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PRPhotos.comOn October 13, Lynryd Skynyrd will celebrate 50 years of Southern rock with the release of a career-spanning box-set, titled Fyfty. The 4-CD and digital collection will touch on various phases of the band’s storied history, including their early Muscle Shoals recordings as well as two previously unreleased live tracks. One of which is a…

Getty ImagesGrateful Dead’s Wake Of The Flood 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition, is set to be released September 29. The two-CD and digital sets, feature the album’s seven original songs and previously unreleased music from 1973. The demos feature Jerry Garcia singing and playing a pair of new songs he and Robert Hunter had been working……

Getty ImagesA new feature-length documentary about the making of Elvis Presley’s 1968 comeback hit theatres world-wide over the weekend and is now available for streaming. Reinventing Elvis: The ’68 Comeback, includes additional scenes that aren’t in the final film and that includes two new videos. The famous black leather jacket era of The King now…

Getty ImagesVan Halen’s David Lee Roth has posted another interpretive dance clip. In this one, he swings a sword to the beat of Queen’s “We Will Rock You”. The black and white video is a reminder that the 68-year-old has still got the moves. Recently, he posted one wearing overalls while dancing to Jamiroquai’s 1999…

PRPhotos.comThe official Nickelback documentary, Hate To Love Nickelback, will get its world premiere in September at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film explores how one of the most successful acts in music history is known as one of the most hated bands. Lead singer and guitarist, Chad Kroeger says the band pokes fun at…

Getty ImagesThe Doors’ Golden Album, has been reissued. The original version from 1968 was released exclusively in Japan and for years, was difficult to obtain. It’s a compilation of 12 songs from their first three studio albums: The Doors, Strange Days, and Waiting for the Sun. Many of the Rock Hall of Famers hits are…

Getty ImagesBruce Springsteen and The E Street Band’s European tour has now sold over 1.6 million tickets. As he continues to hit career highs, the final show there touted over 70,000 in Monza, Italy. The tour returns to North America next month with 31 more shows. That leg kicks off with two nights at Chicago’s…

Getty ImagesU2 has issued a statement regarding the death of Sinead O’Connor. The band posted the lyrics from her 1986 song, “Heroine,” a song she recorded with the Edge for the soundtrack of Captive. In part, it read… “Touch these eyes with a broken smile, Touch my mouth with your furrowed brow, Lift my heart,…

PRPhotos.comBad Company’s Paul Rodgers has released a new single called “Take Love” from his upcoming album Midnight Rose. The iconic lead vocalist, main songwriter and founding member of legendary rock band, wrote the album title for his wife Cynthia’s 50th birthday. Rodgers says the new collections of music “grew from sparks of ideas.” He said,…