Kansas is officially adding a new member and he’s a familiar face: Scott Bernard has been filling in for stalwart guitarist Rich Williams when needed over the summer. Williams, who’s been with the group since 1973, will remain a member of Kansas. He’s simply scaling back on touring. “Scott Bernard is a fantastic guitar player, […]
Unlike many people, Sammy Hagar believes David Lee Roth was telling the truth about being visited by Eddie Van Halen‘s ghost. In fact, the Red Rocker sees the story as an olive branch moment between the long-quibbling former Van Halen singers. Roth made headlines last week by telling fans at a concert in Hampton Beach that […]
Cheap Trick has added 11 shows to the 2025 calendar. Among them are more stops with Heart on their lengthy Royal Flush tour. See a complete list of dates and cities below. Presales for the newly announced concerts begin at 10AM on Wednesday, Aug. 20 (with code CTLIVE), as Cheap Trick gets set to play […]
It’s often said that a picture is worth a thousand words. Unfortunately, when it comes to a lot of the pictures of classic rockers currently circulating on social media, some of those words include “fake,” “AI,” and “slop.” Although many people are already well aware of the dangers posed by the AI technology that’s capable […]
When it comes to official merchandise items, no other band on the planet comes close to Kiss. It’s safe to say it would be nearly impossible to get your hands on every piece of official Kiss memorabilia due to the sheer number of items bearing the band’s name. In 2014, Kiss signed a multiyear merchandising […]
David Lee Roth had a little fun at Sammy Hagar‘s expense earlier this week, humorously suggesting that he, too, had recently been visited by the ghost of Eddie Van Halen. In August of 2022, Hagar told UCR that Van Halen, who died in October 2020, visited him in a dream and helped him write a […]
Ronnie Rondell Jr., the stuntman best known to rock fans as the on-fire businessman on the cover of Pink Floyd‘s Wish You Were Here album, has died of unspecified causes at the age of 88. Rondell died at a Missouri senior living center on Tuesday, Aug. 10, according to his family. In 2020 Aubrey Powell, […]
Jerry Cantrell has had a good summer. For starters, he got to participate in the “world’s biggest rock ‘n’ roll high school reunion,” as he described his recent experience paying tribute to the late Ozzy Osbourne at Back to the Beginning. Now he’s starting the final leg of his tour supporting 2024’s I Want Blood, his […]
With their high-concept, theatrical stage show and stadium-filling metal epics, you might think Iron Maiden would be a perfect candidate for a residency at the Las Vegas Sphere. But frontman Bruce Dickinson said the band has no interest in playing the state-of-the-art venue. Dickinson addressed a prospective Maiden Sphere show on a Thursday episode of SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation […]
Bernie Leadon has announced the release of his first album in more than 20 years. Too Late to Be Cool will arrive from the Eagles cofounder on Oct. 10. The singer, songwriter and guitarist released a new video for the album’s first single, “Too Many Memories,” earlier this week. With the album’s announcement comes the […]