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Van Morrison has announced the schedule for his upcoming Fall 2021 and Winter 2022 tours. According to the schedule, Morrison will kick off the Fall 2021 trek with a performance on September 25 at Greenwood, Colorado’s Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre. The Winter 2022 leg of Morrison’s tour will feature multiple night stands in Florida and Las…

Legendary Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson has released two instrumental solo tracks, titled “Kabul Blues” and “Spy House,” which mark his first new music since 2012. Fellow Canadians bassist Andy Curran and drummer David Quinton Steinberg joins Lifeson on both songs. Both the songs can be viewed in full on Lifeson’s website. The songs were released…

The Killers have teamed up with Bruce Springsteen for a new version of “A Dustland Fairytale,” which originally appeared on the Las Vegas band’s 2008 LP Day & Age. The new version, simply titled “Dustland,” dropped on Wednesday, June 16. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Killers frontman Brandon Flowers explained how the song came…

iHeartMedia has announced a star-studded lineup for the 2021 edition of its iHeartRadio Music Festival. The main stage event will include performances by Billie Eilish, Cheap Trick, Coldplay, Dua Lipa, Florida Georgia Line, Journey, Khalid, Lil Baby, Maroon 5, Nelly, Sam Hunt and Weezer. The two-day event will be hosted by Ryan Seacrest on September…

The London Stereoscopic Company has launched a Queen 3-D competition urging fans to recreate a Queen scene and capture it in stereoscopic 3-D. Queen guitarist Brian May will be the judge to decide on the winning image. Contestants may email their 3-D photo to nicole@londonstereo.com by June 25. The winner will be announced on June…

Dee Snider and his family’s appearance on the syndicated television game show “Celebrity Family Feud” will air this weekend on ABC. The Twisted Sister frontman and his family had wrapped filming for the TV show in March. The episode will be broadcast on Sunday, June 20 at 8 pm ET. It will be the first…

Rock icon Eric Clapton has announced a series of concert dates across the U.S. in September. The eight-city trek will kick off on September 13 at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, and conclude on September 26 at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida. Clapton’s band will include Doyle Bramhall II, Paul Carrack, Nathan…

Legendary singer and former leader of the Supremes, Diana Ross is set to release her first new single in over 15 years. Titled “Thank You,” the fresh track follows the singer’s 2006 studio album, I Love You, which consisted entirely of cover songs, except the title track, “I Love You (That’s All That Really Matters).”…

Rock legends KISS have announced rescheduled and new U.S. tour dates for their “The End Of The Road” tour. “Time marched on but we couldn’t. Now, the boots are on and we’re hauling an extra year’s worth of pyro, lights and spectacle,” the iconic band said in a statement. “WE ARE BACK! We’re pumped and…

An auction of music items related to icons like Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain, Elton John and Prince raised about $5 million. The three-day auction organized by Julien’s Auctions sold a series of signed six-strings, artist-played electric guitars, music memorabilia and some rare pieces of artwork. Cobain’s self-portrait caricature went for $281,250, far above the expected net…