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Getty ImagesZZ Top has rolled out a massive 78-date North American run that will keep the band working through mid-May 2022. The band kicks things off on July 16th in Manchester, Iowa at the Delaware County Fair, with the 2021 dates winding down with a home state show on December 12th in Midland, Texas at…

Getty ImagesSqueeze has added two-dozen summer and fall shows on top of their upcoming package tour with Daryl Hall & John Oates. The solo Squeeze stops, which features the band’s co-founders and songwriters Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook, start prior to the Hall & Oates dates, kicking off on August 1st at Nashville’s legendary Ryman…

Getty ImagesBruce Springsteen’s return to Broadway began on Saturday night onstage at New York City’s St. James Theatre. USA Today reported the revamped version of the Tony Award-winning Springsteen On Broadway show had several special guests in the audience for opening night — including E Street Band guitarist Steve Van Zandt and New Jersey’s Governor…

Getty ImagesNearly 30 years after breaking on the national scene, Pearl Jam still looks back at the band’s early fame with a sense of confusion. In commemoration of the release band’s debut album Ten on August 27th, 1991, frontman Eddie Vedder and guitarist Mike McCready recalled becoming seemingly overnight rock icons. For Eddie Vedder, being…

Getty ImagesReleased today (June 25th) from Joni Mitchell is The Reprise Albums (1968-1971) series. The collection is available on four-CD’s, four-LP 180-gram vinyl (limited to edition of 10,000 copies), as well as digitally. Included are Mitchell’s first four albums — Song To A Seagull (1968), Clouds (1969), Ladies Of The Canyon (1970), and Blue (1971).…

PRPhotos.comRoger Daltrey has scrapped his solo U.S. “Live And Kicking” dates, which included a trio of shows set for late-summer. The Who frontman took to social media to explain why he was pulling out of the shows, which would’ve featured him backed by most of the Who’s touring band. Daltrey posted: “When I booked these…

PRPhotos.comA&E’s Biography will begin airing its two-part Kiss documentary, KISStory, on Sunday night (June 27th) at 9 p.m. — with part two running on Monday (June 28th). The episodes chronicle Kiss’s 50 year-history from its pre-fame Wicked Lester days up through the present. KISStory will feature new and exclusive interviews with co-founders Paul Stanley and…

PRPhotos.comFormer Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler is set to release his solo albums as a set entitled Manipulations of The Mind — The Complete Collection set. The set will feature his g/z/r/ album “Plastic Planet,” his Geezer album “Black Science” and GZR‘s “Ohmwork”. A bonus record will also be included in the set. The album…

Getty ImagesIt was 55 years ago tonight (June 24th, 1966), that the Beatles kicked off their final tour in Munich, West Germany. The tour, which saw the group performing in Germany, Japan, the Philippines, and North America, was plagued with controversy. In the Philippines, the Beatles, who had politely declined an invitation to attend a…

PRPhotos.comWolfgang Van Halen’s debut album, Mammoth WVH has debuted big across the Billboard charts. The collection, which features Eddie Van Halen’s son writing, performing, and producing the set on his own, entered the Billboard 200 albums chart at an impressive Number 12. Wolfgang posed on social media: “I’m blown away and eternally grateful for the…