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Getty ImagesJoe Walsh has announced that Jeff Lynne’s ELO will join him for the seventh annual VetsAid this year. Walsh commented through a press release: “My good buddy Jeff is bringing the ELO experience for their first show since 2019. And to top it all off we have my dear friend and hero Stephen Stills…

Getty ImagesDuran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor has started taking a new prostate cancer drug that he expects will extend his life by five years. He told the BBC that he recently started taking “a nuclear medicine, Lutetium-177, which is targeted so it only sees cancer cells.” He explained, “It can’t see healthy cells. It kills…

Members of the multi-Platinum selling band, Foghat say they’ll release a new album on November 10, called Sonic Mojo. The long-awaited 17th studio album will be their first in seven years. The new single is called “Drivin’ On.” Brand new songs were written by founding member/drummer Roger Earl, guitarist/engineer/co-producer Bryan Bassett, singer/bassist Rodney O’Quinn, singer/guitarist…

Lita Ford plans to release a new album in March of next year. In an interview posted by Blabbermouth, she explained that the delay in release was due to a lot of personal “devastation”. Her manager as well as her songwriting partner both passed away. She said, “But we take all that pain and everything…

Getty ImagesVan Halen’s Michael Anthony says that he “witnessed a lot of what has happened” in the Maui wildfires. The 69-year-old posted a video on Instagram, of Lahaina, just hours before it was destroyed. He and his wife Sue were vacationing there and were able to get a flight back to their California home. The…

Getty ImagesJohn Mellencamp dropped a new video for “Orpheus Descending,” the title track of his latest album. Announced through a press release, the black and white images paint a depressing story, with characters looking for a way out. All as Mellencamp sings “If there’s a will, there’s got to be a way.” He recently wrapped…

Getty ImagesSammy Hagar is making plans to open a resort and wants to call it Sammy’s Resort World. He made the comments in an interview posted in Ultimate Classic Rock and said, “Everything Sammy. Basically, Sammy’s Island. Like, if you went to my island, I’d have everything there for you. The food I like to…

Getty ImagesForeigner is in the midst of its open-ended Historic Farewell Tour, but live performances may not be the only thing we hear from the band. Frontman Kelly Hansen and bassist Jeff Pilson, who have been Foreigner mainstays since 2005 and 2004 respectively, tell us that there is new music around, which will be the…

Getty ImagesThe Tom Petty estate has signed with Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment to explore film and television opportunities that would honor his legacy and music. With a 40-year career, with The Heartbreakers, he sold over 84 million records and preformed for over 140 million fans across the globe. Tom Petty died of an accidental overdose of fentanyl…

Getty ImagesOn September 8, Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor will release his first solo album in more than 30 years. Man’s a Wolf to Man, marks his first new music since going public about his stage four prostate cancer diagnosis. Taylor’s battle with the disease, along with the pandemic, delayed the album’s release. About that,…