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Styx have released “Reveries,” a new single from their upcoming seventeenth album Crash of the Crown, which is due out on June 18. Tommy Shaw and Will Evankovich wrote “Reveries.” ” He’ll come up with a rhythm track and a chord progression or something that sounds really good,” Shaw told Ultimate Classic Rock about how…

ZZ Top and Cody Jinks are set to headline the inaugural Born & Raised Music Festival, scheduled to take place at the Pryor Creek Music Festival Grounds in Pryor, Oklahoma, on September 18 and 19. The two-day event will be preceded by a “special pre-festival Honky Tonk” set for Friday, September 17. The lineup for…

Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant has purportedly reunited with bluegrass-country artist Alison Krauss to work on a new album. A new album would be a sequel to 2007’s Raising Sand, which won five Grammy Awards, including Album Of The Year. Greg Leisz, a musician who played on Raising Sand, revealed during an episode of the…

Alan Parsons, Marillion, Al DiMeola and Transatlantic have been confirmed as headliners for Cruise to the Edge 2022. Cruise to the Edge, a prog-rock cruise event that brings some of the biggest names of the genre to the high seas, is scheduled to sail from Port Canaveral, Florida on May 2 through May 7. The…

Grand Funk Railroad have announced dates for their rescheduled Some Kind of Wonderful U.S. tour. The 30-date trek will kick off on July 2 in Fayetteville, Georgia, and is currently set to conclude on November 6 in Florence, South Carolina. However, the schedule also includes five more to-be-announced shows, which end on December 3. Blue…

Wolfgang Van Halen recently opened up about how the Covid-19 pandemic prevented his father and legendary guitarist Eddie Van Halen from a final farewell trek with his band Van Halen. In a new interview with The Washington Post, the Mammoth WVH frontman revealed that in 2019, he told his father about a master plan of…

Prince’s Estate has released “Born 2 Die,” the second song from legendary musician’s upcoming posthumous album Welcome 2 America. The song debuted on BBC 6 Music’s Breakfast Show on Thursday, June 3, with Prince’s long-time musical director Morris Hayes joining host Gemma Cairney. “Born 2 Die” was was recorded during a “flurry of studio activity”…

KISS singer-guitarist Paul Stanley recently discussed the casting process for Shout It Out Loud, the upcoming biographical film about the iconic band. During a recent Download Reloaded interview with host Kylie Olsson, Stanley said, “Casting hasn’t begun yet, but that will be interesting, too. As the casting process goes on, I’ll certainly be there and…

Cheap Trick co-founder and bassist Tom Petersson recently opened up about the “post-traumatic stress” he went through after open heart surgery. On a recent appearance on the “Talkin’ Rock with Meltdown” podcast, Petersson said, “I’m doing a lot better, which is not saying much. I had open-heart surgery on March 1st, so I’ve been convalescing…

Legendary rock band The Beach Boys have announced plans to release a massive box set celebrating the recording sessions for their 16th and 17th studio albums, Sunflower and Surf’s Up. The five-CD box set, Feel Flows – The Sunflower & Surf’s Up Sessions 1969-1971, is set to be released on July 30 via Capitol/UMe. A…