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Getty ImagesFoo Fighters, Smashing Pumpkins, Lil Wayne and Lindsey Buckingham are set to play the 2022 Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, Tennessee. Other performers that have been announced includes Modest Mouse, Three 6 Mafia, DaBaby, Moneybagg Yo, Dirty Honey, The Glorious Sons, and Soccer Mommy. The full lineup featuring over 60 artists will be…

Getty ImagesWolfgang Van Halen says he won’t be sitting in during David Lee Roth’s final upcoming Las Vegas shows at the House of Blues. During a chat with Spin, the Mammoth WVH leader and son of the late, Eddie Van Halen was pressed about making a cameo during the dates and responded, “I don’t think…

Getty ImagesEric Clapton won a judgement against a German widow who sold a bootleg CD of a 1987 concert on eBay. The defendant, Gabriele P. told the German newspaper Bild in November: “The CD (Eric Clapton – Live USA) is said to have been recorded illegally. I received a warning first, then the ruling. My…

Getty ImagesDecember 16th was declared Metallica Day in San Francisco, California in light of the band’s 40th anniversary. The band was honored by Mayor London Breed and California Governor Gavin Newsom for both their career and their charitable work. The PrP reports that Lars Ulrich and Robert Trujillo accepted the award with Ulrich commenting, “There…

PRPhotos.comJane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro revealed to the Appetite For Distortion podcast that his drug addiction kept him from joining Guns N’ Roses in the early-’90s. Blabbermouth transcribed Navarro’s chat where he explained, “Axl (Rose) really wanted me to join the band and we talked nearly every day about ideas and the way the band…

PRPhotos.comSole surviving Monkee Micky Dolenz already has several dates on the books for 2022. Dolenz, who is now booking himself as “The Voice Of The Monkees,” wrapped the group’s final tour with the late-Mike Nesmith on November 14th at L.A.’s Greek Theatre. Nesmith passed away on December 10th at 78 of heart-related issues. Dolenz has…

Getty ImagesLet It Be film director Michael Lindsay-Hogg is among one of the many fans of Peter Jackson’s nearly eight-hour Disney+ docu-series, The Beatles: Get Back. Having shot all the footage over 50 years ago, Lindsay-Hogg admitted to Variety, his interest was piqued as to how it all held up, explaining, “I was very interested…

Getty ImagesComing on February 22nd Pink Floyd’s P.U.L.S.E. – Restored & Re-Edited box set. The package will be available as double-Blu-ray and double-DVD deluxe box sets, with the video footage having been expertly re-edited by Aubrey Powell/Hipgnosis from the original tape masters especially for The Later Years release in 2019. This release also sees the…

Getty ImagesPete Townshend remains hard at work on delving through his demos for Who’s Next in preparation of an upcoming box set. Townshend revealed to Mojo thaxt the Who had planned to have the the Who’s Next/Lifehouse box ready in time for the 50th anniversary, but it was delayed due to covid. Townshend joked, “Three…