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Getty ImagesThe Who are back on the road and 40 years after originally calling it quits with their famed “farewell” tour, remain more passionate than ever. The shows feature the band backed every night by a local symphony orchestra, also include a standalone set where Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey strip things for with just…

Getty ImagesIt was the end of an era for an entire generation of rock fans and musicians who came of age in the 1980’s, as the news spread two years ago today — October 6th, 2020 — that Eddie Van Halen died at age 65 after years of battling throat cancer. He is survived by…

Getty ImagesIt was 59 years ago today (October 5th, 1963) that Beach Boys guitarist and co-founder David Marks played his final concert as a full member of the band. Marks, who grew up across the street from future Beach Boys’ Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, was only 15 at the time of his final show,…

Getty ImagesBlack Crowes guitarist Rich Robinson will lead two all-star benefit concerts saluting the 40th anniversary of R.E.M.’s debut EP, Chronic Town. Rolling Stone reported, “The two-night event, set to be hosted in Georgia on December 14th and 15th, will double as a benefit show with proceeds going towards Planned Parenthood. The concert will spend…

Getty ImagesNirvana bassist Krist Novoselic shed light on his time with the band and helping formulate Kurt Cobain’s musical ideas. During a chat with Rick Beato’s on his podcast In the Room With Nirvana And Soundgarden, Novoselic explained, “He’d have these riffs, and he just kind of started playing them. And we would just say,…

Getty ImagesWolfgang Van Halen feels that due to the dysfunction within the Van Halen camp he’s opting out of any official tributes to his father with the band. In a new chat with Classic Rock, Wolfgang went into detail regarding the long-rumored salute to his late-dad, Eddie Van Halen: “When it comes to Van Halen…

Getty ImagesIt was 52 years ago today (October 4th, 1970) that Janis Joplin was found dead. After a long night of partying, Joplin’s body was discovered in her room at the Landmark Hotel in Hollywood with fresh needle marks in her arm, and her death was ruled an accidental overdose. Joplin was 27-years-old, and at…

Getty ImagesIt was 47 years ago today that Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here hit Number One on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The album, which was the followup to the band’s massive 1973 hit, The Dark Side Of The Moon, topped the charts for two weeks and remained in the U.S. Top 10 for…

Getty ImagesFrontman Myles Kennedy has already named his favorite tune from Alter Bridge’s upcoming album, Pawns & Kings. The new collection, which drops on October 14th, is the band’s seventh studio set and the followup to 2019’s Walk The Sky. During a chat with Ultimate-Guitar.com, Myles Kennedy was pushed to name his personal standout track…