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Steely Dan have announced a U.S. tour in October-November and the release of two new live albums in September. The “Absolutely Normal Tour ’21” kicks off with a four-night stand in Miami, Florida, on October 5. Tickets for the tour go on sale starting July 30 at 10 am Local through Ticketmaster. Fans can purchase…

Iconic guitar brand Gibson has announced the launch of Gibson Records, alongside a strategic label partnership with BMG. Headquartered in Music City, Nashville, the label will work with Gibson artists to produce, record, and promote their guitar-centric music. “Launching a record label that is in service to our artists is the natural evolution of our…

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, music industry legend Clive Davis, and Live Nation and NYCEDC chair Danny Meyer on Tuesday announced the all-star lineup for the “WE LOVE NYC: The Homecoming Concert.” The concert, produced by New York City, Clive Davis and Live Nation on the Great Lawn in Central Park on August…

Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider has revealed that the band did not start receiving any royalty checks for their projects until 1998. In a recent interview with The Metal Voice, the singer-songwriter shared that not until the band recorded the song “Heroes are Hard to Find” for the 1998 Strangeland soundtrack did they start receiving…

Green Day performed an amped-up cover of the KISS classic “Rock and Roll All Nite” on the opening night of their Hella Mega Tour. The band first rocked out to the anthem at a warmup show in Tulsa, Oklahoma, before later bringing it to the Globe Life Field concert in Arlington, Texas, on Saturday (July…

YES recently shared “The Ice Bridge,” the first track from their upcoming album, and an accompanying video. “The Ice Bridge” is the first new song by the rock band in seven years. The Quest, the new studio album from YES, is scheduled to release on InsideOutMusic/Sony Music on October 1. The album’s producer, guitarist Steve…

A de-aged Paul McCartney stars in the new video for Beck’s version of “Find My Way.” McCartney shared the video for “Find My Way,” a track that features on McCartney III Imagined, a collection of covers of tracks from his latest album, McCartney III. The new video was directed by Andrew Donoho. The video was…

Lynyrd Skynyrd co-founder Gary Rossington has undergone emergency heart surgery and is now recovering. This news was broken by Lynyrd Skynyrd frontman Johnny Van Zant during the southern rock band’s concert at the Twin Cities Summer Jam in Shakopee, Minnesota, on July 22. He explained that Rossington, who was subjected to multiple procedures in recent…

Lindsey Buckingham has released a new single from his upcoming self-titled solo album. Lindsey Buckingham, which will be his first fully-solo studio album in a decade, is scheduled to come out on September 17 via Reprise. Buckingham revealed that the new track, “On the Wrong Side,” was inspired by Fleetwood Mac’s 1976 hit single Go…

A book co-authored by former President Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen, based on their “Renegades: Born in the USA” podcast, will be released on October 26. “Renegades: Born in the USA” is a collection of conversations Obama and Springsteen began in their Spotify co-produced podcast of the same name. The book will be published by…