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The Doobie Brothers announced on Friday (August 6) that their 15th full-length album, Liberté, will arrive on October 1st. Liberté, produced and co-written by John Shanks, features 12 new songs from Tom Johnston, Pat Simmons and John McFee. The band also released a self-titled 4-track EP, featuring the songs “Oh Mexico,” “Cannonball,” “Don’t Ya Mess…

Dennis “Dee Tee” Thomas, the co-founder and saxophonist of Kool & the Gang, passed away on Saturday, August 7. He was 70. According to a statement, the musician died “peacefully in his sleep” in New Jersey. “An original member of Kool & the Gang, Dennis was known as the quintessential cool cat in the group,…

Brian May has expressed a difference of opinion with Eric Clapton following the latter’s refusal to play at venues where proof of COVID vaccination is required. When the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer’s recent remark that he will not play gigs at venues that require proof of vaccination was brought to his attention during…

Bruce Springsteen’s daughter Jessica Springsteen won a silver medal in equestrian in the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics. The rock star’s daughter was part of the three-member U.S. show jumping team that finished second behind Sweden at the equestrian team jumping final held at Equestrian Park on Saturday. Springsteen, who is No. 27 in world ranking,…

Lynyrd Skynyrd canceled four upcoming shows after guitarist Rickey Medlocke tested positive for Covid-19. The country rock band was set to co-headline the Pro Football Hall of Fame concert in Canton, Ohio, on Monday with Brad Paisley. They also suspended their shows at the Jackson County Fair in Jackson, Michigan, on August 10; the August…

The New Orleans & Heritage Festival has been canceled for the second consecutive year due to the coronavirus pandemic. “As a result of the current exponential growth of new COVID cases in New Orleans and the region and the ongoing public health emergency, we must sadly announce that the 2021 edition of the New Orleans…

Patricia Kennealy-Morrison, rock music reporter and former partner of Doors frontman Jim Morrison, has died at the age of 75. The Lizard Queen Press, a publishing company founded by Patricia, confirmed the news on the Facebook. It said Patricia’s family announced that she died in the morning of July 23. It did not reveal the…

Showtime has shared a new trailer for a documentary on Rick James, titled Bitchin’: the Sound and Fury of Rick James. “I want to be nasty, and I want to be raw,” James says in the two-minute clip. The documentary is directed by Emmy-nominee and hip-hop journalist Sacha Jenkins. The film will explores the lows,…

Black Sabbath are set to release a super deluxe edition of their seventh studio album Technical Ecstasy on October 1 via BMG. The deluxe edition will include a newly remastered version of the album, a new mix by Steven Wilson, as well as previously unreleased outtakes, alternative mixes and live tracks. The reissue will be…

Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello has released a cover of AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell” featuring Bruce Springsteen and Eddie Vedder. The song will feature on Morello’s upcoming solo album, The Atlas Underground Fire, which is due for release on October 15. The album will also feature collaborations with Chris Stapleton, Mike Posner and…