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Nearly 50 years after forming, Cheap Trick remains busier than ever with concerts running throughout 2022. The band’s North American dates find them opening for ZZ Top and Rod Stewart, alternately, along with a five-city UK tour set for the fall. Co-founding guitarist and primary songwriter Rick Nielsen chatted with Classic Rock magazine about the…

It was 54 years ago today (April 29th, 1968) that the counter-culture musical Hair opened at Broadway’s Biltmore Theatre. Hair, which had run off-Broadway the previous year, was unlike any other mainstream show, featuring a story line using humor, music and sexuality to celebrate and raise understanding of the problems facing the 1960s baby-boomer generation.…

Game of Thrones actress Esme Bianco has expanded her sexual assault lawsuit against Marilyn Manson by filing a motion on Wednesday (April 27th) in Los Angeles Federal Court claiming Manson blocked a video of her that was to be used during Deftones’ current tour as a part of their stage set, Billboard reports. In the…

Paul McCartney kicks off his 2022 “Got Back” tour dates tonight (April 28th) at Spokane, Washington’s Spokane Arena. The 17-date trek marks the former-Beatle’s first since he wrapped his “Freshen Up” tour on July 13th, 2019 with Ringo Starr sitting in with the band for “Sgt. Pepper’s (Reprise)” and “Helter Skelter.” The current tour marks…

Queen’s Brian May remains grateful for the four years in which the legendary Paul Rodgers sang with the band. Paul Rodgers — a hero of May and Roger Taylor’s since his days singing for Free and Bad Company — fronted the Queen + Paul Rodgers lineup to great success bridging the gap between the late,…

Kiss fans eager for a final reunion of the original members are feeling that much more hopeful after reading Gene Simmons’ Twitter feed. Simmons, who along with Paul Stanley, has been alternately demeaning towards — and nostalgic about — co-founding guitarist Ace Frehley over the years, but now seems to want him on board for…

The documentary George Michael had been working on prior to his 2016 death will hit the big screen on June 22nd in a special theatrical release. George Michael: Freedom Uncut credits the singer as a co-director along with David Austin, with Michael also serving as the film’s narrator. Back in 2017, an edited version of…

Metallica’s James Hetfield and Ernie Ball Strings have joined forces for Hetfield’s signature line, called “Papa Het’s Hardwired Master Core Signature Strings.” PlanetSixStaring.com posted, Papa Het’s new Hardwired Master Core set, “consists of a never before offered 11 to 50 gauge combo, designed for his aggressive style.” James Hatfield said in the press release, “With…

Journey has just dropped “You Got The Best Of Me” — the band’s lead single from its upcoming album, Freedom, which is set for release on July 8th. Journey is currently out on the road and plays tonight (April 27th) — with special guests Toto — at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Co-founding guitarist Neal Schon said…

The B-52’s have just announced their farewell tour. The band, who’ll be joined at various stops by either the Tubes or KC & The Sunshine Band, launch their final trek on August 22nd at Seattle’s McCaw Hall and wrap things up over two nights for hometown gigs on November 11th and 12th at Atlanta’s Fox…