Joe Satriani and Steve Vai launched their Surfing With the Hydra Tour on Friday night in York, England. The two guitarists each performed several of their own solo songs, both with and without one another, and the evening’s encore featured a handful of famous covers. You can view a complete set list and footage from the show […]
King Charles III has bestowed the honor of knighthood on the Who singer Roger Daltrey. He’ll become Sir Roger after being recognized for his services to music and charity, referring to his patronage of the U.K.’s Teenage Cancer Trust. He’s been overseeing its annual fundraising concert series at the Royal Albert Hall since 2000. Steve […]
You laugh… but the ’70s were a golden era for car design. Scratch that—bold car design. Everything felt heavier back then. The features were outrageously clunky, and the print ads made the average American look like they were either gearing up for a cruise around the world or a shootout with fugitives at a sketchy […]
A new Elvis Presley box set, celebrating his 90th birthday this year, is scheduled to arrive this summer. The collection will feature 89 tracks, just one shy of that birthday milestone, recorded during his final decade. Sunset Boulevard will comb through Presley’s vault of recordings from the first half of the ’70s, when he and the TCB […]
Judas Priest kicked off their summer 2025 Shield of Pain tour with a show dominated by songs from their classic Painkiller album Thursday night at Rockfest in Turku, Finland. You can see the complete set list and fan-shot video from the show below. Seven of the 19 songs the British heavy metal legends performed at the […]
Elton John‘s six-show London residency with percussionist Ray Cooper in May 1977 will be available on CD, vinyl and digitally this summer. Live From the Rainbow Theatre With Ray Cooper first came out in a limited-edition vinyl on Record Store Day in April. The July 25 multiformat release marks the album’s first widespread availability. The new […]
The Beatles loved the Beach Boys. And the feeling was mutual — even if Mike Love challenged “the Mop Tops” to a battle of the bands during his notorious speech when both groups were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during the January ceremony in New York City. Nobody threw fists that […]
Sebastian Bach joined Ratt stars Stephen Pearcy and Warren DeMartini during the duo’s show in Las Vegas Tuesday night. According to Blabbermouth, the former Skid Row singer joined in for “several songs,” but so far only the night’s performance of “Round and Round” has emerged. You can watch that video below. The show took place […]
Rapper Machine Gun Kelly dropped a trailer on Tuesday for his upcoming new album Lost Americana, seemingly narrated by Bob Dylan. “Lost Americana is a personal excavation of the American dream — a journey to find what’s been lost,” the Dylan voice says in the clip, describing the album as “a sonic map of forgotten […]
Yes will perform their classic 1971 album, Fragile, in its entirety this fall as part of the band’s ongoing Album Series. The LP marked a turning point for the group. The band — guitarist Steve Howe, keyboardist Geoff Downes, singer Jon Davison, bassist Billy Sherwood and drummer Jay Schellen — will start the tour in October and […]