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PRPhotos.comGeorge Thorogood & The Destroyers have announced their 50th anniversary tour. After kicking off the year in February with a five-night run aboard the Rock Legends Cruise, Thorogood and the band launch their “Bad All Over The World Tour” on March 17th and 18th in Lincoln City, Oregon at Chinook Winds Casino Resort. As it…

Getty ImagesAxl Rose took to social media on Friday (December 2nd) to announced that he’s done throwing his mic into the audience after a woman was reportedly seriously injured. Billboard reported that during Guns N’ Roses’ November 29th concert in Adelaide, Australia at the Adelaide Oval, a concertgoer named Rebecca Howe suffered two blackened eyes…

Getty ImagesTwo hours before show time, Aerosmith canceled their concert Friday night (December 2) in Las Vegas due to Steven Tyler “feeling unwell.” According to a statement from the band, he was “unable to perform,” but is expected to make a full recovery for tonight’s show (Monday 12-5). Specifics of his illness were not revealed.…

Getty ImagesIt was 43 years ago Saturday (December 3rd, 1979) that 11 fans died in a stampede while entering the Who’s concert at Cincinnati’s Riverfront Coliseum. The tragedy — which all but eradicated festival concert seating for nearly two decades — happened when thousands of fans who were lined up outside the venue to make…

Getty ImagesReleased today (December 2nd) in celebration of his 80th year, on Paul McCartney issued his 7-Inch Singles Box. The massive, numbered limited-edition collection of 80 7-inch singles spanning 1971 to the present was personally supervised by McCartney and contains recreations of 65 singles/promos using restored original artwork from 11 different countries. The set features…

Getty ImagesLars Ulrich considers his Metallica bandmates the brothers he never had. Ulrich appeared on SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show and discussed his relationship with James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo. Blabbermouth transcribed Ulrich as saying, “When I came to America (in the late-1970’s), when I met James, when I met the other guys…

Getty ImagesThe music world and beyond have posted loving tributes to the late-Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter-keyboardist Christine McVie. McVie, who had turned 79 back in July, died on Wednesday, November 30th, following a short illness. Longtime collaborator and bandmate Lindsey Buckingham posted a handwritten note to Instagram paying tribute to McVie. The note reads, “Christine McVie’s…

Getty ImagesWolfgang Van Halen says that Intervals guitarist Aaron Marshall is his favorite guitarist today. The massive endorsement form the son of Eddie Van Halen came during a chat with Guitar World, where Wolf declared, “Aaron Marshall is my favorite guitar player of today. An important thing my dad always said: when it comes to…

PRPhotos.comSet for release on February 10th will be the latest Rolling Stones archival release, titled Grrr Live! The set, which gets its name from the band’s 2012 career-spanning compilation Grrr!, was recorded on December 15th, 2012 during the band’s “50 And Counting” tour stop at Newark, New Jersey’s Prudential Center. The set features guest spots…