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Getty ImagesFresh off their 2022 Rock Hall inductions, Duran Duran are returning to North America in support of their 2021 album Future Past. The 27-date trek cross-crosses the continent kicks off in California on May 27th at Napa Valley’s Bottlerock Festival and wraps on September 6th at Boston’s TD Garden. Frontman Simon LeBon said in…

Getty ImagesFoo Fighters, The Killers, Greta Van Fleet and Weezer are all confirmed for the 2023 edition of Sea. Hear. Now festival. Other performers included Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Mt. Joy, Sheryl Crow, The Beach Boys and more. The festival will take place in North Beach Asbury Park and Bradley Park in Ashbury…

Getty ImagesIt was 35 years ago tonight (February 8th, 1988) that the Who performed for the last time with drummer Kenney Jones as an official member of the group. The band — Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, and Jones — reunited for a three-song set at London’s Royal Albert Hall during the British Phonographic…

Getty ImagesKenny Loggins has announced additional dates for his final concert tour titled, This Is It. Greenville, South Carolina, Niagara Falls, Ontario, and Franklin, Tennessee are among the seven newly scheduled dates. Though it’s billed as his farewell tour, Loggins says “I don’t see this as the end of my professional career, but certainly a…

Getty ImagesThe day after winning two Grammy awards, Ozzy Osbourne posted online that he was “blessed to work with some of the greatest musicians in the world” and he specifically mentioned his producer Andrew Watt. The message started out in true Ozzy fashion with: “I’m One Lucky Mother f***er to have won Best Rock Album…

Former lead singer, Mike Tramp is set to release an entire album of White Lion songs on April 14. The title is Songs of White Lion and includes a newly released single of 1989’s “Cry For Freedom.” He calls the time between 1983-1991 “a once-in-a-lifetime experience” and says he recorded the songs as close to…

PRPhotos.comIan Hunter’s next album, Defiance Part 1 will feature an all-star lineup of guests. And that includes Johnny Depp, Joe Elliott ,Billy F Gibbons, Duff McKagan, Todd Rundgren, Slash, Jeff Tweedy, Robert Trujillo ,Waddy Wachtel, as well as the late Taylor Hawkins and Jeff Beck. About the rock star lineup, the Mott The Hoople legend…

Getty ImagesIt was 59 years ago today (February 7th, 1964) that the Beatles landed at New York’s JFK Airport launching what has become known as the “British Invasion” and forever changing the face of popular music — along with literally everything that came after — arguably marking the modern world’s cultural “big bang.” The group’s…

Getty ImagesE Street Band guitarist Steve Van Zandt has sold his publishing and creative assets to Primary Wave. The deal includes Van Zandt’s production stake in such Bruce Springsteen albums as The River, Born In The U.S.A., Tracks, and The Ties That Bind: The River Collection, as well as his work with Southside Johnny &…