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PRPhotos.comStyx and REO Speedwagon are gearing up for 35-city summer trek, dubbed the “Live & unZoomed” tour with special guests Loverboy opening at all dates. Styx and REO will alternate headlining each night, and start the trek on May 31st in Grand Rapids, Michigan at Van Andel Arena, with the bands winding things down on…

Getty ImagesSaturday (December 4th) marks what would’ve been the 77th birthday of Beach Boys co-founder and drummer Dennis Wilson. For most of his life, Dennis was overshadowed by his older brother Brian, who wrote most of the group’s hits, and by his younger brother Carl, who sang lead on songs such as “God Only Knows”…

Getty ImagesIt was 55 years ago tonight (December 3rd, 1966), that the Monkees made their first live appearance. The group — Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Mike Nesmith and Peter Tork — played a 40-minute set in Hawaii at the Honolulu International Center Arena. The “pre-fab four,” as they were affectionately called, were riding high with…

PRPhotos.comMarilyn Manson has been removed from Best Rap Song Grammy nominations. According to The New York Times, the academy has withdrawn Manson’s Best Rap Song nomination for his contributions on “Jail, Pt.2” from Kanye West’s ‘DONDA.’ It was pulled because Manson is a credited songwriter on “Jail, Pt. 2” but not on the version of…

Getty ImagesIt was 45 years ago Saturday (December 4th, 1976), that Boston’s self-titled debut album peaked at Number Three on the Billboard 200 albums chart, where it stayed for five weeks. Since then, nearly every song from the album continues to receive heavy airplay on classic rock radio — most notably the album’s lead single,…

PRPhotos.comFormer Metallica bassist Jason Newsted recalled his final audition for the band back in 1986. Newsted got the chance of a lifetime after the 1986 death of beloved bassist Cliff Burton following a horrific bus accident on the road. Newsted recalled the night he made the final cut, telling Metal Hammer, “Just to be amongst…

Getty ImagesIt was 42 years ago tonight (December 3rd, 1979) that 11 fans died in a stampede while entering the Who’s concert at Cincinnati’s Riverfront Coliseum. The tragedy — which all but eradicated festival concert seating for nearly two decades — happened when thousands of fans who were lined up outside the venue to make…

PRPhotos.comThe Black Crowes have just announced a two-night Las Vegas stand over Super Bowl weekend. The mini-run –dubbed, “Twice As Hard” — will play on Friday, February 11th and Saturday, February 12th at the House Of Blues. Tickets for the shows go on sale today (December 3rd) at 10 a.m. PT via LiveNation.com. We caught…

Getty ImagesOut today (December 3rd) is the Doors’ L.A. Woman: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition. The set, which was the band’s final work with frontman Jim Morrison prior to his death on July 3rd, 1971, includes the original album newly remastered by the Doors’ longtime engineer and mixer Bruce Botnick, two bonus discs of unreleased studio…