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Axl Rose Names Freddie Mercury the Greatest Frontman of All Time
Axl Rose has long credited Freddie Mercury and Queen as his greatest musical influence, calling Mercury ‘the greatest frontman of all time’ and ‘the biggest
Dave Grohl Reveals He Was ‘So Pissed’ Wicked Stole Foo Fighters’ Album Title
Dave Grohl reveals the Foo Fighters’ 12th album was nearly titled ‘For Good’ until Wicked: For Good forced a last-minute change to Your Favorite Toy.
Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson on ‘Burning Ambition’ Doc: ‘We Didn’t Want to Be Involved Editorially’
Bruce Dickinson explains why Iron Maiden took a hands-off editorial approach to ‘Burning Ambition,’ the band’s feature documentary hitting theaters May 7, 2026.
Bruce Springsteen’s Philly Show Pushed to May 30 as Sixers, Flyers Advance
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s May 8 Xfinity Mobile Arena show has been rescheduled to May 30 due to 76ers and Flyers playoff home games.
Alex Ligertwood, Santana’s Voice for Five Stints, Dead at 79
Alex Ligertwood, the Scottish vocalist who sang for Santana across five stints between 1979 and 1994, has died at 79 at his Santa Monica home.
Eagles Cut New Orleans Jazz Fest Set Short After Medical Episode
The Eagles left the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival stage roughly 20 minutes early on May 2 after the band’s piano player suffered a medical episode
Watch: David Lee Roth Covers Billy Joel’s ‘New York State of Mind’ in Grand Ronde, Oregon
David Lee Roth surprised fans in Grand Ronde, Oregon, with a cover of Billy Joel’s 1976 classic ‘New York State of Mind’ during his Don’t Love Me, Rent Me Tour.
Peter Gabriel Releases ‘Won’t Stand Down,’ a Call to Activism From Upcoming Album OI
Peter Gabriel has released ‘Won’t Stand Down,’ a politically charged new single from his upcoming 11th studio album OI, inspired by The Elders and Marvin Gaye.
How Buddy Guy Inspired Eric Clapton to Leave the Bluesbreakers and Form Cream
Eric Clapton credited Buddy Guy as the key inspiration for leaving John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers and forming the power trio Cream in the 1960s.
Mammoth WVH Announces Summer 2026 Headline Tour Dates Across North America and Europe
Wolfgang Van Halen’s Mammoth announces summer 2026 headline tour dates supporting The End, including European arena shows and a North American run from July 27
Lynyrd Skynyrd Saddles Up for Fall 2026 Tour
The boys from Jacksonville aren’t done with 2026 yet. Not by a long shot. Fresh off the Double Trouble Double…
Gene Simmons Wishes He Had Staged the Intervention He Never Staged for Ace Frehley
The hardest sentences in rock and roll are the ones that come too late. Gene Simmons has been issuing them…
Metallica Crack Open the Vault Again: ReLoad Gets the Deluxe Box Set Treatment
Nearly three decades after it landed in record stores with a thud heard around the metal world, ReLoad is getting…
Diamond Dave Cashes In: David Lee Roth Joins the Rock Royalty Catalog Gold Rush
There is a particular kind of grin that only appears on the face of a man who has just been…
The Soul Beneath the Smoke: New Gregg Allman Documentary Heads to Theaters in June
The voice was always the giveaway. Long before the world understood what the Allman Brothers Band represented, before the twin-guitar…
The Rolling Stones Speak in Foreign Tongues: Teases 25th Album With Global Billboard Blitz
The world’s most enduring rock-and-roll outfit doesn’t do anything quietly, and the rollout for their twenty-fifth studio album is no…
Journey’s Stagecoach Set Ends With Emergency Evacuation
The desert always has the last word at Indio. On Saturday night, April 25, the wind came in hard off…
Dave Mason, Traffic Co-Founder and Rock’s Forrest Gump, Dead at 79
He once called himself “kind of the Forrest Gump of rock,” and like the character, Dave Mason had an uncanny…
Madonna Offers Rewards For “Safe Return” of Vintage Costumes “Lost” at Coachella
The Queen of Pop came back to the polo fields of Indio wearing history, and history, apparently, has walked off…
An Unreleased Prince Single Drops on the 10 Year Anniversary of his Passing
The song sat in a tape vault under a purple house in Minnesota for 34 years before anyone was…
The Party Train Keeps Rolling: ZZ Top Piles On Another Two Dozen 2026 Tour Dates
That little ol’ band from Texas has done it again. ZZ Top, the bearded, beat-up, boogie-propelled institution that has somehow…
Dylan at 85: The Never Ending Tour Keeps Rolling as Bard Piles On Summer Dates
The old troubadour isn’t finished yet. Not by a country mile. Bob Dylan, who turns 85 on May 24, has…
Watch: “The First Songs We Ever Played”: Phish Hands Joe Walsh a Love Letter at the Sphere
There are tribute covers, and then there are tribute covers where the guy who wrote the song is sitting ten…
Paul McCartney Announces new Duet with Ringo Starr: “Home to Us” Lands on The Boys of Dungeon Lane
Fifty six years after the last handshake at Savile Row, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are doing the one thing…