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Getty ImagesSammy Hagar & The Circle are joining forces with George Thorogood & The Destroyers for the “Crazy Times 2022 Tour.” Hagar said in the tour announcement, “A tour this size has been a long time coming and it’s definitely going to be worth the wait. The Circle and I are super excited and ready…

PRPhotos.comNeil Young is once again uncompromising when it comes to his music. The legendary singer/songwriter posted an open letter to Spotify accusing the service of spreading false information about Covid, which could result in the loss of life. The letter, posted on the Neil Young Archives site, has since been pulled down. Simply put, Young…

Getty ImagesDaryl Hall is hitting the road for a string of solo dates in April with special guest, and fellow Philadelphia native, Todd Rundgren. The pair hit the road on April 1st in Chicago and wrap the mini-tour on April 16th in National Harbor, Maryland. Along the way, the jaunt will make stops at such…

Getty ImagesBob Dylan is set for a 27-date spring tour this March and April. The run starts in the Southwest with a March 3rd concert in Phoenix, Arizona’s Arizona Federal Theatre, making its way up through the South, and finally wrapping on April 14th in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the Thelma Gaylor Performing Arts Theatre.…

Getty ImagesHappy Birthday to Neil Diamond, who turns 81 today (January 24th). Diamond’s music continues to resonate in popular culture, with his 1969 classic, “Brother Love’s Traveling Salvation Show,” featured prominently in Quentin Tarantino’s 2019 Oscar-nominated film, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. Last summer, it was reported a musical about Diamond’s life and career…

Getty ImagesGraham Nash has slammed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for using his song “Chicago” to promote an anti-vaccination rally on Sunday (Jan. 23rd). An interpolation of the 1971 song, also known as “We Can Change the World, is used in a promotional video on the Children’s Health Defense site. Nash’s chorus – featuring the line…

PRPhotos.comPearl Jam is gearing up to record a new album with Ozzy Osbourne’s producer Andrew Watt. Eddie Vedder revealed the news to Mojo, adding that the album would be recorded in between gigs. He said, “In between, I think we’ll be recording, because now we’ve got a healthy ambition to do so. I think we’ll…

PRPhotos.comMeat Loaf died Thursday (Jan. 20th) at the age of 74. According to his official Facebook page, the rocker was surrounded by his wife Deborah, daughters Pearl and Amanda and close friends at the time of his death. Sources told TMZ that the “Paradise By The Dashboard Light” singer canceled a business meeting last week…

Getty ImagesSaturday (January 22nd) marks what would have been legendary soul singer Sam Cooke’s 91st birthday. Born in Clarksdale, Mississippi in 1931, he was one of seven children raised by parents Annie Mae Cook and Charles Cook, Sr., a Baptist minister. Cook — he added the “e” later on for show business reasons — began…