Skid Row played their first of four dates with Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale on vocals on Friday at Carterville, Illinois’ Walker’s Bluff Casino Resort. You can see video from the performance below. The band stuck mostly to classics off its first two albums, Skid Row and Slave to the Grind, according to setlist.fm. If Hale was feeling nervous or uncertain […]
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Pearl Jam may not showcase much of a heavy metal influence, but guitarist Stone Gossard did indeed love metal growing up and shouted out some of his favorite metal albums as a kid during a recent interview. Gossard’s response came in a wide-ranging interview with KLOS DJ Matt Pinfield (who also co-hosts The Power Hour on […]
AC/DC launched their European Power Up tour with a performance in Gelsenkirchen, Germany on May 17. The European trek marks the legendary hard rock group’s first full tour since 2016, though they did perform at the Power Trip festival in 2023. AC/DC certainly got things started with a bang during the Germany gig, delivering a […]
For decades, Slash has been inspiring fans to pick up the electric guitar and crank their favorite riffs. Now, Ultimate Classic Rock is giving one lucky winner the opportunity to do so on a signature Epiphone Les Paul autographed by the guitarist himself. The contest begins on May 17 at 10AM ET, the same day […]
Details surrounding Heart’s family drama have come to light, including that Ann and Nancy Wilson insisted on separate “sanctuary zones” amid the ordeal. It was 2016 when Ann’s husband, Dean Wetter, got embroiled in an argument with Nancy’s teenage sons. Reportedly enraged that the boys had let Ann’s dogs out of her tour bus, Wetter […]
It takes a special kind of artist to make it to their 13th album. Most bands never make it that far – the Beatles didn’t; some of the best didn’t even hit double digits (see: Led Zeppelin and the Velvet Underground). But those that reach this most lucky number have long proven their commitment to the […]
Steven Tyler made a surprise appearance at the Black Crowes’ May 15 concert London, delivering his first performance since suffering serious vocal cord damage last year. After rocking through their 16-song set, the Crowes returned to the stage for an encore. The band had just launched into Aerosmith’s classic song “Mama Kin” when Tyler walked […]
John Lennon‘s fourth proper solo album, Mind Games, is being reissued and expanded to include eight discs of remasters, remixes, session recordings and outtakes for its 50th anniversary. The box will be available on July 12. The 1973 LP joins Imagine (from 2018) and John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (2021) in the “Ultimate Collection” series of expanded albums from Lennon’s catalog overseen […]
Cher has finally issued her first statements regarding the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, weeks after she was revealed as a 2024 inductee. ET caught up with the legendary singer as she walked the red carpet for the premiere of Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion, a new documentary on the famous fashion designer. Asked about […]
John Oates is having a full-circle moment after leveraging a canny mix of new-wave soul to reach multi-platinum heights with Daryl Hall in the ’80s. His sixth solo album is titled Reunion, but if anything it’s a homecoming with Oates’ former self. This is the John Oates from before Hall and Oates, the one who […]










