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Former Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth has dropped a brand-new countrified single, “Giddy Up.” Featured in the singer’s immersive comic book, “The Roth Project,” the new song is accompanied by 4 other tracks that score the cowboy-themed artwork created by Roth himself. The other tracks include “Somewhere Over the Rainbow Bar and Grill,” “Alligator…

Roger Waters has shared the redacted liner notes for long-awaited remaster of Pink Floyd’s unsung masterpiece Animals. Waters had said in 2018 that a new remastered edition of the progressive rock band’s 1977 album would be released that year, but that did not happen. “What precipitated this note is that there are new James Guthrie…

Rock icon Roger Taylor made the surprise announcement Tuesday that he will play a U.K. solo tour this Autumn, introducing brand new material and revisiting some of his Queen classics. Queen + Adam Lambert’s epic U.K. and European tour has been put on hold until 2022 due to the pandemic. Marking his first live performances…

The iconic “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” singer B.J. Thomas has died at the age of 78. The five-time Grammy award winner and Grammy Hall of Fame inductee died Saturday at his home in Arlington, Texas, from complications due to stage four lung cancer. With his smooth, rich voice and unerring song sense, Thomas’s…

Former KISS guitarist Vinnie Vincent has revealed that his long-awaited solo album is almost complete. Vincent told “The Rock Experience With Mike Brunn” that he has nearly completed the Guitarmageddon solo album that he has been working on for the past three decades. “This is my crowning moment of joy that I’ve been waiting for…

Hundreds of musicians, including Rage Against the Machine, Julian Casablancas, Serj Tankian, Roger Waters, and Run the Jewels, in an open letter urged fellow artists to boycott performing in Israel. “We call for you to join us with your name in refusing to perform at Israel’s complicit cultural institutions, and by standing firm in your…

Vince Neil joined Sammy Hagar on stage for a cover of Led Zeppelin’s classic hit “Rock and Roll.” On May 26, during a concert at the Seneff Arts Plaza in Orlando, Florida, Hagar, who was performing with his band the Circle, welcomed the Motley Crue frontman on stage. The group then performed “Rock and Roll,”…

The Allman Brothers Band plan to celebrate their 50th anniversary by releasing their March 2020 Madison Square Garden concert as a film. The new concert film, titled The Allman Brothers/March 10, 2020/Madison Square Garden/New York, NY, will release on July 23. It will be available on DVD, CD and Blu-Ray. The band has previewed a…

Late legendary guitarist Eddie Van Halen didn’t treat his famous Frankenstrat guitar with any respect, according to his son Wolfgang Van Halen. “To Dad, it’s just a little piece of junk that he built himself, but to us it’s the most famous thing in the world,” Wolfgang says. During an interview with Total Guitar, Wolfgang…

Stevie Nicks, The Strokes and Run The Jewels have been confirmed as headliners of the Shaky Knees Music Festival 2021 lineup. Shaky Knees is scheduled to take place at Atlanta’s Central Park October 22 and 24. Other performers at the festival include Alice Cooper, St. Vincent, Modest Mouse, Portugal. The Man, Phoebe Bridgers, Mac Demarco,…