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Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett credits the band’s personal growth for his debut solo release of Portals. While chatting with Kerrang, Hammett explained how the new EP came to be through his own sobriety and the band’s maturity. He touched upon how former-bassist Jason Newsted’s 2001 exit came about, in part, to his wanting to pursue…

Roger Daltrey has just announced the makeup dates for his postponed 12-city, full-band, UK tour, dubbed, “Who Was I,” featuring, “an evening of Who classics, rarities, solo hits, and fan Q&A.” According to the official announcement: “Last autumn, due to ongoing concerns about the uncertainty of the Covid-19 situation as it could have affected his…

It was announced 41 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 ever-changing…

Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine made the day of some young fans in the crowd at a recent stop on the Metal Tour of the Year, which also features Lamb of God, Trivium and In Flames. Mustaine, dressed in a hoodie with the hood up, sat in an empty row behind some concertgoers and seemed to be…

Stevie Nicks has rolled out a string of new spring and summer shed dates. Nicks, who due to Covid scrapped all her 2021 concerts, has now filled out her schedule around her sprinkling of high-profile festival appearances. Nicks kicks off her spring run on May 7th at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival with…

Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott feels the delays caused by the pandemic to the soon-to-be launched “Stadium Tour” ultimately benefitted the band. Leppard will be out on the road all summer with Motley Crue, Poison, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts with opening night set for June 16th at Atlanta’s SunTrust Park. While talking to Heavy…

Although Sting is hardly a man living in the past, the fact that he constantly reinvents his older Police material keeps the legendary band front and center in the public consciousness. Over 35 years after first going solo with 1985’s The Dream Of The Blue Turtles album, Sting still has very specific thoughts about why…

Gene Simmons revealed that in addition to packing it in on the road — Kiss is done as a recording entity. The band’s last album was 2012’s Top Three Monster collection. Simmons was pressed by Classic Rock magazine as to whether he saw Kiss ever recording a followup to its 20th studio set. Simmons said,…

It was 40 years ago today (April 26th, 1982) today that Paul McCartney released his critically acclaimed Tug Of War album — which marked his last chart-topping set in the U.S. until 2018’s Egypt Station. The collection — which was the first to be released following John Lennon’s December 1980 murder — marked both his…

Mike Campbell’s Dirty Knobs have enlisted the aid of former Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers drummer Stan Lynch to fill in for their usual drummer who’s otherwise booked on the road. Lynch, who quit working with Tom Petty back in 1994 after the sessions for the band’s 1993 Greatest Hits compilation spent 18 years with…