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The Allman Brothers Band-inspired Peach Music Festival has revealed its lineup for 2022, including headliners Trey Anastasio Band, Black Crowes, Billy Strings and Joe Russo’s Almost Dead. The four-day event is scheduled to take place at Montage Mountain in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, June 30 through Sunday, July 3. The Peach Music Festival was first…

Metallica lead guitarist Kirk Hammett has announced his first-ever solo album. Portals, a four-song instrumental EP, will be celebrating Record Store Day with its worldwide release on April 23. The album will be available across digital platforms, on CD, and as an Ocean Blue Vinyl EP (including a download card). Hammett said that the initial…

Universal Music Publishing Group has acquired Sting’s entire music catalog, both as a solo artist and with The Police. The worldwide agreement covers “Roxanne,” “Every Breath You Take,” “Shape Of My Heart,” “If I Ever Lose My Faith In You,” “Fields Of Gold,” “Desert Rose,” “Message in a Bottle,” “Englishman in New York” and “Every…

English new wave band Duran Duran recently dropped their new single “Laughing Boy.” The track is one of three songs the band is going to add to the deluxe version of their 15th studio album, Future Past. The album includes “Laughing Boy,” “Velvet Newton,” and “Invocation,” along with the twelve original tracks. The track sings…

Heirs of Jimi Hendrix’ bandmates have filed a lawsuit in British court against Sony Music Entertainment. Last month, Sony and Hendrix’ estate had filed a lawsuit in New York federal court, claiming that the estates of bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell do not have the right to sue them for copyright claims. In…

Foreigner and King Crimson co-founder Ian McDonald has died at the age of 75. McDonald died peacefully surrounded by his loved ones on Wednesday, February 9, after a battle with cancer, according to his agent. McDonald, a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, was known as one of the key architects of progressive rock. He played both saxophone…

Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder took another jab at Mötley Crüe during a concert the singer played on Sunday, February 6. The incident happened during the the Pearl Jam singer’s solo performance in at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark in support of his upcoming solo album, Earthling, which is due on Friday, February…

Heart’s Ann Wilson has released a new single, “Greed,” which will feature on her upcoming solo album, Fierce Bliss. “‘Greed’ is that thing in our animal nature that makes us want more,” the Heart singer said in a press release. “Whether it be money, sex, power or ecstasy, it fires our craving! It happens with…

Micky Dolenz has announced a special tour in honor of his departed Monkees bandmates Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, and Davy Jones. The tour, billed as “Micky Dolenz Celebrates the Monkees,” kicks off on April 5 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, and wraps up on April 16 at Overture Center For The Arts in…

Neil Young, who recently pulled his music from Spotify after accusing podcaster Joe Rogan of spreading misinformation about Covid vaccines, has now asked the music streaming service’s employees to leave before the company “eats their souls.” In a new letter posted on his Neil Young Archives website, Young wrote, “In our communication age, misinformation is…