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Judas Priest just released the title track, “Firepower” for their upcoming 18th studio album. The album is coming out March 9th, and is the second album since Richie Faulkner replaced guitarist K. K. Downing.Firepower is co-produced by Tom Allom, who worked on Judas Priest’s 80’s hits in the past, and Andy Sneap. "Tom Allom has got this classic metal thing," lead singer Rob Halford said. "And Andy is a bit more of a 'modern metal producer' but his thinking is a little bit different to Tom's. An …

Mick Ronson, David Bowie’s lead guitarist and arranger on his most enduring 1970’s classic albums, passed away in 1993. Three years before Bowie’s death, Suzi Ronson (Mick’s wife) asked Bowie to record his memories of Spiders From Mars. Those audio recordings are the basis of the new documentary Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story, which can be seen on Hulu.The film, narrated by Bowie, reveals the history of their work together and how Ronson entered the rock scene. The meat of the film is Ronso …

After David Bowie’s death grieved the world, Howard Stern decided that the deceased rock star should be properly remembered and honored. Stern asked Garbage, Billy Corgan, Car Seat Headrest, Greta Van Fleet, and 25 other artists to record David Bowie songs on his The Howard Stern Tribute to David Bowie Special. The tribute is premiering February 9th, 2018 on SiriusXM’s Howard 101 channel.When Stern first got into rock and roll, he dove into the unique style of Bowie: “He was always evolving, he …

Pop rock legends Daryl Hall and John Oates announced their co-headlining summer tour with Train which will cover arenas across North America in 2018. "This is going to be a tour filled with fun as well as great music," Hall said. "I love Train and have a close relationship with Pat Monahan, going back to our  Live From Daryl's House show together." The May 26th show in Philadelphia will also double as the return of the duo's HoagieNation Festival, the group's "cel …

For all of you Beatle freaks, there is reason to rejoice! A new George Harrison release will be available in stores and online February 23rd, 2 days before what would have been the late Beatles guitarist's 75th birthday.The new release is a massive vinyl reissue of the all-star Concert for George tribute which was held November 29, 2002 at London's Royal Albert Hall. The concert featured the likes of Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne of ELO, Dhani Harr …

Last year, legendary classic rockers The Eagles filed suit to prevent a Mexican hotel form calling itself Hotel California. Both parties agreed to drop the suit this week. According to an article in Rolling Stone, The band alleged that the parent company of the hotel was attempting to mislead hotel patrons into thinking that they had sanctioned the use of the song title and that it was part of a campaign for the hotel to sell merchandise like t-shirts and posters with the Hotel …

In what is being hailed as one of the worst kept secrets in rock and roll history, Journey and Def Leppard have scheduled a 58-city North America summer tour. The first concert will be on May 21 at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut and conclude in Los Angeles, CA at the Forum, on October 6. Below is a list of all of the currently confirmed dates, cities and venues. Journey and Def Leppard last co-headlined a tour back in 2006, when Def Leppard were promoting Yeah!. Hints of t …

 Edward Allan Clarke, best known as "Fast" Eddie Clarke, passed away yesterday (January 10, 2018), from complications caused by pneumonia, at the age of 67.  The guitarist was the last surviving member of the original lineup of Motorhead.  The other two founding members Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor and Lemmy Kilmister died within a month of each other, in 2015.Eddie joined Motorhead in 1976, after meeting Phil Taylor, and was an instrumental part of the band's best known albu …

Guns N’ Roses’ Not In This Lifetime… Tour, which wrapped November 29, 2017 has topped the $475 million mark in gross sales, according to Billboard Magazine. The Gunner's most recent tour played to more than 4.3 million fans at 123 headlining performances on 5 continents, not including various festival appearances during the first two years of the run.Not In This Lifetime currently ranks as the 4th-largest grossing tour of all time, based on Billboard’s Boxscore archives. The other tours in th …

Both the Foo Fighters and the late Chris Cornell received nods from the Grammy Awards.  They've both been nominated for Best Rock Performance.  The Foo Fighters, which were born after the sudden demise of Nirvana, in the mid-1990s, are nominated for their song Run and Chris Cornell, the former lead singer for Soundgarden and Audioslave, who passed away earlier this year, is nominated for his solo performance of The Promise. …