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Getty ImagesPaul McCartney has jokingly blamed Bruce Springsteen for working him too hard. McCartney told Conan O’Brien on the podcast series Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, “These days, pretty much there’s a main act and there might be a warm-up act.” McCartney went on to say that, in the 1960s, “it was a lot of…

PRPhotos.comMadonna was hospitalized on Saturday (June 24th) after reportedly being found unresponsive. According to Page Six, the pop icon had been intubated and was in ICU after developing “a serious bacterial infection which led to a several-day stay in the ICU.” She is no longer in intensive care and is recovering. Madonna was about to…

Getty ImagesBlack Sabbath’s Paranoid is now available in Quadraphonic Sound for the first time in nearly 50 years. Rhino has also released Alice Cooper’s Billion Dollar Babies, The J. Geils Band’s Nightmares . . . And Other Tales From The Vinyl Jungle and Jefferson Starship’s Red Octopus. Quadraphonic sound, or 4.0 surround sound, utilizes four…

Getty ImagesThe Who’s Tommy is back on the boards, with a theatrical run at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre now extended a second time through August 6th. During a new chat with Loudersound, Pete Townshend recalled how big a risk writing and recording the double-album rock opera was for the Who at the time: “Tommy had been…

PRPhotos.comLegendary Free, Bad Company, and Firm frontman Paul Rodgers will release Midnight Rose, his first all original solo album since 1999 on September 22nd via Sun Records. Classic Rock reported the new set was co-produced by Bob Rock and Rodgers’ wife, Cynthia Rodgers, who also supplied the artwork for the new collection. Paul Rodgers said…

Getty ImagesMammoth WVH has dropped, “Take A Bow,” the third single from the band’s sophomore album, Mammoth II due out on August 4th. Blabbermouth reported the 10-track album, which was co-produced by Wolfgang Van Halen and Michael “Elvis” Baskett, and was recorded at Eddie Van Halen’s legendary 5150 studio in Los Angeles. Not too long…

Getty ImagesAccording to reports, Mick Jagger’s 36-year-old longtime girlfriend ballerina Melanie Hamrick is pushing for an engagement ring from the nearly 80-year-old Rolling Stones frontman. The pair have been together since 2014 and share a son, six-year-old Deveraux. Hamrick was recently quoted by The Times discussing the pair’s official status as saying, “I know there…

Getty ImagesPeter Frampton is back on the road for a major summer run and digging deep into his back catalogue for a section of numbers he’s either rarely or never played in concert before. Prior to hitting the road, Frampton had been hard at work on a series of projects — two of which are…

PRPhotos.comAlice In Chains have squeezed out seven new headlining fall concerts in between their opening shows for Guns N’ Roses. Blabbermouth posted new dates on the books include stops in Tulsa, Oklahoma; Anaheim, Highland, and Paso Robles, California; Reno and Las Vegas, Nevada; Boise, Idaho; Spokane, Washington; and Vancouver, BC. Tickets go on sale this…