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PRPhotos.comComning on June 24th is the long-awaited Eric Clapton documentary and soundtrack to Nothing But The Blues. The set features 17 previously unreleased tracks recorded during “Slowhand’s” tour behind his Grammy-winning 1994 blues collection, From The Cradle. The critically acclaimed 1995 documentary has gotten a 4K upgrade with newly remixed audio. The collection is set…

Getty ImagesThe Who returned to Cincinnati for the first time since the band’s December 3rd, 1979 concert tragedy. On that day — at the city’s Riverfront Coliseum — 11 fans died and another 23 concert-goers were injured during a stampede while entering the band’s concert. The tragedy — which all but eradicated festival concert seating…

Getty ImagesThe 2022 Billboard Music Awards aired live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas last night (May 15th), celebrating artists of all genres under one roof. Diddy, the rapper-billionaire with many nicknames including Love, hosted the event and came prepared with outfit changes and a dance number to open the show. Joined…

PRPhotos.comSaturday (May 14th) marks the seventh anniversary of the death of the truly legendary, B.B. King, who died at the age of 89 following a series of strokes, and passed away in his sleep at his home in Las Vegas. B.B. King had long suffered from Type II diabetes and canceled a tour in October…

Getty ImagesMetallica’s James Hetfield cited two of his early guitar influences. Loudwire reported during the promotional video for Hetfield’s new Hardwired Master Core strings for Ernie Ball, he explained how both metal and punk icons helped lead the way to his unique style of rhythm guitar. Hetfield was quoted as saying, “For me it was…

Getty ImagesLindsey Buckingham has announced that due to Covid, he’s been forced to postpone his first-ever solo European tour. The Fleetwood Mac legend had to scrap the final four dates of his just-wrapped North American tour when members of his touring outfit contracted the virus — and now it’s been revealed Buckingham also fell ill.…

PRPhotos.comThe Doobie Brothers — featuring Michael McDonald — kick off their 2022 dates tonight (May 13th) with the first show of an eight-night Las Vegas residency at the Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood. Just published in celebration of the band’s 50th anniversary is the career-spanning memoir Long Train Runnin’ – Our Story, written by Doobies…

Getty ImagesHappy Birthday to legendary songwriter Burt Bacharach, who celebrates his 94th birthday today (May 12th). Bacharach and Elvis Costello — along with Emmy Award-nominated writer and Two And A Half Men creator Chuck Lorre — are currently collaborating on a Broadway adaption of Bacharach and Costello’s 1998 album, Painted From Memory, with an eye…

Getty ImagesFormer-Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony revealed that he too has been in talks about a live Van Halen reunion. Ex-Metallica bassist Jason Newsted recently revealed that he had been asked about testing the waters with Alex Van Halen, Joe Satriani — and presumably David Lee Roth — for a possible tribute/reunion tour — and…