Pearl Jam kicked off their 2025 tour on Thursday night in Hollywood, Florida. The band performed a mix of fan favorites, songs from their most recent album, Dark Matter, plus covers of the Byrds‘ “So You Want to Be a Rock ‘n’ Roll Star,” the Who‘s “Baba O’Riley” and Victoria Williams’ “Crazy Mary.” Frontman Eddie […]
Everybody has musical guilty pleasures – songs we happily revisit in the comfort of our home, but wouldn’t dare admit we own or stream. We’ve previously looked back on some of the biggest guilty pleasures from the ‘70s and ‘80s, so we’re doing one final lap with songs from the ‘90s. The era offered a […]
Original Kiss drummer Peter Criss has announced a new solo album, featuring several notable collaborators. Criss shared his news via a short video posted to the KissFAQ website (which you can watch below). “I have an announcement. I have my new rock and roll album to you, Kiss Army guys, coming out in the fall,” […]
Kenney Jones says he “can’t see” the long-discussed new Faces album arriving this year, but that doesn’t mean the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band will remain silent. He’s confirmed work on an intriguing new documentary about the Faces, using archival footage from handheld video cameras given to them in 1972. “It’s never been […]
Carlos Santana has called off another concert after collapsing during a Tuesday soundcheck in San Antonio. Manager Michael Vrionis confirmed the cancellation of tonight’s show at Smart Financial Center in Sugar Land, Texas, but told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that Santana planned to resume his 2025 tour. Local fire officials said the 77-year-old was hospitalized […]
Bryan Adams will hit the road this September for a 40-date North American tour that includes 21 US dates with special guests Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo. The 2025 Roll With the Punches tour is named after Adams’ upcoming studio album. A press release announcing the tour promises that the new record’s release plans shall […]
Carlos Santana has been hospitalized with what the San Antonio Fire Department reportedly described as “a non life-threatening condition” prior to his band‘s scheduled show tonight (April 22) in San Antonio. Santana manager Michael Vrionis offered the following statement about his client’s condition on the venue’s website: “It is with profound disappointment that I have […]
Kansas are not yet ready to lay their weary heads to rest. The rockers just announced a new string of tour dates that will keep them on the road intermittently through the end of 2025. The seven-date stretch begins on Aug. 3 in Ridgefield, Washington. A series of five shows will follow in late September, capped […]
Sammy Hagar is about to release a song that features a guitar lick he says Eddie Van Halen showed him in a dream. “Encore, Thank You, Goodnight” will be released on Friday, April 25. It finds Hagar joined by three-quarters of his Best of All Worlds band: Guitarist Joe Satriani, bassist and fellow Van Halen […]
Depeche Mode’s 1990 single “Enjoy the Silence” was a chart-topping hit that helped cement the group as one of the era’s defining acts — yet one band member was initially disappointed in the way the track evolved. Recorded during sessions for Depeche Mode’s groundbreaking Violator album, the tune was penned by the band’s primary songwriter, Martin […]