Dead & Company will be the headline band for the upcoming the 2018 ‘Lockn’ Festival’ in Arrington, Virginia, taking place August 23rd, 24th, 25th and 26th at Infinity Downs and Oak Ridge Farm. It has been announced that they will play the final two nights of the festival, some seriously exciting news! Although the original […]
Category: Classic Rock
Roger Daltrey 2018 Tour is Very Unusual
Recently we learned that the Who’s Roger Daltrey will join the Boston Pops Orchestra on June 15th for a love and rare concert of ‘Tommy.’ Yes, you heard us right. A rocker will be joining with orchestras on tour! And, it’s not just the Boston Pops Orchestra but many local ones as they hit the […]
Journey Keyboardist Jonathan Cain’s Written a Book
In rock and roll there have been many renowned keyboardists, from Rick Wakeman of Yes to David Paich of Toto to Keith Emerson of ‘ELP’ to Tony Banks from Genesis, rock has always found piano virtuosos. Jonathan Cain of Journey has always been considered one of the best, and he’s writing a book to share […]
Name This Rock and Roll Hall of Famer
We know that Milwaukee, Wisconsin is the home of great beer and brats, Polka music, and one of the greatest rockers of all time. Don’t skip below; see if you can guess who we’re talking about… This rocker was born in 1943 which makes him 74 this year, but he’s still young at heart and […]
Why Mellencamp Belongs in the Songwriters Hall of Fame
Here’s your John Mellencamp update; yes he did buy an apartment in New York, yes he’s still dating Meg Ryan, and yes he’s thrilled to hear he’s headed to the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The news about being admitted to the Hall occurred a few days ago. Included with John will be country performers Alan […]
The ‘Stars Align Tour’ is Coming this Summer
If you have only enough money to see one live concert this summer, may we suggest the upcoming ‘Stars Align Tour’ starring Heart’s Ann Wilson and band, Paul Rodgers of Bad Company, and the guitar virtuoso Jeff Beck. Here are all the dates for the Stars Align Tour… 7/18 – West Valley City, UT 7/20 […]
Stone Temple Pilots Announce 2018 Tour
The Stone Temple Pilots suffered a tragic loss with the death of Chester Bennington in 2015, and the lead job has been sort of a curse, given original lead singer Scott Weiland also died in 2013. Given the string of bad luck, you probably wouldn’t blame the Stone Temple Pilots to call it quits, but […]
Ozzy’s ‘No More Tours 2’ US Dates Announced
How would you best describe Ozzy Osbourne? He’s unpredictable (he bit the head off a bird during a meeting with record executives) he’s wild (just last year he was thrown out of the house for a period of time for an alleged affair with his hair dresser) and he’s celebrated (inducted into the Rock and […]
Tomorrow is Cliff Burton Day in His Home Town
Tomorrow, February 10th, Cliff Burton’s hometown of Castro Valley California will be celebrating the very first ‘Cliff Burton Day,’ in his hometown of Castro Valley California, a day in which Cliff would have been 56 had he not tragically died in a bus accident in 1986. What’s the back story of that dreadful morning? Cliff […]
Lynyrd Skynyrd Announces Farewell Tour, But Oh These Tunes
Lynyrd Skynyrd has announced its farewell tour, Street Fighters’ scheduled to begin later this year, giving us a chance to share what we think are the best songs from the band… Could there be a song more identifiable with the band than “Sweet Home Alabama?” The song came from ‘Second Helping’ in 1974 and has […]