Kevin Mazur/Getty Images Looks like Aerosmith is saying peace out earlier than planned. The band just announced they’ve canceled their Peace Out tour, and they’ll be retiring from touring. It seems Steven Tyler’s vocal issues, which forced the postponement of the tour last year, have not gotten any better. “ItRead More →
The John Lennon Estate/Capitol/Ume A new bonus track from the recently released John Lennon box set Mind Games – The Ultimate Collection has been released. It gives fans some insight into the tune “I’m The Greatest,” which was recorded in 1973 and was the first reunion of Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison sinceRead More →
BAD Records Bryan Adams has dropped the new single “Rock and Roll Hell,” which is actually one of two songs he co-wrote with Jim Vallance and Gene Simmons for KISS. The other is “War Machine,” and Adams is set to release both on 7-inch vinyl on Aug. 30. Both tracks appearedRead More →
UMe Pete Townshend has dropped a new video of a classic live performance. The Who rocker has shared a video of his performance of “After the Fire,” which was shot in 1985 at the Brixton Academy in London. The concert highlighted in the video features Pink Floyd’s Dave Gilmour on guitar. “After the Fire,”Read More →
ABC/Randy Holmes U2 is back with another installment in their digital series U2 to Love and Only Love – Deep Dives and B-Sides, a series of 12 newly remastered collections, released throughout the year, made up of songs that until now were only available on vinyl, CD or cassette. The latestRead More →
On This Day, August 2, 1962… A 21-year-old Robert Allen Zimmerman legally changed his name to Bob Dylan. In his book Chronicles, Dylan explained that he was inspired to change his name after he saw an article about jazz performer David Allyn and later some poems by Dylan Thomas. He considered the names Robert Allyn and RobertRead More →
Rhino ZZ Top’s first five albums have been compiled into their first-ever high fidelity vinyl box set. ZZ Top From The Top: 1971-1976 features high-end vinyl reissues of 1971’s ZZ Top’s First Album, 1972’s Rio Grande Mud, 1973’s Tres Hombres, 1975’s Fandago! and 1976’s Tejas. All copies are cut from the originalRead More →
Twenty First Century Recording Company The Alarm is set to release their new album, Music Television, in August. The record features covers of songs made famous in MTV’s heyday, and was supposed to be available on vinyl and CD during the band’s Live Today Love Tomorrow tour. The tour was supposed to launch inRead More →
Steve Jennings/Getty Images Devo has been added to Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder‘s Ohana Festival, which will take place Sept. 27-29 in Dana Point, California. The “Whip It” rockers will perform on the festival’s opening night, replacing Garbage, who had to cancel after frontwoman Shirley Manson suffered an injury that requires surgery. “WhenRead More →
Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images Grateful Dead founder Jerry Garcia would have turned 82 on Thursday, and to mark the occasion the Sausalito Center for the Arts in California is launching a new exhibit, The Art of Jerry Garcia. The exhibit, which runs through Sept. 1, features 30 museum quality digital printsRead More →
