In the second episode of the Bold as Love Recalled and Celebrated video series, ZZ Top legend Billy F. Gibbons recalls how Jimi Hendrix faced a hard task and made it look easy. Released barely six months after the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s May 1967 debut Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold as Love showcased more sophisticated songwriting and musical performances on tracks […]
Rush will play 18 additional concerts as their surprise reunion tour keeps getting bigger and bigger. Second Fifty Something tour performances have been added in several cities, including Atlanta, Boston, Edmonton, Montreal, Seattle, Vancouver and Washington D.C., among others. See a complete list of the dates, cities and venues below. Newly announced shows are in […]
Foreigner and Lou Gramm have been finishing and releasing some previously unheard music from the band’s archive in recent years. The good news is that fans will get to hear even more from the vault, taken from sessions for two of their classic albums. “[There’s] quite a bit [and] my assistant musical director, Tim Pedersen, […]
Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson of Rush shared a video on social media to give kudos to fans and their support of the news regarding drummer Anika Nilles‘ addition to the lineup for the band’s reunion tour in 2026. “The way you guys have welcomed Anika Nilles into the Rush family has been very heartwarming,” Lee […]
Sammy Hagar made a lot of Van Halen fans happy when he took his Best of All Worlds tour out on the road. The set list was loaded with tunes from his former band, along with music from his years, both solo and with Montrose and there was even a bit of Chickenfoot. When he […]
Behind every great rock band is a steady and sturdy bassist holding down the low end of things. Rock ‘n’ roll might be a male-dominated line of work, but that doesn’t mean women haven’t been a key part of the genre’s development over time, including in the rhythm section. And not to bring up a […]
Oasis has arrived at the final portion of their blockbuster reunion tour. Or have they? After several months of touring in the U.K. and U.S. to huge crowds, Noel and Liam Gallagher have 13 concerts left on the agenda for 2025, scheduled to take place in South Korea, Japan, Australia, Argentina, Chile and Brazil. Some might say […]
Well, it happened again. The internet had a meltdown recently when it was widely reported that MTV was shutting down its music channels. However, various TikTok reactions and Reddit threads also overlooked the part that stated it was, in reality, MTV’s European networks (including MTV ’80s, MTV ’90s, and MTV Music) that are going dark […]
The first decade of solo albums after the Beatles split did not start out the way many expected. As implausible as it might have sounded at the time, George Harrison and Ringo Starr came roaring into the ’70s while their celebrated songwriting ex-bandmates struggled on the charts. Harrison had the first solo U.S. No. 1 […]
Jethro Tull guitar legend Martin Barre will finally tell his story in a new autobiography, A Trick of Memory, which is set for release Nov. 6. The book will follow Barre’s journey from the early times in Birmingham where he played flute and saxophone prior to shifting his focus to guitar to the incredible run […]