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PRPhotos.comBryan Adams feels that in today’s climate veteran artists have much more freedom than they did 20 years ago. Ultimate-Guitar transcribed some of Adams’ recent interview on Britain’s BBC Radio 2, in which he talked candidly about the state of his and his peers’ careers, explaining, “In some ways I feel more inspired now than…

PRPhotos.comThe Scorpions and Whitesnake have rolled out an extensive late-summer and fall run. The trek, which takes in stops at casinos, sheds, and arenas, kicks off on August 21st at Toronto’s Budweiser Stage and stretches through October 21st at Las Vegas’s Mandalay Bay. The dates will serve as part of Whitesnake’s final tour. In the…

Getty ImagesOut now is Pete Townshend’s new two-hour Audible Original mini-biography, titled Somebody Saved Me. The Townshend confessional is named after his 1982 solo favorite featured on All The Beat Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes. Townshend explained how the project took shape, telling The Los Angeles Times, “When the idea was presented to me, it was…

PRPhotos.comDavid Crosby has revealed he has quit touring. During a new chat with Best Classic Bands, Crosby was asked if he was planning on hitting the road and answered, “No. I’m not, because I’m 80. It’s because I’m old. Being on a bus tour is a daunting task. It’s very hard. It takes it out…

Getty ImagesThe Rolling Stones have just posted three new tracks from its upcoming vault release, Live At The El Mocambo, 1977, which drops on Friday (May 13th.) The new tracks previewed from the band’s legendary March 1977 Toronto club gigs are Exile On Main Street’s “Tumbling Dice” and “Rip This Joint,” and Black And Blue’s…

PRPhotos.comOn Sunday (May 8th), at the invitation from Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky, U2’s Bono and The Edge performed an acoustic concert in the subway-turned-bomb shelter of Kyiv. Rolling Stone reported the pair performed “With Or Without You,” “Desire,” “Angel Of Harlem,” “Vertigo,” — “and a rendition of Ben E. King’s ‘Stand By Me’ that replaced…

PRPhotos.comJudas Priest frontman Rob Halford saluted the band’s legion of fans who would not give up until Priest was firmly entrenched into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The band, which has been eligible since 1999, was shortlisted to make the cut last year — but ultimately came up short. Rob Halford told us…

Getty ImagesAll six members of Duran Duran will be on hand this November 5th when the band is inducted in to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at L.A.’s Microsoft Theater. This includes former guitarist Andy Taylor, who was with the band throughout its original classic run through 1985 and a brief reunion in…

Getty ImagesOut now is The Live Series: Songs Of Location, Bruce Springsteen’s latest “greatest hits” collection from his officially sanctioned archival live bootleg series. The new 15-track compilation, features “The Boss” chronologically over the years — both with and without the E Street Band — spanning gigs from December 12th, 1975 in Greenvale, New York…