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This July, Alice Cooper will release, Paranormal, his first solo album since 2011's Welcome 2 My Nightmare, and the 27th studio release of his career. Produced by Bob Ezrin, Paranormal will feature performances by ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons and U2's Larry Mullen. Bob is the one who suggested Larry Mullen for the album, and Alice loved the idea saying "that’s a great idea, it’ll change things up so much, just on the basic tracks.”  Alice went on to say that Larry wanted to s …

As you may have heard,  U2 are going on tour this summer to celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Joshua Tree. Each show will be devoted to performing the album in full. This is the first time many of these songs have been performed, by U2, in years. Both Bono and The Edge feel the topics approached in The Joshua Tree have as much relevance today, as they did in 1987, and they're excited about performing The Joshua Tree for the audiences. …

KISS' bass player, Gene Simmons, recently claimed, in an interview, that Rock is dead. In his defense, Gene was pointing more of the finger at file sharing and the current state of the music business rather than a lack of musical talent. He said, "It's very sad for new bands. My heart goes out to them. They just don't have a chance. If you play guitar, it's almost impossible...What is the next  Dark Side of the Moon? Now that the record industry barely exists, they wouldn't h …