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Late this summer, on August 14, "Blinded by the Light" will hit theaters.   A song, originally, written and recorded by Bruce Springsteen, "Blinded by the Light" is best remembered as a hit, covered by Manfred Mann's Earth Band, in 1977.  However, the "Blinded by the Light" I'm referring to has nothing to do with Manfred Mann's Earth Band, and has a lot more to do with "The Boss."   Blinded by the Light is a new upcoming film, about a young Pakistani immigrant, …

   Want to see Guns N' Roses, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Def Leppard all in 1 weekend?   Well then, you need to block out the weekend of October 11-13, for the first Exit 111 music festival.   To be held at Great Stage Park in Manchester, Tennessee, this 3 day concert will feature a who's who of classic rock and heavy metal.  In addition to the 3 bands mentioned above, who are headlining Exit 111, there will also be performances by Slay …

In 1969, in a small town called White Lake in the Catskill Mountains of New York State, the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair opened with a bluesy folk set by Richie Havens, setting off a 3-day event that would forever change the landscape of rock music and live concerts as we know it. Woodstock set the stage for the mega festivals we know today like Coachella and Bonnaroo, giving a platform to all genres of music for fans around the globe to enjoy in person. And now, nearly half a century after the …

When the Motley Crue biography The Dirt: Confessions of The World's Most Notorious Rock Band was released in 2001, it was widely thought to be unfilmable.  According to Rolling Stone, the book "contains some of the grittiest, raunchiest, supposedly true stories recorded, with scenes depicting the abuse of drugs, alcohol and groupies as the “Shout at the Devil” rockers somehow survived the Eighties and a low commercial period in the Nineties." Who could capture all of that de …

Since David Gilmour joined Pink Floyd in 1967, his guitar work was, to say the least, legendary. From his explosive solos on the  live sides of Ummagumma, to the legendary radio hits Comfortably Numb and Money, few guitar solos in rock are better known. Now, 120 of Gilmour's guitars, including his legendary 1969 Black Fender Stratocaster (so customized by Gilmour that  an entire book was devoted to it) will be auctioned off at Christie's in New York this June.  …

August 16th, 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the legendary Woodstock festival. In August of 1969, Woodstock, one of the largest music festivals ever to be held in the United States, made music history. The festival boasted a staggering attendance record, with over 400,000 people attending, and solidified the legacies of the acts who performed, like Jimi Hendrix, Country Joe McDonald, Santana, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, The Who, Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead, Jefferson A …

In 1983, Jon Bon Jovi formed Bon Jovi in Sayreville, New Jersey, with friends Tico Torres, on drums; David Bryan, on keyboards; Alec John Such, on bass; and Richie Sambora on guitar and co-songwriting. But this band, who would later become an irrefutable icon of the 80's and beyond, was not Jon's first attempt at assembling his own group. Jon Bon Jovi, originally born John Francis Bongiovi, started playing and studying music when he was 13. He joined his first band Raze that same year …

Tis the season for “Best of 2018” recaps. Everything from best rock songs, to most watched music videos, the end of every year calls for well-earned reminiscing, especially for rock and roll. And once we’re finished commemorating the magical musical moments of 2018, we have a new year of rock music and rock news in 2019 to look forward to, including the 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees. So, who's on the list this year?The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2019 has been announced, …

“It’s just amazing, man. I never expected to get around to Louis Armstrong status, you know?” - Keith Richards in Rolling Stone, November 28, 2018 The Rolling Stones have announced 19 U.S. dates for their 2019 "No Filter" tour, starting April 20 in Miami and wrapping June 25 in Chicago. This will be the Stones' first U.S. shows since 2015’s "Zip Code" tour and will include cities like Jacksonville, Florida which they haven’t played in 30 years. Guitarist Keith Richards is amazed th …

It seems like Ozzy Osbourne just can't bring himself to retire from the road. This week he announced "No More Tours 2" 2019 concert dates for North America, kicking off May 29 in Atlanta, GA and wrapping up July 29 in Los Angeles. Supporting him on this leg of his final world tour will be legendary metal power band  Megadeth. But that's not all... No More Tours 2 actually begins December 31 with Ozzfest New Year's Eve at The Forum in Los Angeles. From there, Ozzy departs for t …