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PRPhotos.comOut today (June 11th) is Wolfgang Van Halen’s debut album, the self-titled set billed to his band Mammoth WVH. The 14-track collection features the son of the late-Eddie Van Halen and actress Valerie Bertinelli, handling all the writing, performing, and production duties. Mammoth WVH will serve as the opening act for Guns’ N Roses on…

PRPhotos.comOut on Saturday (June 12th) in celebration of Record Store Day is the new Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers set, Angel Dream. The vinyl album is described as a “reimagining” of Petty’s 1996 soundtrack to Edward Burns’ She’s The One movie. A digital and CD version is set to drop on July 2nd The announcement…

Getty ImagesThe Foo Fighters have offended a group of their fans who don’t believe in taking the Covid vaccine. The band is playing a full capacity, mask-free concert at New York CIty’s Madison Square Garden on June 20th and they are requiring all attendees to show proof of having received two doses of the vaccine.…

Getty ImagesSet for release on August 6th will be George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass ’50th Anniversary Edition’ in a variety of formats. The famed 1970 triple album will be issued as a five-LP or triple-disc “Deluxe Edition” that pairs the main album with the sessions outtakes and jams. The main album will be available…

Getty ImagesFoo Fighters’ Dave Grohl says that the remaining members of Nirvana still get together to play and record. In an interview, he told Howard Stern about impromptu jam sessions with his former bandmates, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear. Grohl says they get together occasionally for dinner and usually end up in a studio, hanging…

Getty ImagesCounting Crows have rolled out a 32-city summer and fall run behind their latest album, Butter Miracle Suite One. The trek launches on August 7th in Atlantic City, New Jersey at Hard Rock Atlantic City and winds down on October 5th at New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom. Frontman Adam Duritz chatted with Rolling Stone…

PRPhotos.comAC/DC have dropped their latest video from their chart-topping Power Up album. The new “Witch’s Spell” was directed, edited and animated by Wolf & Crow using band performance footage shot by Clemens Habicht, the band, and their creative director, Josh Cheuse. Frontman Brian Johnson had a blast recording Power Up — but maintains he’s merely…

PRPhotos.comThe Doobie Brothers have just rolled out three new Midwest stops to the band’s sprawling 50th anniversary tour. New dates now on the books include August 24th at Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s BMO Harris Pavilion; August 26th at Green Bay, Wisconsin’s Resch Center Expo Pavilion; and August 28th at Moline, Illinois’ TaxSlayer Center. The band’s long-delayed 50th…

Getty ImagesSet for release on August 20th is the “Deluxe Edition” of Eric Clapton’s 1970 self-titled debut. Thepackage, which will be available as a four-CD set, and a vinyl LP, and will feature three separate mixes of the Eric Clapton album — “Tom Dowd Mix (The U.K. Version),” the “Delaney Bramlett Mix,” and first-ever release…