Kiss were always careful to put their best foot forward with the opening tracks of their 20 studio albums. Lead-off tracks such as “Strutter,” “Detroit…
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Jason Bonham has added a string of North American shows on a tribute tour to Physical Graffiti, the chart-topping 16-times-platinum Led Zeppelin LP powered by…
Styx‘s first LP since 2021’s Crash of the Crown has been confirmed. Their avian-themed Circling From Above concept album is set for release on July…
Ghost leader Tobias Forge sang a cover of Queen’s signature track “Bohemian Rhapsody” as Brian May and Roger Taylor watched. Forge’s performance – which also…
Rod Stewart has confirmed that his Faces bandmate Ronnie Wood will perform with him at this year’s Glastonbury festival, which will take place in late…
Stopgap cash grab by the record company or the result of artist indulgence that can’t be contained within the usual confines of a single LP?…
Guns N’ Roses delivered a cover version they’d never played live before during their 31-song show at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi Tuesday night.…
Iron Maiden kicked off their Run for Your Lives tour in Budapest, Hungary Tuesday night with a show that featured six songs they haven’t played…
Rick Derringer, the guitarist, songwriter and producer who wrote or contributed to a body of hits spanning decades, died on Monday at the age of 77.…
Simon House, the former keyboardist for Hawkwind and violinist for David Bowie, has died at the age of 76. The musician’s passing was confirmed by his daughter.…
Never afraid to make a political statement, Tom Morello lashed out at Donald Trump during his recent performance at the Boston Calling festival. The Rage…
Former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett once found a parallel with famous filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock that lined up well with his own work. “I sympathize with…
When Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers first started making albums in the late ’70s, they were not the well-oiled machine they ultimately became. “There was…
In 2008, Grace Potter was 25 years old and a rising rock ‘n’ roll star. By then, she and her band the Nocturnals had released two…
Vince Gill has detailed the unique challenge of performing with the Eagles at the Sphere. Gill, who joined the band’s lineup in 2017 following the…
Billy Idol guitarist Steve Stevens dazzles fans every night with a nylon-string guitar solo that ever-so-slightly teases bits of Led Zeppelin‘s “Stairway to Heaven” and…
Honestly, there has been no rhyme or reason to Paul McCartney‘s choice of album opening songs. In some cases, like 1973’s Band on the Run,…
Stone Temple Pilots rode many a chaotic wave with vocalist Scott Weiland throughout their initial existence and parted ways with the singer for the final…
Genesis were in the midst of trying to figure out a path forward as vocalist Peter Gabriel was planning to leave. It was Jon Anderson…
Being a rock star is a dangerous job. Besides the cliches that we all think of – including excessive partying and adrenaline rush risk taking…