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If you've been a customer of ours here at Rocker Rags for a while, or even if this is your first time visiting our store's website, you might have noticed that we differ ourselves from our competitors in that we carry a mix of music apparel with varying price points, starting at around $25.00 (on average) to over $120.00. This is not by accident. In fact, it was very deliberate.Back in 2018, we decided that in order for Rocker Rags to both differentiate itself from our competitors and …

Well if you live in North America, that looks like quite a possibility. Bruce Dickinson, the lead singer of the classic heavy metal band, Iron Maiden, is embarking on a North American spoken word tour, called An Evening with Bruce Dickinson, in support of his 2017 memoir, What Does This Button Do? A continuation of a tour he began, in between touring with Iron Maiden, upon the release of his memoir, back in 2017, An Evening with Bruce Dickinson finds the singer sharing humorou …

Classic rockers Guns N' Roses have announced a North American tour for later this year, and they're bringing along both Alice in Chains and The Pretenders.I have to say, when I first heard that these bands were going to be performing on GNR's upcoming tour, I was a bit surprised.  Although less so with Alice in Chains.  I'll explain my line of thinking here.  I'll admit that both Alice in Chains and The Pretenders are now considered classic rock, much in the same wa …

Classic rock legends, Aerosmith, are joining their 1970s-1990s hard rock contemporaries (think KISS, Ozzy Obourne) by officially announcing their farewell tour.Called the Peace Out tour, the band will launch a 40-date trek across North America this year, beginning on September 2, in Philadelphia, and wrapping things up on January 26, in Montreal.Now the band hasn't specifically stated if they're going into full retirement, meaning they might still do 1-off shows or record new musi …

Classic rock band Queen have announced a North American tour with Adam Lambert for later this year.The two superstars have toured together in the past, and this tour promises to be bigger and more ambitious than the last.  Featuring two of the original Queen members, Sir Brian May and Roger Taylor, Adam Lambert will be taking over vocal duties for Queen's departed lead singer, Freddie Mercury.  Beginning on October 4, in Baltimore, Maryland, the tour will end just over a month later, o …

There's a new music festival coming this October, and it definitely sounds like it's going to be sonic power trip.  It's called the Powertrip Festival, and it's scheduled to take place at the Empire Polo Club, in Indio, California (home of the Coachella Music Festival), over the weekend of October 6-8, 2023. Essentially an evolution of the Desert Festival which took place in 2016 and featured performances by some of the biggest names in early classic rock, including the  …

Eric Clapton has announced a North American tour to happen in early fall, 2023. There is no official name for this tour, and all of the shows will occur over a span of 8 days this September, starting on September 8, in Pittsburgh, PA and ending on September 16, in Denver, CO.  (All of the confirmed dates, cities & venues can be found below). Supporting Mr. Clapton will be Jimmie Vaughn, the late brother of the legendary Stevie Ray Vaughn.  The tickets for …

From rock and roll royalty to being officially recognized by royalty, Queen guitarist Brian May has led quite a life of achievement. This past week, March 14, 2023, King Charles officially knighted Brian May for both his contributions to music along with as all of his charitable endeavors.   The official announcement about Brian May receiving this honor was released in late 2022, to which the guitarist replied "This is a kind of license, a kind of commission to carry on doing …

While I was initially on the fence about it, we are now carrying Willie Nelson shirts from some of the best brands in contemporary fashion including Daydreamer LA and LivyLu.  The reason I was skeptical to carry them is probably the same reason you're thinking - Willie Nelson is a famous country artist - not rock and roll.  And even though Rocker Rags is becoming more and more of an online fashion boutique focused not only on artists and bands, but on fashion brands …

As you may have heard, the Cure are headlining a tour of North America this summer.   Beginning on May 10, at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, this tour, called The Lost World Tour, will find the band visiting a large number of major US and Canadian cities. The Lost World Tour will be the first that the new wave, goth, dark wave, alternative rock, post punk (whatever you'd like to refer to them as) band has performed in North America since 2019.  Tickets went on sa …