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Getty ImagesDead & Company is the latest touring band to requiring proof of a Covid vaccination or at least documentation of a negative Covid test for concert attendance. As is slowly becoming commonplace, the band is protecting its fans and crew against the rising Delta variant sweeping the nation. The Dead sent a message out…

PRPhotos.comFoo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl revealed a couple of his favorite pre-show rituals. Loudwire posted excerpts from his recent chat with Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus for his After School Radio podcast on Apple Music Hits. Grohl explained, “It’s like one hour before the show, I open a Coors Light, and I’m like, ‘Oh, hello darkness, my…

PRPhotos.comIt’s been a long 13 years, but Robert Plant and Alison Krauss have reunited with producer T-Bone Burnett for the new Raise The Roof collection. The album marks the long-awaited followup to the duo’s 2007 Grammy Award-winning Raising Sand collection, that helped bring Americana music into millions of new households. Raise The Roof will be…

Getty ImagesNobody would’ve believed it back in the day — but the great David Crosby has defied all odds and turns 80 years old on August 14th!!!! Crosby, who’s in the midst of a brilliant third act in his career, is receiving raves for his just-released solo set, For Free., which features key collaborators in…

PRPhotos.comOn Wednesday (Aug. 11,) Dua Lipa and Sir Elton John released a snip of their new collaboration, “Cold Heart (The Pnau Mix.)” Elton has had #1 success with Pnau in the past. To make the announcement online, Dua Lipa wrote to Elton that she was “fizzing” with excitement. He posted back: “Dua, I adore you,…

Getty ImagesHappy Birthday to former-Dire Straits guitarist and leader Mark Knopfler, who celebrates his 71th birthday today (August 12th)!!! Knopfler formed Dire Straits in 1977 with his brother David Knopfler, bassist John Illsey, and drummer Pick Withers. They recorded their self-titled debut album after appearing as the opening act for Talking Heads’ during their 1978…

Getty ImagesHeart’s Ann Wilson has just released Howlen Live, a live EP performed with her solo band the Amazing Dawgs. The set is available as a free download, and features Wilson’s Heart classics “Crazy On You” and “Barracuda,” the new song “Black Wing,” and a cover of Queen’s iconic ballad, “Love Of My Life.” Ann…

Getty ImagesFoo Fighters have stepped into Stevie Nicks’ headlining spot on October 22nd at the Shaky Knees Festival at Atlanta’s Central Park. Nicks has backed out of all five of her upcoming festival appearances due to the Delta covid variant. The festival posted a message to fans on social media, saying: “We are thrilled to…

Getty ImagesPaul McCartney has just uploaded a new 11-song Spotify playlist on his official PaulMcCartney.com site — and has let the fans choose the songs for August. Every month McCartney posts a new tracklisting with a specific theme, and this time polled the die-hard Wings and solo era aficionados for their favorite tracks. Among the…

PRPhotos.comBilly Idol will release a new EP titled,The Roadside, on September 17th — and has already dropped the first single “Bitter Taste” via George Harrison’s resurrected Dark Horse Records imprint now headed up by George’s son, Dhani Harrison. The Roadside was produced by Butch Walker — best known for his work with Green Day and…