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PRPhotos.comBoth Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour and Metallica’s Kirk Hammett have contributed songs to the new deluxe book on Fleetwood Mac co-founder, the late-Peter Green. Peter Green – The Albatross Man will be published in October, with pre-orders available now. The tome, which is available in several editions including market and collectible, charts Green’s musical journey…

PRPhotos.comCarlos Santana is returning to Las Vegas. The guitar legend will resume his “Sin City” residency — “Carlos Santana’s An Intimate Evening with Santana: Greatest Hits Live” at the House of Blues stage inside Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino this summer, marking Santana’s ninth year at the venue. Tickets for the 2021 dates go on…

PRPhotos.comBob Weir & Wolf Bros are heading back on the road — with the first four shows of the year going on sale on Friday (April 30th). Weir and the band are booked to play Morrison, Colorado’s Red Rock Amphitheatre on June 8th and 9th, followed by a pair of shows on June 11th and…

PRPhotos.comA&E’s Biography will air its two-part Kiss documentary, KISStory, on June 27th and 28th, according to Rolling Stone. The episodes will 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 Gene Simmons — along with current members, guitarist…

PRPhotos.comFollowing his win for Best Original Score at the Oscars on Sunday night (April 25th), Trent Reznor has revealed that Nine Inch Nails planned on working on their new album immediately. Backstage, when a journalist asked how he and Atticus Ross separate their work with the band from scoring films and whether a new Nine…

PRPhotos.comGreen Day‘s Billie Joe Armstrong has singled out the band’s best single and album — the 10-minute 2004 tune “Jesus Of Suburbia” and the Kerplunk album, which was released in 1991. Of the song, he told Vulture, “‘Jesus of Suburbia'” is the one that sticks out. It’s so epic. I mean, I’m tooting my own…

PRPhotos.comFormer-Metallica bassist Jason Newsted claims that due to various injuries over the years, he wouldn’t be able to play with Metallica today — even if he wanted to. Blabbermouth transcribed Newsted’s recent video chat with The Florida Daily Post, where he explained, “The surgeries kind of set me back. I kept playing music the best…

PRPhotos.comBon Jovi will world premiere a previously unreleased concert on May 22nd in partnership with Encore Live as part of the Encore Drive-In Nights 2021 concert series. Billboard reported, “The never-before-seen concert will be broadcast at venues around the world including approximately 300 drive-in and outdoor theaters across the United States, Canada and Ireland, and…

Getty ImagesIt was announced 40 years ago (April 27th, 1981), that Paul McCartney’s solo band Wings had disbanded. McCartney and his first wife Linda had formed the group in the summer of 1971 with drummer Denny Seiwell and guitarist and Moody Blues co-founder Denny Laine. The McCartney’s and Laine remained the nucleus of the band’s…

Getty ImagesA new mini-series, titled, 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything, will begin airing on Apple TV Plus starting May 21st. Variety reported the eight-part program is based on author David Hepworth’s critically acclaimed book, 1971: Never A Dull Moment, which chronicled the groundbreaking year, which solidified the place of the singer-songwriter and underscored…