Tag: Classic Rock

Smashing Pumpkins Release Act 1 of Their Rock Opera ATUM

The Smashing Pumpkins recently released ATUM, the follow up to their albums Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and Machina/The Machines of God. Act 1 of the 33 track rock opera is now available starting today. Pronounced “autumn,” ATUM is going to be released in three parts that will be released 11 weeks apart. Meaning […]

Foreigner Announced A Farewell Tour for Next Summer

Foreigner just announced the start of their Historic Farewell Tour, starting in the Summer of 2023. The North American leg of their final tour launches on July 6th in Alpharetta, Ga., and ends on September third in Holmdel, N.J. Foreigner will announce more dates scheduled to run through the end of 2024. Mick Jones, co-founding […]

Bob Dylan’s Teenage Love Letters Are Going to Auction

A collection of Bob Dylan’s love letters from his teenage years has recently went up for auction with the starting bid at $250,000. The collection includes 42 handwritten notes, over 150 pages and includes a valentine, that were sent to Barbara Ann Hewitt between the years of 1958 and 1959, when Dylan was 17-18 years […]

ZZ Top Recently Performed With A Giant 17 String Bass

ZZ Top recently performed in Huntsville, Alabama using an oversized 17 string bass. The instrument was fully usable and bassist Elwood Francis proved that it could be used for the first song of the night, “Got Me Under Pressure.” Francis then used a more traditional bass for the rest of the performance. It turned out […]

Bruce Springsteen Wil Be Taking Over Fallon For Four Nights of Performances

On Wednesday, November 9th, NBC made an announcement that Bruce Springsteen will be on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon starting next week, where we will see Springsteen performing tracks from, Only the Strong Survive. The takeover will happen on November 14th, 15th, and 16th, in addition to the Thanksgiving episode on November 24th. Springsteen […]

Peter Gabriel Reveals New ‘i/o’ Album and 2023 Tour plans

Peter Gabriel recently announced plans for a 2023 tour of the U.K. and Europe, with the shows including songs off of i/o, his first album in over a decade. A press release noted that, “full details on the i/o album will follow.” With no other information on the album currently available. Gabriel had previously released […]

Stevie Nicks and Billy Joel Have Announced Joint Concerts Together

Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks are set to hit the road together next year, performing three joint concerts together. The first show will take place in Los Angeles on march 10th, followed by Arlington, Texas, on April 8th and Nashville on May 19th. Tickets for all three joint shows will be available on November 11th. […]

Bruce Springsteen Shares His Thoughts on Taylor Swift’s Midnights

Springsteen recently revealed while on The Howard Stern Show that he listened to Taylor Swift’s Midnights and gave somewhat a review of it. Springsteen stated, “My daughter, a Taylor Swift fan to the max, the other day ago I pick her up at the airport, She says, ‘Dad, Taylor Swift has got a banging new […]

James Hetfield, Metallica Frontman Dressed as Eddie Munson of Stranger Things for Halloween

This Halloween, Metallica frontman James Hetfield, paid tribute to Stranger Things by dressing up as fan-favorite character Eddie Munson, who performed of “Master of Puppets” in a season four episode. Hetfield posted the photo of himself to his Instagram just a few hours after Halloween ended. In the photo Hetfield is seen with two rock […]

John Mellencamp Shares Previously Unreleased Track ‘Smart Guys’

John Mellencamp decided to share a previously unreleased track from the extended version of his 1985 album Scarecrow that will be reissued through Mercury/UMe in a range of different editions on November fourth. A super deluxe box set including a 2CD version of the remastered LP and outtakes and alternative versions, a 2022 Atmos mix […]