courtesy of Live Nation Sammy Hagar kicked off his The Best of All Worlds tour in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday, and as promised treated fans to a set filled with Van Halen classics. According to setlist.fm, Sammy opened the show with 5150’s “Good Enough,” followed by the ForRead More →
Courtesy of The Black Crowes The Black Crowes are spending some more time on the road. The band is already set to open for Aerosmith on their upcoming Peace Out tour, but now The Crowes have announced a new set of dates for what they’re calling the Happiness Bastards Tour (TheRead More →
Jim Dyson/Getty Images AC/DC has gone Diamond. The Aussie rockers just received their first-ever RIAA Diamond certification for their classic track “Thunderstruck,” meaning it’s now moved at least 10 million equivalent units. According to the RIAA site, “Thunderstruck,” from the band’s 1990 album, The Razor’s Edge, was actually awarded Gold, Platinum and Diamond certifications onRead More →
DISNEY/Jeff Neira While Hootie & the Blowfish were racking up huge hits in the ’90s, like “Only Wanna Be With You,” there was one particular song of the era that frontman Darius Rucker wishes he wrote. Speaking with the Rolling Stone Music Now podcast, Rucker shares that he and his Hootie bandmatesRead More →
Rhino Van Halen fans are getting another preview of the upcoming expanded edition of the band’s ninth studio album, For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge. The band just shared a previously unreleased live performance video of “Top Of The World,” recorded at a Dec. 4, 1991, concert at West End Marketplace in Dallas, Texas. “Top ofRead More →
Francisco J. Olmo/Europa Press via Getty Images AC/DC’s 50th anniversary is being celebrated with a new luxury watch collection. Swiss luxury watchmaker Franck Muller has just unveiled the AC/DC 50th Anniversary limited-edition collection, which, according to the description, was created to “honor the band’s global acclaim and enduring legacy.” TheRead More →
Rounder Records Robert Plant and Alison Krauss kicked off their 2024 Can’t Let Go Tour tour on June 2, and they are celebrating by releasing a live version of their take on “When The Levee Breaks,” the classic country blues song that Led Zeppelin made famous on their album Led Zeppelin IV. Plant and Krauss’ version ofRead More →
Mariano Regidor/Redferns Taylor Momsen has a new friend to help her get through those two weeks of rabies shots, courtesy of AC/DC. As previously reported, the Pretty Reckless frontwoman was bitten by a bat during her band’s opening set for the “Back in Black” legends in Spain on May 29.Read More →
Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic Van Halen drummer and co-founder Alex Van Halen is getting ready to part with instruments from his personal collection. Backstage Auctions just announced a new auction of The Alex Van Halen Collection, featuring over 350 lots filled with drum kits, snare drums, kick drums, cymbals, sticks, mallets and more. ThoseRead More →
Rhino Van Halen’s ninth studio album, For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge, their third with frontman Sammy Hagar, is getting an expanded reissue from Rhino this summer. The reissue, dropping July 12, will include the remastered original album, along with an album of rarities and live tracks, including previously unreleased alternative versions ofRead More →
