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Getty ImagesPaul Stanley has never been one to hold his tongue when it comes to expressing himself — although more than few fans were confused, if not outright angered, at why he felt the need to suddenly air his opinion on transgender kids and their parents. Stanley posted a message, titled, “My Thoughts On What…

PRPhotos.comWith the news about Aerosmith’s upcoming tour about to be announced, Joe Perry spoke candidly about his over 50-year partnership with fellow “Toxic Twin” Steven Tyler. Blabbermouth transcribed some of Perry’s chat with Boston’s WCVB Channel 5, in which the guitarist explained, “We’ve had our ups and downs. And like everything, there’s a balance; there’s…

Getty ImagesOn Friday night (April 28th), Bruce Springsteen welcomed former-First Lady Michelle Obama up on stage with the E Street Band during their performance of “Glory Days” at Barcelona’s Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys. The show, which was the band’s European tour opener, also featured Steven Speilberg’s wife, actress Kate Capshaw joining in and sharing tambourine…

PRPhotos.comU2 has added five new dates onto their band’s upcoming U2:UV Achtung Baby Live At Sphere show in Las Vegas. The newly added dates are October 27th, 28th, November 1st, 3rd, and 4th. For verified fan presale info, log on to https://u2.ticketmaster.com/.

Getty ImagesIt was 55 years ago Saturday (April 29th, 1968) that the counter-culture musical Hair opened at Broadway’s Biltmore Theatre. Hair, which had run off-Broadway the previous year, was unlike any other mainstream show, featuring a story line using humor, music and sexuality to celebrate and raise understanding of the problems facing the 1960s baby-boomer…

Getty ImagesNow shipping via PeterFrampton.com com is the Frampton@50 CD/SACD collection. The collection is comprised of meticulously restored reissues of the essential 1972-1975 studio releases Wind Of Change (1972), Frampton’s Camel (1973), and Frampton (1975). The limited edition 180G vinyl box set begins shipping on July 28th. The Frampton remasters were analog mastered by Chris…

Getty ImagesOut today (April 28th) is the long-awaited archival release, Stephen Stills Live At Berkeley 1971. The collection was captured over two nights — August 20th and 21st, 1971 — at Berkeley, California’s Berkeley Community Theater, while supporting his second solo set, Stephen Stills 2. The Berkeley show, which was part of Stills’ historic debut…

PRPhotos.comA new, life and career-spanning documentary on Carlos Santana, titled CARLOS, has just been announced. Sony Pictures Classics have acquired worldwide rights to the feature-length documentary film about “the father of Latin American jazz fusion. The doc will be directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Rudy Valdez and executive produced by Academy Award-winning producers Brian Grazer…

Getty ImagesSammy Hagar’s time working with Eddie Van Halen and fronting Van Halen is never far from his thoughts. In a new interview with USA Today, the “Red Rocker” revealed, “The peak of my musical life was Van Halen. My ego wants to say I was doing great as a solo artist. Well, yeah, I…