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Sammy Hagar and his band The Circle are planning to embark on a tour this summer along with George Thorogood & the Destroyers as special guests. “A tour this size has been a long time coming and it’s definitely going to be worth the wait,” says Hagar. “The Circle and I are super excited and…

BMG has announced that in honor of the 30th anniversary of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards’ acclaimed solo album Main Offender, the record label will release a limited edition super-deluxe boxset on March 18. Featuring a number of previously unreleased songs from the Winos Live In London ’92 performance recorded at the Town & Country…

Marking the 53rd anniversary of The Beatles’ final live performance atop their Apple Corps Headquarters in London, the concert received a digital audio release on Friday from Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMe. The complete audio for the legendary band’s famous farewell rooftop performance has been mixed in stereo and Dolby Atmos by Giles Martin and Sam Okell.…

Dick Halligan, a co-founder of Blood, Sweat & Tears, died on January 18 in Rome, Italy, leaving behind his daughter Shana, his son-in-law, Eric, his grandson, Otis, and his stepson, Buddy. Growing up in Glen Falls, New York, Halligan fell in love with big band music, largely because of Stan Kenton, Tommy Dorsey, and Glenn…

Neil Young says he wants his music be pulled from Spotify in protest against misinformation spread by podcaster Joe Rogan about the Covid vaccine on the streaming service. “They can have Rogan or Young. Not both,” Young wrote in a letter to his management team and record label posted on his official website. “I want…

Cyndi Lauper’s music video for “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” has earned over 1 billion views on YouTube, earning the singer her first entry in the billion-view club on the video streaming platform. “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” was originally written and performed by American musician Robert Hazard, who released the single in…

Rock icons KISS recently released a new live version of their song, “Lick It Up.” Originally released in 1983, the new track was recorded at a live show at the Virginia Beach Amphitheater on their cross-country “Rock The Nation” tour in 2004. Notably, the trek was the first-ever tour that featured Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons,…

Sony Music Entertainment has announced it has fully acquired Bob Dylan’s entire back catalog of recorded music, as well as the rights to multiple future new releases, in a major expansion of SME’s six-decade relationship with the artist. This agreement, concluded in July 2021, comprises the entirety of Bob Dylan’s recorded body of work since…

Eric Church performed a cover of “I Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That)” during his stop at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit on Saturday (January 22), paying tribute to Meat Loaf, who passed away on Thursday (January 20) at age 74. Church and his band were at Little Caesars Arena as part…

Music legend Bob Dylan has announced Spring tour dates for his Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour. The next leg of the world tour will kick off in Phoenix on March 3 and wrap up roughly a month and a half later in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on April 14. Tickets for upcoming performances can be purchased…