Ex-Dire Straits, Pretenders members featured on new instrumental project Held by Trees
Tweed Jacket Music Founding Dire Straits member David Knopfler and former Pretenders guitarist Robbie McIntosh are among the many respected musicians who are contributing to a new instrumental project called Held by Trees. The collective, led by
Judas Priest postpones 2021 tour after guitarist Richie Faulkner is hospitalized with “major…heart condition”
Credit: Joe Lester Judas Priest is postponing the remainder of the North American leg of the band’s 50 Heavy Metal Years tour because guitarist Richie Faulkner has been hospitalized with a “major medical heart condition.” “It is
Founding Status Quo bassist Alan Lancaster dies at age 72
Shirlaine Forrest/WireImage Alan Lancaster, original bassist of the veteran U.K. rock band Status Quo, died Saturday at age 72 after a long battle with multiple sclerosis. Lancaster’s death was announced by Australian broadcaster Craig Bennett, who wrote
Bob Dylan announces 2021 US tour in support of latest album, 'Rough and Rowdy Ways'
Dave J Hogan/Getty Images for ABA Bob Dylan has scheduled his first tour dates since the start of COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The folk-rock legend, who turned 80 this past May, has unveiled a series of fall
Hey Ho, it sold! Johnny Ramone's famous Mosrite guitar fetches over $900K at Boston memorabilia auction
Credit: Ian Harper A rare electric guitar that The Ramones‘ Johnny Ramone played and recorded with from 1977 to 1996 sold for more than $900,000 at a rock memorabilia auction held over the weekend in Boston. The
Metallica plays 'The Black Album' in full & in reverse during Louder than Life festiva
Blackened Recordings Metallica continued to celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Black Album at his past weekend’s Louder than Life festival. For their second of two headlining sets at the event, the metal legends performed their iconic
Guns N' Roses releasing new songs “Hard Skool” & “Absurd” as EP
Guns N’ Roses/Geffen Records Guns N’ Roses are releasing an EP featuring the band’s 2021 singles, “Hard Skool” and “Absurd.” The set will include studio versions of both songs — which mark the first new music from
The Rolling Stones pay tribute to Charlie Watts at 2021 tour kickoff in St. Louis
Jeff Curry/Getty Images The Rolling Stones kicked off their first tour ever without longtime drummer Charlie Watts on Sunday at The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis. The show began with a tribute to Watts, who
Ex-Blue Öyster Cult drummer Albert Bouchard releasing 'Re Imaginos' sequel, 'Imaginos II,' in October
RockHeart Records/Deko Entertainment Last year, former Blue Öyster Cult drummer Albert Bouchard released a reimagined version of his old band’s 1988 concept album, Imaginos, aptly titled Re Imaginos. Now Bouchard has announced plans for a sequel record
'Nevermind' cover baby Spencer Elden asks Nirvana to censor genitalia on future album issues
Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Spencer Elden, who was photographed as a baby for the cover of Nirvana‘s Nevermind album cover, is pleading with the band to censor his genitalia on all future reissues of the album. The album artwork famously depicts