Quiet Riot delivered their first concert with new singer John Torra on Friday night, performing a 14-song set. The 23-year-old joined bassist Rudy Sarzo, guitarist Alex Grossi and drummer Johnny Kelly on stage at the Cherokee Event Center, West Siloam Springs, Oklahoma. Reports suggest Torra – who replaced Jizzy Pearl – offered an impressive account […]
Nearly two and a half years after it started, AC/DC‘s ‘Power Up’ tour will end Friday night with a show at MetLife Stadium outside of New York City. Which means it’s once again time to ask the question: Will this be the last time the legendary Australian hard rock band ever performs live? Never the most […]
Metallica became the first metal band to perform at the Sphere in Las Vegas when they launched their Life Burns Faster residency on Thursday night (Oct. 1). The performance began with a furious rendition of “Battery,” the high-octane opening track from Master of Puppets. From there, Metallica rolled into “Creeping Death,” the lead single from […]
Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers is finally reunited with the long-lost son he never had the chance to know, after nearly 60 years. The St. Louis native recalled during a recent interview with KMOV that he was just 14 when the child was initially conceived. He and the mother faced the painful reality of […]
The Smashing Pumpkins kicked off their ‘Rats in a Cage’ tour with a 32-song set in Columbus, Ohio Wednesday night. You can see the complete set list and fan-shot video from the show below. The tour is a slightly belated 30th anniversary celebration of the group’s 1995 double-album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. Billy […]
Fall TV premieres were a big deal for kids in the ’80s. I read the “Cheers and Jeers” column in TV Guide every week, and I pored over the Fall Preview issue like I was studying the racing form before the Kentucky Derby. Rarely did you get four long-running shows premiering in a single week […]
Classic rock is actually riddled with tracks that were (allegedly) stolen from somebody else. Heck, Bob Dylan has made a career of swiping ideas and making them his own. It’s just that none of them is more memorable than the Big 4 of Classic Rock Rip-Off Songs. Dylan began with 1963’s “Blowin’ in the Wind.” […]
Foo Fighters will join AC/DC for their rescheduled performance in the New York area. The concert will take place this Friday, Oct. 2, at MetLife Stadium. The show had originally been planned for Sept. 25, but a powerful nor’easter storm caused widespread event cancellations across the East Coast. “This decision [to postpone] was made by […]
Santana has announced new dates for 2027, stretching through the spring. The performances are part of the band’s ongoing residency at the House of Blues in Las Vegas. The long-running shows – officially dubbed ‘An Evening With Santana: Greatest Hits Live Las Vegas – originally began in 2012. Now stretching into its fifteenth year, the […]
It appears Pearl Jam still hasn’t officially filled their drummer vacancy. Over the weekend, the grunge greats seemingly announced Abe Laboriel Jr. as their new man behind the kit. During Eddie Vedder’s Friday solo set at the Ohana festival, the other members of Pearl Jam made an unexpected appearance. Laboriel Jr. played with the band during […]