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Getty ImagesHappy Birthday to Robert Plant, who turns 74 on Saturday (August 20th)!!! Although Plant has enjoyed a successful solo career since 1982, he will always be best known for his years fronting Led Zeppelin and co-writing the majority of the band’s songs with Jimmy Page. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss are currently on the…

PRPhotos.comTodd Rundgren will release his latest album, Space Force, on October 14th. Pitchfork reported special guests on the new set include Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen, Crowded House’s Neil Finn, Thomas Dolby, Steve Vai, the Lemon Twigs, the Roots, Sparks, Adrian Below, and Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo, among others. A while back, Todd Rundgren told us that…

Getty ImagesSaturday (August 20th) would have been R&B pioneer Isaac Hayes’ 80th birthday. Hayes is best known for his years as a writer, performer, and producer for the legendary Stax label, having composed, along with his partner David Porter, Sam & Dave’s landmark ’60s hits “Hold On! I’m Comin’,” “When Something Is Wrong With My…

PRPhotos.comThe official Ronnie James Dio documentary — Dio: Dreamers Never Die — will run in cinemas globally for two days on September 28th and October 2nd. According to the film’s announcement, executive produced by Dio’s widow and longtime manager, Wendy Dio, and fully authorized by the artist’s estate, “Dio: Dreamers Never Die delves deep into…

Getty ImagesAfter more than a decade apart, Jane’s Addiction’s founding bass player, Eric Avery, seems to have reunited with the band. There are pictures and video of Avery playing with Perry Farrell on both Eric’s and Jane’s Addiction’s social media accounts. The caption on Avery’s post is simply, “It’s on!” The band, apparently along with…

Getty ImagesGoo Goo Dolls’ signature ballad “Iris” has surpassed one billion streams, according to Rock Cellar. The track, which appeared on the band’s 1998 Dizzy Up The Girl album and written by John Rzeznik, peaked at Number Nine on the Billboard Hot 100 and was also featured in on the soundtrack to the Nicolas Cage…

Getty ImagesOzzy Osbourne revealed that Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page blew off a request to appear on his upcoming album, Patient Number 9. Osbourne was successful in getting the two other Yardbirds guitar legends — Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck — to appear on the set. During a chat with Metal Hammer, Ozzy spoke about…

Getty ImagesIt was 44 years ago today (August 18th, 1978) that the Who released their eighth album, and final studio set with Keith Moon, Who Are You. The album, which had been recorded between October 1977 and April of ’78, showcased the Who at a crossroads with the band entering the studio after a long…

Getty ImagesIt was 53 years ago today — August 18th, 1969 — that the Woodstock Music and Art Fair closed with Jimi Hendrix’s epic final set, which wrapped three days of music in Bethel, New York. More than 450,000 people converged upon the small upstate town to hear rock’s biggest bands perform. Although Woodstock, which…