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Getty ImagesA previously unheard two-song Beatles performance from April 5th, 1963 in London has just been unearthed. The “Fab Four” were captured in very good quality tackling their first two chart-toppers “From Me To You” and “Please Please Me” at their record label headquarters, EMI House in Manchester Square. At the time “From Me To…

PRPhotos.comRolling Stone reports that Metallica and Tool are among the bands using Covid-19 sniffing dogs to detect the virus in members of their crew, entourage, or anyone else allowed backstage. The outlet reports that Metallica hired Bio Detection K9 for it’s fall shows in Fort Lauderdale and Atlanta as well as the band’s 40th anniversary…

Getty ImagesIt was 66 years ago today (January 10th, 1956), that Elvis Presley recorded his first Number One hit, “Heartbreak Hotel.” The song, its B-side “I Was The One,” and several other tunes were recorded in Nashville at Elvis’ first RCA recording session, just two days after his 21st birthday. The previous November, RCA Records…

Getty ImagesNo one could’ve predicted Guns N’ Roses’ reunion going from strength-to-strength — both as a touring outfit and a recording unit. Coming on February 25th is GNR’s four-track EP, titled Hard Skool, marking the first set to feature Axl Rose, Duff McKagan, and Slash since the band’s 1993 covers album “The Spaghetti Incident?” Slash…

PRPhotos.comComing on March 11th is the second release on Kiss’ official live bootleg series, “Off The Soundboard,” with Live In Virginia Beach. uDiscovermusic.com reported the show was taped on July 25th, 2004 at Virginia’s Virginia Beach Amphitheatre and will be will be available as a triple-LP standard black or limited edition green vinyl set, a…

PRPhotos.comThe face of Woodstock, concert promoter Michael Lang, died on January 8th at the age of 77 after battling a rare form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, according to Rolling Stone. Lang — who wore many hats during his decades in the music business — headed up all three of the Woodstock festivals, organizing and promoting the…

Getty ImagesBon Jovi has just rolled out a 15-city spring tour. The North American trek will kick off on April 1st in Omaha, Nebraska at the CHI Health Center and winds down on April 30th in Nashville, Tennessee at Bridgestone Arena. The shows mark the first the band will play in support of its Bon…

Getty ImagesSaturday (January 8th) marks what would have been the “King of Rock n’ Roll” Elvis Presley’s 85th birthday. From his meteoric rise to fame in the 1950’s, to his death at the age of 42 in 1977, through to the present-day; the world is still fascinated by everything that is Elvis. After working as…

Getty ImagesIt was two years ago today (January 7th, 2020) that Rush drummer Neil Peart, one of the most groundbreaking and virtuosic drummers in rock, died at the age of 67 in Santa Monica, California, where he lived. Peart’s cause of death was brain cancer, from which he had suffered for the previous three years.…