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Gibson has announced an authentic re-creation of Peter Frampton’s legendary 1954 Les Paul Custom guitar. The “Phenix” Les Paul Custom is the iconic guitar that graced the cover of the 1976 classic Frampton Comes Alive! LP. Thought to have been lost in 1980 in a tragic cargo plane crash, it miraculously survived and over thirty…

Bruce Springsteen has won the 2021 Woody Guthrie Prize in recognition of his “lifetime of speaking for the disenfranchised and inspiring generations to find the power of their own voices.” The Woody Guthrie Center announced that the music legend will be presented with the Woody Guthrie Prize in a members-only exclusive virtual event on May…

Heart’s Ann Wilson recently joined Gov’t Mule during a concert and performed covers of Led Zeppelin and Tom Petty. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer joined Gov’t Mule for renditions of Led Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song,” “Black Dog” and “No Quarter” as well as Memphis Slim’s “Mother Earth,” Willie Dixon’s “You Shook Me” and Tom…

Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Johnny Van Zant has revealed that he tested positive for the coronavirus and is in quarantine. “It’s been one heck of a week. We are all on quarantine around here due to me coming down with the virus first,” the rock band’s frontman said in a video he posted on Facebook. “And I…

AC/DC’s Brian Johnson teamed up with Foo Fighters for a cover of “Back in Black” at Global Citizen’s “Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World.” “The Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World” concert took place on Sunday, May 2 at Inglewood, California’s SoFi Stadium. “Back in Black” is the title song of…

A U.S. tax court judge has ruled that Michael Jackson’s image and likeness was worth just $4.2 million at the time of his death in 2009. The Internal Revenue Service had valued Jackson’s likeness at $161 million and alleged that the estate had underpaid its tax obligation. The ruling by Judge Mark V. Holmes of…

The surviving members of The Monkees, which includes Micky Dolenz and Michael Nesmith, have announced a farewell tour for this fall. The two-month tour will kick off on September 11 in Seattle and wrap up on November 10 in Kansas City. Some of the shows are rescheduled from the band’s planned 2020 tour, which got…

Brad Paisley and Lynyrd Skynyrd will co-headline the 2021 Concert For Legends during Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Week. “We are excited for not one, but two music icons honoring and performing in the 2021 Concert of Legends Presented by Ford,” said George Veras, Chief Operating Officer & Executive Producer at the Hall of…

An all-star lineup of rock and metal artists will pay tribute to Pink Floyd by recording a cover of their iconic 1975 album, Wish You Were Here. The tribute album, Still Wish You Were Here, is scheduled to be released on May 28 on CD as a 6 panel deluxe digipak and gatefold vinyl in…

Legendary drummer Ringo Starr has revealed that his favorite Beatles song is “Come Together.” During a virtual visit to Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Show,” the host asked Starr, “You get one song to listen to for the rest of your life. What is it?” Starr quickly replied, “Come Together.” “There’s lots of other favorites, but…