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Getty ImagesIron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson has plans to release a solo album sometime early next year. In an interview posted on Blabbermouth.net, he said: “This album has been a very personal journey for me and I am extremely proud of it.” He also said that he’s going on the road to promote it. The first…

Getty ImagesChicago will return to The Venetian Theatre in Las Vegas for the seventh year in a row. The ten-show residency, includes dates in February and March of next year. Tickets start at $49.95 and go on sale this Friday, September 29th. In other Chicago news… the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members will…

PRPhotos.comRoger Waters has released two new singles and lyric videos, “Speak To Me” and “Breathe” from his new album, The Dark Side Of The Moon Redux. Now 80-years-old, The Dark Side of the Moon Redux is his reinterpretation of the Pink Floyd classic album that he recorded when he was just 29. In addition to…

Getty ImagesRush frontman and bassist, Geddy Lee has announced a new tour across the UK in support of his upcoming memoir, My Effin’ Life. North American dates are forthcoming. Titled… Geddy Lee In Conversation, is an intimate spoken word tour. He’ll read key passages that tell stories about his family life and childhood, as well…

PRPhotos.comPremiering on Saturday, Sept. 23 is Black Sabbath — The Ballet, an unlikely creation by the Birmingham Royal Ballet in the British Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band’s home town. The production is the brainchild of the company’s Christopher Austin with the involvement of guitarist Tony Iommi and purports to be “the first true…

PRPhotos.comAfter premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival during June, Carlos, the new documentary about Carlos Santana, begins its theatrical run this weekend. “Carlos: The Santana Journey Global Premiere” takes place over three days starting Saturday, Sept. 23 and continuing Sept. 24 and 27. Santana and Emmy Award-winner Rudy Valdez (“The Sentence,” “We Are All Brooklyn…

Getty ImagesSix rare Beatles tapes are up for auction and are expected to bring between $300,000 and $500,000. The tapes, dubbed The Beatles Derek Taylor Never-Before-Heard Collection of Lost Beatles Recordings, contain several unreleased songs, rehearsal recordings and interviews. According to the auction site, one tape includes a rendition of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”…

PRPhotos.comPremiering on Saturday, Sept. 23 is Black Sabbath — The Ballet, an unlikely creation by the Birmingham Royal Ballet in the British Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band’s home town. The production is the brainchild of the company’s Christopher Austin with the involvement of guitarist Tony Iommi and purports to be “the first true…

PRPhotos.comOut Sept. 22 is Midnight Rose, the first new solo album from Bad Company frontman Paul Rodgers in nine years, and first of original material since 1999. Rodgers — who also fronted the bands Free, The Firm with Jimmy Page, The Law with Kenney Jones and Queen — recorded the eight-song set in Canada, where…

Getty ImagesA graphic novel charting Dee Snider’s passionate battle against censorship will be available at retailers on November 21. He’s Not Gonna Take It, is based on his real-life march into the United States Senate’s Committee On Commerce over 35 years ago. The novel tells the story of why free speech is so important to…