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In an interview with The Globe and Mail, Roger Waters claimed he’s “far, far, far more important than any of them will ever be,” expressing his frustration over The Weeknd’s concert receiving more media coverage than his. Waters also name-dropped another iconic Canadian artist, Drake. Waters, apparently hurt over Canadian newspapers not reviewing his two…

Heart’s Ann Wilson said she and her sister and bandmate Nancy plan to celebrate the band’s 50th anniversary next year but did not reveal the details. Wilson revealed the news in an interview with Grammy.com. “I’m not at liberty to say exactly what they are yet because it’s such early days, but sure. It will…

British music icons Duran Duran and Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi are among the artists set to perform at the Opening Ceremony of the upcoming 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, U.K. Iqbal Khan, Artistic Director of the Opening Ceremony, on Wednesday unveiled the music line-up that will provide the soundtrack for the ceremony. Returning to the…

Elton John has added five special “encore” performances to his “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” tour In Australia and New Zealand next year. The new shows are scheduled to be held in Newcastle, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Christchurch. The newly announced dates are in addition to two rescheduled shows at Auckland’s Mt Smart Stadium on January…

British rock legends Queen have made U.K. chart history, becoming the first act to ever reach 7 million U.K. chart “sales” of an album, the Official Charts Company confirmed. Queen breaks Official Chart records as they surpass the 7 million mark with their 1981 album, Greatest Hits. The official best-selling album of all time in…

Grateful Dead will be releasing a box set that will showcase six of their previously unreleased concerts recorded at Madison Square Garden between 1981 and 1983. The limited edition box set, In And Out Of The Garden: Madison Square Garden ’81. ’82, ’83, which will arrive on September 23, will consist of 17 CDs in…

Carrie Underwood recently released her live cover of “Mama, I’m Coming Home,” the classic power ballad from Ozzy Osbourne, for her new Apple Music Sessions EP. The multiple Grammy award winning singer recorded a performance of the song for exclusive release on streaming services. “I have always been an Ozzy Osbourne fan, and ‘Mama, I’m…

Rock music legends Def Leppard have been awarded Pandora’s Billionaire plaque for tallying over 2.5 billion total plays and counting on the platform to date. The band has been added to Pandora’s “Hard Rock Billionaires” station, which features all the billion-streaming hard rock artists in Pandora history. In May, Def Leppard released their twelfth studio…

Three men, including a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame curator, were charged with trying to sell stolen handwritten notes and lyrics by the Eagles’ co-founder Don Henley. Curator Craig Inciardi, Glenn Horowitz, and Edward Kosinski have been accused of attempting to sell nearly 100 pages of Henley’s handwritten notes and lyrics from “Hotel California”…

Cat Power has announced that she will recreate Bob Dylan’s iconic 1966 “Royal Albert Hall concert” at the venue on November 5. Cat Power, also known as Chan Marshall, will play Dylan’s exact setlist from the iconic concert. Like Dylan, she will perform the first half of the set acoustically before switching to electric for…