Brynn Osborn/CBS Sammy Hagar took part in a tribute to the late Toby Keith at the CMT Music Awards on Sunday, April 7, and took to social media after his performance to reflect on the experience. “I was so worried that I wasn’t going to make it through the performanceRead More →

Gary Miller/Getty Images FireHouse vocalist C.J. Snare died Friday, April 5, at age 64. In a Facebook post on Sunday, April 7, the “Love of a Lifetime” outfit shared, “It is with great sorrow we are letting the world know we have lost our brother: CJ Snare, the rock andRead More →

Daniel Knighton/Getty Images Bruce Springsteen wrapped his two-night stand at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum with a show that included four tour debuts and one special guest, Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello.  According to setlist.fm, the 31-song set kicked off with the Nebraska track “Open All Night,” marking not only the song’sRead More →

Frank Hoensch/Redferns Bonnie Tyler‘s “Total Eclipse of the Heart” is the unofficial anthem of solar eclipse day. Searches for the top 10 hit have spiked 50% in the last week approaching Monday’s total solar eclipse, according to music streaming service Spotify. Even though “Total Eclipse of the Heart” was releasedRead More →

On This Day, April 8, 1975… Aerosmith released their breakthrough album, Toys in the Attic, which featured future Aerosmith classics “Walk This Way,” “Sweet Emotion” and the album’s title track. The album was the band’s third studio release, and it peaked at #11 on the Billboard Album chart, their highestRead More →

ABC/Michael Desmond KISS recently announced they’ve sold their music catalog, as well as their brand name and likeness rights, to Swedish entertainment company Pophouse. But Gene Simmons wants fans to know this doesn’t mean he and bandmate Paul Stanley will no longer be in control of what happens with the band. “NothingRead More →

earMUSIC Loverboy is giving fans another preview of their upcoming live album, Live in ’82.  The band just released “Lady Of The 80’s,” along with a live video of the track, recorded at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver. This is the second track they’ve released from the album, following a live performance of “TurnRead More →

NPG Records/Paisley Park Enterprises/Sony Music Entertainment A rare Prince B-side has been released to digital services for the first time to mark the 20th anniversary of the legendary singer’s 28th studio album, Musicology. The song, “United States of Division,” was originally released in 2004 to Prince’s NPG Music Club as aRead More →

Disney/Christopher Willard If you’ve seen Wolfgang Van Halen perform live, you’ve probably seen him thank his dad, the late Eddie Van Halen, by pointing up to the sky. In an interview with People, Wolf shares, “The reason I do what I do is because of my dad.” “If I didn’tRead More →

Capitol/UMe Billy Idol has shared another previously unreleased track from his upcoming 40th anniversary deluxe expanded edition of Rebel Yell.  The latest is a demo of “Flesh For Fantasy,” which sounds quite different from the original song on the album. It follows the release of Idol’s previously unreleased cover of Rose Royce’s “Love Don’t Live Here Anymore.”  YouRead More →