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Getty ImagesKurt Cobain’s Skystang I guitar sold at auction for $1.5 million. The new owner bid by phone during a Julien’s auction held at Nashville’s Hard Rock Café. The late rocker played the instrument his final show with Nirvana on the In Utero tour. The blue, left-handed Fender Mustang electric guitar, is the most documented…

Getty ImagesKurt Cobain’s Skystang I guitar sold at auction for $1.5 million. The new owner bid by phone during a Julien’s auction held at Nashville’s Hard Rock Café. The late rocker played the instrument his final show with Nirvana on the In Utero tour. The blue, left-handed Fender Mustang electric guitar, is the most documented…

PRPhotos.comJudas Priest released the second single form their upcoming album, Invincible Shield. The new song, “Trial By Fire” was dropped along with a lyric video. Just last week, the band announced a North America tour to kick off April 18, in Wallingford, Connecticut. The new album, will be out on March 8.

PRPhotos.comFollowing the release of The Rolling Stones album Hackney Diamonds they’ve released a remix of their single, “Mess It Up.” The new dance version was remixed by Grammy Award winning artist, Purple Disco Machine. Hackney Diamonds is first studio set of new material from The Stones since 2005’s A Bigger Bang. And it marks Mick…

Mr. Big’s lead singer, Eric Martin says the band is deep into writing their next album. In an interview posted by Blabbermouth.net, he said, “I’ve been going back and forth to Portland, Oregon, where our guitarist, Paul Gilbert lives. And we’ve been writing and recording everything. And so far, I wanna say, we have 10-13…

PRPhotos.comFollowing the release of The Rolling Stones album Hackney Diamonds they’ve released a remix of their single, “Mess It Up.” The new dance version was remixed by Grammy Award winning artist, Purple Disco Machine. Hackney Diamonds is first studio set of new material from The Stones since 2005’s A Bigger Bang. And it marks Mick…

PRPhotos.comFour-time Grammy Award winners and Rock & Roll Hall of Famers, The Doobie Brothers have released a new single featuring Mick Fleetwood, called “Lahaina.” Member Pat Simmons said, “I’ve been a resident of Maui for 28 years now and I wanted to make a tribute to the place I’ve called home for so long.” Proceeds…

Getty ImagesJoe Satriani has revealed that playing Eddie Van Halen’s guitar parts are “frightening.” He recently told Forbes, “You can’t fill them. You can put them on, but you can’t fill them. You have to respect the genius of the architecture of his guitar parts and how he built the songs and you’ve got to…

PRPhotos.comAnn Wilson has reflected on her time on the road with John Mellencamp. During her appearance on The Kenny Aronoff Sessions podcast, Wilson said, “It was a particularly painful nine months because John Cougar had a number one record. Heart was going into the era where we couldn’t get arrested. And we were headlining the…

Steve Hackett will be releasing his first new concept album in nearly five decades. According to Louder Sound, Hackett said, “The Circus And The Nightwhale is an album with a difference. This time it is a story, based both literally and metaphorically on my life… It’s both faction and fiction, beginning in a gritty world…