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PRPhotos.comU2 has added five new dates onto their band’s upcoming U2:UV Achtung Baby Live At Sphere show in Las Vegas. The newly added dates are October 27th, 28th, November 1st, 3rd, and 4th. For verified fan presale info, log on to https://u2.ticketmaster.com/.

Getty ImagesIt was 55 years ago Saturday (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…

Getty ImagesNow shipping via PeterFrampton.com com is the Frampton@50 CD/SACD collection. The collection is comprised of meticulously restored reissues of the essential 1972-1975 studio releases Wind Of Change (1972), Frampton’s Camel (1973), and Frampton (1975). The limited edition 180G vinyl box set begins shipping on July 28th. The Frampton remasters were analog mastered by Chris…

Getty ImagesOut today (April 28th) is the long-awaited archival release, Stephen Stills Live At Berkeley 1971. The collection was captured over two nights — August 20th and 21st, 1971 — at Berkeley, California’s Berkeley Community Theater, while supporting his second solo set, Stephen Stills 2. The Berkeley show, which was part of Stills’ historic debut…

PRPhotos.comA new, life and career-spanning documentary on Carlos Santana, titled CARLOS, has just been announced. Sony Pictures Classics have acquired worldwide rights to the feature-length documentary film about “the father of Latin American jazz fusion. The doc will be directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Rudy Valdez and executive produced by Academy Award-winning producers Brian Grazer…

Getty ImagesSammy Hagar’s time working with Eddie Van Halen and fronting Van Halen is never far from his thoughts. In a new interview with USA Today, the “Red Rocker” revealed, “The peak of my musical life was Van Halen. My ego wants to say I was doing great as a solo artist. Well, yeah, I…

PRPhotos.comEven as Metallica rides high on the charts with its new 72 Seasons collection, drummer Lars Ulrich says the band has more than enough material to last them through the end. During a chat with Revolver, Ulrich spoke about all the unrealized and unmined musical bits the band still hasn’t realized: “We have enough ideas…

Getty ImagesJust announced is the theatrical release for the definitive documentary on Pink Floyd co-founder Sid Barrett. Have You Got It Yet?: The Story Of Syd Barrett And Pink Floyd, was directed by award-winning filmmaker Roddy Bogawa and Barrett’s close friend and the late, legendary album cover designer Storm Thorgerson. Have You Got It Yet?…

Getty ImagesThe ears of Van Halen fans have perked up after Michel Anthony revealed that the vault doors to the band’s archive are slowly being opened. Ultimate Classic Rock reported that during a chat with SiriusXM’s Eddie Trunk, Anthony said, “There is movement, and we’re digging back in the stuff. Obviously, there’s a lot more…

Getty ImagesU2 has added seven new dates onto their band’s upcoming U2:UV Achtung Baby Live At Sphere show in Las Vegas. The newly added dates are October 11th, 13th, 14th, 18th, 20th, 21st, and 25th. For verified fan presale info, log on to https://u2.ticketmaster.com/. The Edge spoke about U2’s upcoming Las Vegas stand in a…