Wolfgang Van Halen says he doesn’t have any inside information about his uncle Alex‘s plans to release an archival Van Halen album, but that he’s happy to support the project in any way he can. Earlier this month, Alex revealed that he had recruited Toto guitarist Steve Lukather in a co-producer role to complete what […]
The newest class of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees have been announced, which means its time to talk about this year’s most surprising inclusions and frustrating exclusions. The 2026 class is dominated by first-time nominees, ten in all including Jeff Buckley, Phil Collins, Melissa Etheridge, Lauryn Hill, INXS, New Edition, Pink, Shakira, Luther […]
Queens of the Stone Age have announced their first headlining concerts for 2026. The acclaimed desert rockers will revive their Catacombs Tour for a limited run of performances starting April 24 in Joshua Tree, California. It’s a homecoming gig of sorts for frontman Josh Homme, who grew up in nearby Palm Desert. From there, Queens of […]
The Big 4 of New Orleans rock provide a deft representation the city’s famous gumbo-pot diversity. There’s a sardonic piano-playing storyteller, a metal pioneer, a mystic swamp-rock legend and a too-often-overlooked architect of rock ‘n’ roll. As one of the country’s historically important port cities, New Orleans has always been defined by its cross-cultural mindset […]
Tomahawk will hit the road for their first shows in 13 years starting in July. The Melvins will be the special guest for all of the upcoming dates. The supergroup, which features Mike Patton of Faith No More, plus Duane Denison of the Jesus Lizard, John Stanier (Helmet, Battles) and Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle), mounted […]
One of These Nights arrived in a crossroads moment for the Eagles. The preceding album, 1974’s On the Border, produced their first-ever No. 1 single “Best of My Love.” Would the Eagles build on that embryonic success? Or recede back to the respectable but hardly attention-turning sales of their first two albums? “We’ve all said, […]
Ozzy Osbourne knew his days were numbered when he performed his final concert. Back to the Beginning, held July 5, 2025 in Birmingham, England, was a star-studded celebration of Black Sabbath and Ozzy. The event featured an incredible array of rock stars, including Guns N’ Roses, Metallica, Aerosmith‘s Steven Tyler, Tool, Slayer, Tom Morello and […]
Gene Simmons added two Kiss songs written by Ace Frehley to his solo show set list for the first time ever Saturday night. You can watch Simmons and his band debut “Strange Ways” and “Rocket Ride” (co-written by Sean Delaney) and see the full set list from the show below. The 14-song set at L’Aubrerge Casino […]
Paul Rodgers has explained why he turned down the chance to work on Alex Van Halen‘s new archival Van Halen project. Earlier this week Alex, Van Halen‘s founding drummer, revealed that he was working on a “collection of new recordings that were going to be the next [Van Halen] record, and that were stopped because […]
New York City in the 1980s was not necessarily a beacon of hope. By then, the crack cocaine epidemic had fully sunk its teeth in, with homicide rates reaching rates that had never been seen before, much of it drug related. In 1984, a man named Bernhard Goetz shot four young men on a subway […]