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Getty ImagesThe Rolling Stones’ Ron Wood, Queen’s Brian May, and Van Morrison were but a few of the heavyweights performing with legendary Elvis Presley guitarist James Burton during his June 4th concert at England’s London Palladium. Among the guest performers was famed guitarist Albert Lee, former-Doobie Brothers guitarist Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, and Paul Shaffer. The…

Getty ImagesOn June 14th, a guitar used by Pete Townshend during the Who’s 1989 reunion tour is about to head to auctionin England. The BBC reported, “The 1989 Takamine FP-360SC electro-acoustic guitar is being sold by music auction house Gardiner Houlgate in Wiltshire.” Soon after the band’s 25th anniversary tour, the guitar was gifted to…

Getty ImagesOn Sunday (6-4), Foo Fighters announced more tour dates. The band will return to Australia and New Zealand later this year and early into next year. The stadium tour will make stops in cities such as Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Wellington. This marks their first headline tour of both countries since 2018.…

Getty ImagesIt was 36 years ago tonight (June 5th, 1987) that George Harrison and Ringo Starr joined forces at London’s famed Wembley Arena for a three-song set to close out the Prince’s Trust Gala charity concert. The previous year, on June 20th, 1986 — also backed by Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Level 42’s bassist Mark…

Getty ImagesOut now is the Beach Boys’ legendary 1966 Pet Sounds album, newly mixed in immersive Dolby Atmos by Giles Martin. Martin, the son of famed producer George Martin, is the man responsible for the heralded recent Dolby Atmos mixes for the recent spate of Beatles reissues. The cutting-edge Pet Sounds mix is available via…

Getty ImagesExtreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt revealed he once shared a brief songwriting session with Paul McCartney. During his video chat with Rick Beato, Bettencourt recalled McCartney helping him along with a new tune during the 2015 Grammy rehearsals when Bettencourt was backing the former-Beatle, Rihanna, and Kanye West for their performance of their hit single,…

Getty ImagesSmashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan couldn’t help singing the praises of his longtime friend and Foo Fighters leader, Dave Grohl. In a new interview with Detroit’s WRIF, Corgan explained, “Well, if you look at Gen X, Dave Grohl has really won the race, which says a lot about Nirvana. Because not only did you have…

Getty ImagesIn commemoration of the 45th anniversary of his 1978 Darkness On The Edge Of Town album, Bruce Springsteen has issued a live version of the legendary set — complete with a smattering of songs originally intended for the classic collection. The new 20-track Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – The Darkness Tour…

Getty ImagesIt was 45 years ago today (June 2nd, 1978), that Bruce Springsteen finally released his long awaited followup to 1975’s Born To Run, Darkness On The Edge Of Town. The album peaked at Number Five on the Billboard Pop Albums chart and stayed in the Top 10 for a total of eight weeks. The…

PRPhotos.comRob Trujillo claims the pandemic played a major role in how Metallica conceived and recorded its latest album, 72 Seasons. During a new chat with Guitar World, Trujillo echoed his bandmates’ recent comments about the set being a true collaborative and democratic musical effort, explaining, “This record had more involvement from all of us. There…