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PRPhotos.comCourtney Love used social media to call attention to the obvious similarities between the cover art of her band, Hole’s 1994 album, Live Through This, and Olivia Rodrigo’s debut album, Sour. Both album covers feature a prom queen with running mascara, holding a large bouquet of flowers. Rodrigo appeared to pay homage to Love’s album…

PRPhotos.comMarilyn Manson has reportedly agreed to turn himself in to authorities to face assault charges in New Hampshire involving a female videographer at a concert of his two years ago. A warrant was issued for Manson, whose legal name is Brian Warner, in October of 2019. During his show on August 18th at the Bank…

Getty ImagesJane’s Addiction frontman Perry Farrell says he hopes the band will regroup for at least one more album, according to Blabbermouth. Farrell appeared on AXS TV’s At Home And Social With. . ., and explained, “I love the guys in Jane’s Addiction and I wanna record with them. But I don’t know what their…

Getty ImagesAnthrax’s Frank Bello recalled patrolling the streets of New York with a gun, looking for the murderer of his younger brother in 1996. Bello’s 23-year-old brother Anthony was shot three times in the Bronx and the case was never solved. In the recent episode of No F’n Regrets, Bello admitted, he “kind of snapped.…

Getty ImagesZZ Top has rolled out a massive 78-date North American run that will keep the band working through mid-May 2022. The band kicks things off on July 16th in Manchester, Iowa at the Delaware County Fair, with the 2021 dates winding down with a home state show on December 12th in Midland, Texas at…

Getty ImagesSqueeze has added two-dozen summer and fall shows on top of their upcoming package tour with Daryl Hall & John Oates. The solo Squeeze stops, which features the band’s co-founders and songwriters Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook, start prior to the Hall & Oates dates, kicking off on August 1st at Nashville’s legendary Ryman…

Getty ImagesBruce Springsteen’s return to Broadway began on Saturday night onstage at New York City’s St. James Theatre. USA Today reported the revamped version of the Tony Award-winning Springsteen On Broadway show had several special guests in the audience for opening night — including E Street Band guitarist Steve Van Zandt and New Jersey’s Governor…

Getty ImagesNearly 30 years after breaking on the national scene, Pearl Jam still looks back at the band’s early fame with a sense of confusion. In commemoration of the release band’s debut album Ten on August 27th, 1991, frontman Eddie Vedder and guitarist Mike McCready recalled becoming seemingly overnight rock icons. For Eddie Vedder, being…

Getty ImagesReleased today (June 25th) from Joni Mitchell is The Reprise Albums (1968-1971) series. The collection is available on four-CD’s, four-LP 180-gram vinyl (limited to edition of 10,000 copies), as well as digitally. Included are Mitchell’s first four albums — Song To A Seagull (1968), Clouds (1969), Ladies Of The Canyon (1970), and Blue (1971).…