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Getty ImagesThe Guns N’ Roses / Mammoth WVH tour kicked off on July 31st at Hershey, Pennsylvania’s Hersheypark Stadium, with Ultimate Classic Rock posting that Guns played a career-spanning 21-song setlist featuring Axl Rose, Slash, and Duff McKagan from the band’s classic lineup. Among the highlights from the performance was McKagan saluting Iggy Pop &…

PRPhotos.comMore than 30 years after its release, Ozzy Osbourne’s sixth solo album, No More Tears, will be celebrated with an expanded digital audio album due out on September 17th. Two special editions — a 2LP black vinyl version and a special yellow and red 2LP vinyl version with a specially created booklet (exclusively at http://www.towerrecords.com)…

PRPhotos.comMetallica is back working on its first new album in five years. During a chat with Loudersound.com, Kirk Hammett spoke about the band’s followup to 2016’s chart-topping, Hardwired. . . To Self-Destruct collection, saying, “Metallica has always been about bringing people together through music. I think the sentiment now is that people need music more…

Getty ImagesOusted Journey drummer Deen Castronovo is back in the band, according to a Facebook post by Neal Schon. Castronovo was canned by the band back in 2015, following a string of very public arrests stemming from charges of alleged domestic abuse against his then-fiancee Deidra, as well as admitted drug problems. Upon his dismissal,…

PRPhotos.comDennis DeYoung still hasn’t gotten over the fact that Styx exists without him fronting the band. DeYoung, who was replaced as the band’s lead singer in 1999 by guitarists Tommy Shaw and J.Y. Young, still holds out hope for a final reunion with Styx. DeYoung recently released his latest — and final — studio set,…

Getty ImagesComing on November 19th from Genesis is The Last Domino? — a double disc 27-track “collection of the band’s best-loved songs, including their biggest hits and legendary album cuts.” The set will also be released digitally and as a 180-gram four-LP version. The album covers the band’s entire career — including six tracks from…

Getty ImagesIt was 50 years ago Sunday (August 1st, 1971) that George Harrison and friends performed the legendary Concert For Bangladesh at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. Harrison organized the shows at the urging of his mentor, sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar, who asked Harrison to help raise and awareness for his native, famine stricken…

Getty ImagesThe MTV cable network launched 40 years ago this Sunday, at 12:01 a.m. ET on August 1st, 1981. During its first five months of being on air, MTV was available in only 2.1 million homes in the U.S. — with New York City one of the major spots that did not receive the signal.…

Getty ImagesMore than a year after his death, Kenny Rogers will be buried in Atlanta’s historic Oakland Cemetery. Other notables buried there include Pulitzer prize-winning author Margaret Mitchell, golf great Bobby Jones and former Atlanta mayor Maynard Jackson. Kenny died on March 20, 2020 in his Sandy Springs, GA home at the age of 81.…

PRPhotos.comIn new legal docs, Marilyn Manson has claimed that Esme Bianco’s rape claims are not true. According to TMZ, Mason filed to dismiss the Game of Thrones actress’ claims of sexual assault, saying that she is waited too late to sue him and is way past the statute of limitations. As a result, he thinks…