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Getty ImagesDuring a recent radio interview, Lars Ulrich says its “way too early” to discuss a new Metallica album. On a follow up to the band’s 2016 album “Hardwired … To Self Destruct,” Lars said, “We’re on that path. I don’t know if it’s cohesive enough to call a record, but we’re dipping our toes.…

PRPhotos.comAll signs are pointing to a new Guns N’ Roses track being dropped in the new future. Following last month’s release of “Absurd” — a reworking of the looming-unrealesed song “Silkworms,” Blabbermouth reported the band is now prepping a tune called “Hard Skool” for imminent release. Guns fans are have been aware of the track…

PRPhotos.comFoo Fighters fans heap high praise on the band, and they’ve certainly had their share of commercial success, but lead singer Dave Grohl told Rolling Stone, “I don’t know if we’ve ever felt cool.” In fact, early on Grohl says people were against the idea of a post-Nirvana band, including some of his friends. He…

PRPhotos.comThe late-Gregg Allman will be celebrated with an 18-city Allman Family Revival tour featuring headliners, the Allman Betts Band (ABB). Rolling Stone reported the trek will kick off on November 27th at St. Louis’ Factory and winds down on December 19th at L.A.’s Wiltern Theatre. The commemorative celebrations began in 2017 following Gregg Allman’s death…

Getty ImagesBruce Springsteen fans are celebrating the announcement of the new Bruce Springsteen Live! traveling exhibit. Backsteeets.com reported the Springsteen Archives and Grammy Museum have joined forces for the multimedia exhibition, which begins on October 1st in Newark, New Jersey, when it re-opens the Grammy Museum Experience at Prudential Center. Bruce Springsteen Live! runs in…

Getty ImagesDue to Covid protocols, the Rolling Stones were unable to attend their late-drummer Charlie Watts’ funeral in England last week. Watts died on August 24th at the age of 80 and had already announced he would be sitting out of the band’s upcoming, already-delayed North American tour. Watts, who joined the Stones in 1963,…

PRPhotos.comOzzy Osbourne is releasing a new version of the song “Hellraiser” from his 1991 album No More Tears. The updated interpretation of the track features the first-ever official version of the song with a mash-up of vocals from Ozzy and the song’s late co-writer and longtime friend Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead. The expanded digital deluxe…

PRPhotos.comThe surviving Monkees are ending their career with a setlist that can only be considered a die-hard’s dream. With the show keeping the form of Micky Dolenz and Mike Nesmith’s most recent pre-pandemic dates, the pair are unabashedly tapping into their deep album cuts, with the new show featuring the world premiere of 1967’s “Love…

Getty ImagesAxl Rose displayed his rarely seen nostalgic side on Sunday night (September 12th) during Guns N’ Roses concert at Atlantic City, in New Jersey’s Etess Arena. Rolling Stone reported prior to the band launching into “Don’t Cry” from 1991’s Use Your Illusion I, Rose shed light on how he and Guns co-founding guitarist Izzy…

PRPhotos.comFormer-Pink Floyd leader Roger Waters took time out to slam his ex-bandmates David Gilmour and the late-Rick Wright for attempting to undermine him during their tenure together. During his recent appearance on the WTF with Marc Maron Podcast, Waters, who’ll be hitting the road next spring for an extended road trek, admitted, “Getting away from…