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Bon Jovi are working on releasing an album, in 2020, aptly titled Bon Jovi: 2020. Mr. Jon Bon Jovi, himself, dropped the news to his audience on the Runaway to Paradise Mediterranean cruise.  His reasoning for such a straightforward title: "It’s an election year, so why not?  I couldn’t do any worse.” While Mr. Bon Jovi is quite pleased with the songs they've written so far, he does note that the subject matter of the lyrics are quite a departure, from what fans might be used …

Remember The Man Who Fell to Earth?  It was a 1976 movie, based on a 1963 novel, by Walter Tevis, about an alien, pretending to be human, who crashes on Earth, in search of water to bring back home to his family, where his species are suffering a drought. More importantly, it was the first acting role, for David Bowie, who stars as the alien. CBS All Access has confirmed a TV series, based on the novel/film, is already in production and will focus on the next chapt …

                                                                                                            Fear Inoculum - Tool's new title track, from their upcoming album, is out.  This is the band's first studio …

                Classic rock band Foreigner are confirmed for a 10-show residency, at the Venetian Resort, in Las Vegas, Nevada, starting this upcoming January, 2020.  The show dates, currently confirmed, are: January 24 January 25 January 29 January 31 February 1 April 17 April 18 April 22 April 24 April 25 While the band is extremely excited and honored to become part of Las Vegas' entertainment history, c …

                         6 1/2 years following the recording, Soundgarden are releasing: Soundgarden: Live from the Artists Den.   This concert was originally recorded on February 17, 2013, at the Wiltern Theater, in Los Angeles, California, and was the final show, of the band's winter US tour, in support of their most recent album, at the time, King Animal.  Playing to a sold out crowd, the almos …

Despite best efforts, it looks like the 50th anniversary celebration of the original Woodstock music festival, is a no-go. However, on August 15, many of you can take a trip back in time, to the original 3-day weekend of "Peace, Love and Music," as select movie theaters, around the country, will be showing "Woodstock: The Directors Cut." An elongated version, of the original Woodstock documentary film, this version was originally produced, in 1994, and shows additional performanc …

Billy Gibbons is getting ready to release his third solo album, which he says will be called Hardwire, in tribute to Joe Hardy, who produced and engineered every ZZ Top and Billy Gibbons album, since Eliminator.  Mr. Hardy passed away earlier this year. According to Gibbons, "I think we're going to call it Hardware, and that's in tribute to the late Joe Hardy, our stalwart engineer for four decades.  Joe recently passed on, but in his wake he left the instruction …

    A few weeks ago, I wrote about Guns N' Roses' confirmation of a new album getting underway.  Well, that hasn't been postponed, per se, as they never shared recording and/or release dates.  However, it looks like it's still a ways off, as the band has confirmed additional shows, for their ongoing "Not In This Lifetime" tour, which began, back in 2016.   While they have been on the road, consistently, since launching the "Not In This Lifetime" tour, GNR ha …

Guns N' Roses' guitarist, Slash, has officially confirmed that a new GNR album is in the works.  While various band members have hinted that they might be planning on recording, Slash made an official announcement, on 101 WRIF, that they would really get to work on it, once they wrap up their current tour.  When asked why he and the others had been so vague, in the past, Slash said “The thing is, we hadn’t really done anything yet, and I don’t like to say anything.  …

50 years ago, this Labor Day weekend, exactly 2 weeks after the original Woodstock music festival, another huge, albeit not as well known music festival occurred in Lewisville, Texas, called the Texas International Pop Festival.  This festival featured performances by Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin, Santana, Grand Funk Railroad and Chicago (then called Chicago Transit Authority), among others, and was attended by 100,000 music fans. This upcoming labor day weekend, the Texa …