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PRPhotos.comThe upcoming Jane’s Addiction album will have limited participation from co-founding guitarist Dave Navarro, who has been battling long covid. During a chat with Alternative Press, frontman Perry Farrell touched upon the upcoming studio dates, mentioning possible contributions from Queens Of The Stone Age’s Troy Van Leeuwen, ex-Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Josh Klinghoffer, and Bauhaus’…

PRPhotos.comBruce Springsteen fans will once again be able to secure fully mixed soundboards of every night of the E Street Band’s 2023 tour. The new live sets will be mixed by fan favorite Jon Altschiller, who’s long been in charge of “The Boss’s” monthly live archival releases. A message was posted on social media, announcing:…

PRPhotos.comOver the weekend, Metallica served up an early Christmas gift to fans that attended their Helping Hands Concert And Auction, by performing their new single to a live audience for the first time. James Hetfield told the crowd, “Since this is such a special gig here, we thought we’d play ‘Lux Æterna’ for you.” As…

Getty ImagesDave Grohl joined Billie Eilish onstage on Thursday night (December 15th) at L.A.’s Kia Forum. Variety reported before Grohl led the pair through an acoustic reading of Foo Fighters’ 1998 classic “My Hero,” he touched on how Eilish helped soothe the band’s emotions during a dark time, recalling, “Earlier this year, all of the…

Getty ImagesThe long wait is over for “Fab Four” aficionados with this week’s publication of The McCartney Legacy: Volume 1: 1969 – 73. The 720-page tome was written by authors Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair and offers the most detailed and exhaustive analysis of Paul McCartney’s initial post-Beatles career — both in the studio and…

Getty ImagesBilly Joel announced he’s been forced to scrap his final show of 2022. Tonight’s (December 19th) concert at New York’s Madison Square Garden has been postponed due to a viral infection. The gig will be made up in June 2023. The “Piano Man” tweeted a message to fans about the postponement: “I’m disappointed to…

Getty ImagesIt was 45 years ago tonight (December 16th, 1977) that Saturday Night Fever opened nationally. The film, which turned actor John Travolta into a global superstar, told the story of Tony Manero, a 19-year-old from Brooklyn going nowhere fast, whose only bright spot is as the weekend king of the disco floor. Saturday Night…

Getty ImagesIt’s looking as though Pearl Jam will soon resume sessions for their followup album to 2020’s Gigaton. Blabbermouth transcribed some of guitarist Stone Gossard’s chat with Detroit’s WRIF, where he explained, “The plan is that we’re gonna do some more recording, and we’re gonna try to finish a record here pretty soon. There’s songs…

PRPhotos.comThis is Mariah Carey’s season, as she once again tops the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart with “All I Want for Christmas Is You.” This marks the song’s ninth total week atop the Hot 100 and it becomes the first song to have led in four distinct runs on the ranking. First released on her…

Getty ImagesAlthough these days Smashing Pumpkins music is regarded as a genre unto itself, Billy Corgan recalled a time when the music world struggled to figure out where his songs fit. During an online chat with Rick Beato, Corgan remembered, “At the time when (Gish) came out in 1991, all the reviews were (saying we…