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Getty ImagesWolfgang Van Halen’s Mammoth WVH and Dirty Honey will join forces early next year for a major 29-city club and theater tour. The trek launches on January 21st at Chicago’s House Of Blues and winds down on March 5th in Indio, California’s Fantasy Casino. Rolling Stone reported, “Like Mammoth WVH, Dirty Honey spent the…

PRPhotos.comAmerica kicks off its final run of the year on Friday (November 5th) in Las Vegas at The Golden Nugget. The band, led by co-founders Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell, winds down the year on December 10th in New York City at The Town Hall. Beckley and Bunnell told us that although America is now…

PRPhotos.comU2 is back with its first new song since 2019. Pitchfork reported the track, “Your Song Saved My Life,” will be featured in the animated musical feature, Sing 2, which opens on December 22nd. Bono voiced the film’s character “Clay Calloway,” who is described as “a reclusive lion rock star.” “Your Song Saved My Life”…

Getty ImagesMichael Lindsey-Hogg, the director of the Beatles’ 1970 Let It Be movie, responded to Ringo Starr’s recent quote that he felt the film was joyless. Lindsey-Hogg’s raw footage from January 1969 has been recut and refurbished by director Peter Jackson for the six-part documentary, The Beatles – Get Back, which rolls out over three…

Getty ImagesSlash revealed that while recording his upcoming album with Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators, they all contracted covid, according to Blabbermouth. Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators will release their latest album, titled 4, on February 11th. The album, which is the band’s first on the Gibson Records imprint, features the just-released first…

Getty ImagesA set of alternate lyrics to Led Zeppelin’s legendary 1975 song “Kashmir” are heading to auction. Loudersound.com reported the handwritten Robert Plant lyrics are written in pencil on stationary from Chicago’s Whitehall Hotel. The one-of-a-kind lyric sheet will go under the hammer on November 19th and 20th as part of Julien’s Auctions’ Icons &…

Getty ImagesBruce Springsteen is reportedly in talks to sell his his recorded music and publishing catalogue to Sony Music. Variety reported, “While the album catalog deal is nearly done, some sources say, the publishing catalog remains in play.” Billboard estimated “The Boss'” entire package could be worth between $330 million and $415 million, According to…

Getty ImagesKeith Richards admitted that he’s been taking his time dealing with the full weight of losing his lifelong friend and Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts. Watts died of cancer on August 24th at the age of 80 and had already announced he would be sitting out of the band’s North American tour. Richards’ longtime…

Getty ImagesIt looks as though Paul McCartney is once again trying assert his importance in the Lennon/McCartney songwriting team. For decades, McCartney has had issues with the fact that his late partner’s name has come first in how the pair has been listed, taking particular umbrage in John Lennon getting “top billing” for Beatles songs…