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 […]
Megadeth will release their final studio album and embark on a farewell tour in 2026. The group revealed the news Thursday after a countdown clock that had been running on their site expired. When the clock hit zero, it revealed among other things a video of a news report featuring the band’s longtime mascot Vic Rattlehead. From […]
To coincide with this year’s Parasomnia comeback album for the reunion of Dream Theater‘s longest-running lineup, the prog metal legends have just announced a new “graphic album” in partnership with Z2. The Deluxe Edition of Parasomnia – The Graphic Album comes in two versions. One features the graphic novel based on Parasomnia‘s overarching theme inside a slipcase while the […]
The original members of Kiss — Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss — have commented on being selected to receive the Kennedy Center Honors. “Kiss is the embodiment of the American dream,” Simmons told TMZ. “We are deeply honored to receive the Kennedy Center Honor.” Stanley had the most to say of the quartet. “From […]
The first Foreigner concerts of 2026 have been confirmed – and there’s a twist. These 10 new dates will pair the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees with an orchestra. Five opening shows take place at the Venetian Theatre in Las Vegas. Foreigner will be working with a 20-piece group playing arrangements written by […]
The court battle between Daryl Hall and John Oates has been quietly settled. They’d entered arbitration following an attempt by Oates to sell his stake in their partnership as Hall and Oates over Hall’s objection. An new status report was filed Monday after the judge asked for an update, Rolling Stone reports. The filing did […]