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PRPhotos.comThe accolades for Metallica continue to roll in, with the band’s video for 1991’s “Nothing Else Matters” surpassing one billion views on YouTube. Blabbermouth posted: “The ‘Nothing Else Matters’ video, which was uploaded to YouTube in October of 2009, was directed by Adam Dubin and edited by Sean Fullan and is made up of clips…

Getty ImagesZZ Top guitarist Billy F. Gibbons gave a long and heartfelt interview to Variety, talking about the events leading up to bassist Dusty Hill’s recent death. Hill had started on the band’s recent tour, but stepped back after only a couple of dates, before dying in his sleep on July 27th at age 72.…

Getty ImagesLed Zeppelin fans are pinching themselves over the news that the band’s first officially sanctioned documentary has been completed. Becoming Led Zeppelin, which was first announced in 2019, was directed by Bernard MacMahon of American Epic fame. MacMahon had unprecedented access to Zeppelin and its archives, featuring, “never-before-seen archive film and photographs, state-of-the-art audio…

Getty ImagesJohn Fogerty is heading back on the road later this month. The Creedence Clearwater Revival leader kicks off a 16-date run on August 20th at Boston’s Leader Bank Pavilion and closes the year out on November 13th in Ledyard, Connecticut’s Fox Tower at Foxwoods. In October, Fogerty is set for a six-night stand in…

Getty ImagesBoth John Lennon’s songwriting partner, Paul McCartney, and the late-Beatle’s son, Sean Lennon feel that John would be a fan of auto-tuning his voice — the au courant, note-cheating, pitch-shifting studio device. According to TheWrap.com, “Macca” and Sean appeared on episodes of the Apple TV+ series of Watch The Sound With Mark Ronson, with…

Getty ImagesFoo Fighters saluted ZZ Top’s late-bassist, Dusty Hill, during their stop in Cincinnati on July 29th, according to NME.com. Drummer Taylor Hawkins sported and T-shirt which read, “Dusty RIP,” with the band playing a bit of ZZ Top’s “Beer Drinkers And Hell Raisers” and “La Grange” in honor of Hill, who died in his…

Getty ImagesThe Guns N’ Roses / Mammoth WVH tour kicked off on July 31st at Hershey, Pennsylvania’s Hersheypark Stadium, with Ultimate Classic Rock posting that Guns played a career-spanning 21-song setlist featuring Axl Rose, Slash, and Duff McKagan from the band’s classic lineup. Among the highlights from the performance was McKagan saluting Iggy Pop &…

PRPhotos.comMore than 30 years after its release, Ozzy Osbourne’s sixth solo album, No More Tears, will be celebrated with an expanded digital audio album due out on September 17th. Two special editions — a 2LP black vinyl version and a special yellow and red 2LP vinyl version with a specially created booklet (exclusively at http://www.towerrecords.com)…

PRPhotos.comMetallica is back working on its first new album in five years. During a chat with Loudersound.com, Kirk Hammett spoke about the band’s followup to 2016’s chart-topping, Hardwired. . . To Self-Destruct collection, saying, “Metallica has always been about bringing people together through music. I think the sentiment now is that people need music more…