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PRPhotos.comHappy Birthday to the Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger, who turns 79 today (July 26th)!!! Jagger will always be best known as being’s rock’s preeminent frontman and along with Keith Richards, has written some of the most enduring and important songs of the rock era, including “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” “Under My Thumb,” “Gimme Shelter,”…

Getty ImagesIn one of the rare cases of a showbiz couple defying the odds, congratulations go out to the Fifth Dimension’s Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. who celebrate their 53rd anniversary today (July 26th). In the couple’s autobiography, Up, Up And Away: How We Found Love, Faith And Lasting Marriage In The Entertainment World,…

PRPhotos.comBritney Spears is working with Elton John to make her much-anticipated comeback. Page Six reports that the embattled pop star secretly recorded a duet with John of his song, “Tiny Dancer” in Beverly Hills last week. A music industry insider said the recording session was produced by Andrew Watt and added, “This was Elton’s idea,…

Getty ImagesSqueeze’s Glenn Tilbrook has rolled out a string of fall dates, primarily hitting the East Coast with a smattering of Midwest shows thrown in the mix. The solo jaunt kicks off on September 14th in Ridgefield, Connecticut and wraps on October 11th in Atlanta, Georgia. Along the 19-date trek, Tilbrook will make stops in…

PRPhotos.comIn a new chat with Goldmine, Slash admitted that he’s unsure if he ever owned a copy of Guns N’ Roses’ 1987 masterpiece, Appetite For Destruction. Slash explained, “I don’t think I’ve ever owned the Appetite For Destruction record. And even if I did, I didn’t live anywhere, so I wouldn’t have any place to…

Getty ImagesAs expected, Motley Crue and Def Leppard’s co-headlining “Stadium Tour” with Poison and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts is doing amazing business on the road, according to Blabbermouth. The trek has topped Pollstar’s “Live75” chart, which ranks the past 30 days of average ticket sales by active tours globally. Pollstar posted, “‘The Stadium Tour,’…

PRPhotos.comIt was 42 years ago today (July 25th, 1980), that AC/DC released their biggest selling album ever, Back In Black. It was the band’s first set without lead singer Bon Scott, who had died on February 19th, 1980 at age 33, after passing out and choking on his own vomit following a long night of…

PRPhotos.comThe Red Hot Chili Peppers will release their second album of 2022 this fall. While performing in Denver Saturday (July 23rd) night, the band announced that the double album, Return of the Dream Canteen, will drop on October 14th. They wrote on social media, “We went in search of ourselves as the band that we…

PRPhotos.comIn the midst of Rage Against The Machine’s show on Saturday (July 23rd) in Toronto, a fan managed to jump the barrier and run on stage, getting very close to Tom Morello. A security guard quickly acted, tackling the fan and accidentally knocking Morello off stage while the band was playing its final song, “Killing…