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In celebration of Black Music Month, Café Mocha Radio will honor individuals who have made contributions to the music industry both in front of and behind the scenes at an online event on June 6. As part of the “Saluting Our Culture” award series, the 2021 Salute THEM Awards show will be streamed live at…

A&E has announced that a new “definitive” documentary film telling the stories behind five decades of the classic rock band KISS will air this summer. Directed by D.J. Viola, “Biography: KISStory” will be broadcast in two parts – on June 27 and June 28 from 9 to 11 pm ET/PT. KISS founders Paul Stanley and…

Eric Church, Brad Paisley, Lucinda Williams and Travis Tritt have been confirmed to perform at an upcoming tribute concert for ZZ Top founder and guitarist Billy Gibbons. “A Tribute to Billy Gibbons” is scheduled to take place on May 16 at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry House. The concert will also feature performances from Ronnie Milsap,…

Santana and Earth, Wind & Fire have postponed their highly anticipated “Miraculous Supernatural Tour” to the summer of 2022. “We the Santana Band regret to inform you that we won’t be able to present the ‘Miraculous Supernatural Tour’ in 2021,” reads an official statement. “We look forward to bringing you the sounds of Light and…

Primus announced that they have rescheduled their “A Tribute to Kings” tour to begin this August and run through October. The funk metal band said they slightly shifted the tour as “government restrictions and current health & safety protocols continue to be monitored.” Special guests Wolfmother will be still be joining for the entire tour…

As Las Vegas reopens following the coronavirus pandemic, one of the hottest tickets in town announces its return. Carlos Santana has announced that he will return to the House of Blues stage inside Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino this summer to resume his special “An Intimate Evening with Santana: Greatest Hits Live” residency. It will…

“Peter Green – The Albatross Man,” a new book chronicling the life and career” of the late guitarist, will feature two previously unreleased versions of Fleetwood Mac classics. The first track is a new version of recently discovered Green song “Need Your Love So Bad,” recorded in the ’60s, featuring Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour on…

Bon Jovi released a teaser video on Twitter on Monday to announce that their concert “Encore Drive-In Nights 2021” for the Encore Live series will be broadcast at approximately 300 venues around the world. The band said the one-of-a-kind concert, filmed at the Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park, will be broadcast on May 22 at…

A judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit against Michael Jackson’s businesses brought by Wade Robson. Robson had accused Jackson’s loan-out companies, MJJ Productions and MJJ Ventures, of facilitating the singer’s sexual abuse against him and others. However, the lawyers for MJJ Productions and MJJ Ventures were successful in dismissing Robson’s claims. According to L.A. County…

On June 18, the Zappa Trust and UMe will release Frank Zappa’s last U.S. concert, recorded on March 25, 1988, at New York’s Nassau Coliseum. The live album, Zappa ’88: The Last U.S. Show, is the first posthumous archival release from the guitar legend’s’88 touring band. The album features 29 unreleased performances, including two additional…