Chateu Mars,” and “Barbarella,” which has already been posted online. The 20-track digital version, which drops on May 12th,…

PRPhotos.comQueen + Adam Lambert have added eight new dates to The Rhapsody Tour this fall. The band announced Friday (March 31st) that they have added a second show for each of their stops in Baltimore, New York, Boston, St. Paul, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco and Los Angeles. They will be on the road from October…

Getty ImagesNeil Diamond recently told CBS Sunday Morning that he is only just accepting his Parkinson’s diagnosis. The 82-year-old singer, who first announced his diagnosis and retirement from touring in 2018, told the outlet that he only started to process the news in “the last few weeks.” He added, “But somehow, a calm has moved…