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Getty ImagesNorway based Trans Cultural Mindfulness Alliance took to Twitter to call out Aretha Franklin’s iconic hit “(You Make Me Feel) A Natural Woman,” claiming that it’s offensive to trans women. The organization tweeted, “Aretha Franklin’s 1968 song ‘Natural Woman’ perpetuates multiple harmful anti-trans stereotypes. There is no such thing as a ‘natural’ woman.” The…

Getty ImagesREO Speedwagon has added 14 new summer dates onto its already busy 2023 itinerary, according to Ultimate Classic Rock. As it stands now, REO will kick off the year on February 1st at Savannah, Georgia’s Savannah Civic Center and has dates booked until the beginning of September when the band hits Saratoga, California’s The…

Getty ImagesKansas has just announced its 48-date, 50th anniversary “Another Fork In The Road Tour.” The band kicks things off on June 2nd in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the Benedum Center for the Performing Arts and criss-crosses the continent, before finally wrapping on May 21st at Louisville, Kentucky’s Iroquois Amphitheater. Additional dates will soon be announced.…

PRPhotos.comBilly Idol is heading back on the road this spring. The ’80s icon launches the 16-city trek on March 30th in Scottsdale, Arizona at Arizona Bike Week at the Rockyard and winds things down on May 20th at Pasadena, California’s Cruel World Festival. Tickets for all shows go on sale Friday, January 27th at 10…

Getty ImagesTwo fourths of the Doors — guitarist Robby Krieger and the estate the late-Ray Manzarek — have sold their complete rights in the band to Primary Wave Music, according to Rolling Stone. The deal does not include the interests of fellow surviving member, drummer John Densmore, nor the estate of Jim Morrison. Robby Krieger,…

Getty ImagesStevie Nicks has just announced 14 solo arena shows interspersed between her upcoming joint stadium gigs with Billy Joel. New stops include dates in Seattle, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Sacramento, New Orleans, Birmingham, Raleigh, Knoxville, Atlanta, Orlando, Toronto, Chicago, and Louisville. After 40-plus years of juggling both solo work and Fleetwood Mac band duties,…

Getty ImagesIt was 37 years ago tonight (January 23rd, 1986) that the first inductees entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in a ceremony held at New York City’s Waldorf-Astoria. The inaugural class of the Hall of Fame featured rock’s forefathers: Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Buddy Holly, the Everly Brothers,…

Getty ImagesSting has just rolled out a pair of California shows in April. The Police leader is set to play two nights — April 12th and 13th — at Sacramento’s Hard Rock Live. The shows follow Sting’s “My Songs” Las Vegas residency at the Colesseum at Caesars Palace, which will play on April 1st, 2nd,…

Getty ImagesJourney keyboardist Jonathan Cain has filed a $1 million lawsuit against the band’s co-founding guitarist Neal Schon. The case, which revolves around Schon’s alleged misappropriation of the band’s funds via an American Express account, claims Schon billed $400,000 to the group’s shared company in December alone. Cain’s allegations against Schon blame the guitarist’s supposed…