Guitar greats Joe Satriani and Steve Vai will take their collaborative SachVai Band out for its first North American tour in 2026. The 40-date run begins April 1 in Seattle and concludes May 30 in Vienna, Virginia. The trek will be a continuation of the rockers’ 2025 Surfing With the Hydra Tour, which Satriani and […]
After a busy 2025 that saw him perform over 40 concerts, Elvis Costello has announced his first run of performances for 2026. The bespectacled rocker will take ‘Radio Soul!: The Early Songs of Elvis Costello’ across the U.K. for a short string of shows in June and July. He’ll be backed by his long-running group […]
Kiss legend Gene Simmons testified before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee today, and he had some pretty harsh words for the way musicians are treated by terrestrial radio. “Let’s call it for what it is — an injustice that has been going on for decades,” the bassist remarked, referring to how artists remain uncompensated when their […]
Stryper frontman Michael Sweet has revealed that he’s been diagnosed with cancer. In a post shared to Facebook, the 62 year-old singer noted that a “biopsy that was performed on 11/17 (a nodule in my right thyroid) came back positive. Malignant.” “I’m scheduled for a CT and an ultrasound next Monday 12/15,” he continued, “and […]
Bassist Tetsu Yamauchi, whose career included stints with Free and the Faces, died Dec. 4 at the age of 79. A statement shared by his family on social media noted that Yamauchi “passed away peacefully, surrounded by family. We sincerely thank everyone who enjoyed Tetsu’s music and offered kind words until now. Those were fun […]
David Byrne will be spending a lot of time on the road in 2026. He’s announced another big batch of Who Is the Sky? tour dates for North America and Europe that will be added on to his current schedule, named for his most recent album. This new section of shows will begin with two […]
In the last months of his life, David Bowie appeared frail, but not unhappy. On Dec. 7, 2015 he stepped out in New York City for the opening of his brand new off-Broadway play, Lazarus. Lazarus told the story of Thomas Newton, the alien that Bowie had played in The Man Who Fell to Earth back in […]
In a new interview, Kiss bassist Gene Simmons blames a series of “bad decisions” for contributing to the recent death of his former bandmate Ace Frehley. Frehley, the band’s founding lead guitarist, suffered multiple skull fractures and a brain bleed after a Sept. 25 fall at his home studio. He was placed on a ventilator […]
Jack Douglas was the producer behind John Lennon’s final albums: 1980’s Double Fantasy and 1984’s posthumously-released Milk and Honey. Given his close relationship with Lennon and the musician’s tragic murder, Douglas initially didn’t make a big deal out of the money he was owed for the projects. But as the years went by, and royalty […]
Roy Orbison‘s “Oh, Pretty Woman” came about effortlessly. At home one day, working on some songs with cowriter Bill Dees, Orbison’s first wife, Claudette, passed through the room, announcing that she was on her way out for some shopping. Orbison asked her if she needed any money, but Dees swiftly interjected: “A pretty woman never […]