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PRPhotos.comLindsey Buckingham has just tagged seven new cities onto his growing fall tour. The ousted-Fleetwood Mac guitarist will now also be hitting Bristol and Nashville, Tennessee; Nashville, Indiana; York, Pennsylvania; Annapolis, Maryland; Durham, North Carolina; and Augusta, Georgia. One of the highlights of the current shows is Buckingham’s solo acoustic rendition of the band’s 1987…

Getty ImagesDirector Peter Jackson blames both the Beatles’ company Apple and Disney for not moving ahead with an extended version of the critically lauded The Beatles: Get Back film. The new DVD and Blu-ray version of the film features no additional footage — despite the fact that Jackson has publicly stated he is prepared to…

PRPhotos.comTodd Rundgren will release his latest album, Space Force, on October 14th. Pitchfork reported special guests on the new set include Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen, Crowded House’s Neil Finn, Thomas Dolby, Steve Vai, the Lemon Twigs, the Roots, Sparks, Adrian Below, and Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo, among others. A while back, Todd Rundgren told us that…

Getty ImagesSaturday (August 20th) would have been R&B pioneer Isaac Hayes’ 80th birthday. Hayes is best known for his years as a writer, performer, and producer for the legendary Stax label, having composed, along with his partner David Porter, Sam & Dave’s landmark ’60s hits “Hold On! I’m Comin’,” “When Something Is Wrong With My…

PRPhotos.comThe official Ronnie James Dio documentary — Dio: Dreamers Never Die — will run in cinemas globally for two days on September 28th and October 2nd. According to the film’s announcement, executive produced by Dio’s widow and longtime manager, Wendy Dio, and fully authorized by the artist’s estate, “Dio: Dreamers Never Die delves deep into…

Getty ImagesAfter more than a decade apart, Jane’s Addiction’s founding bass player, Eric Avery, seems to have reunited with the band. There are pictures and video of Avery playing with Perry Farrell on both Eric’s and Jane’s Addiction’s social media accounts. The caption on Avery’s post is simply, “It’s on!” The band, apparently along with…

Getty ImagesGoo Goo Dolls’ signature ballad “Iris” has surpassed one billion streams, according to Rock Cellar. The track, which appeared on the band’s 1998 Dizzy Up The Girl album and written by John Rzeznik, peaked at Number Nine on the Billboard Hot 100 and was also featured in on the soundtrack to the Nicolas Cage…

Getty ImagesOzzy Osbourne revealed that Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page blew off a request to appear on his upcoming album, Patient Number 9. Osbourne was successful in getting the two other Yardbirds guitar legends — Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck — to appear on the set. During a chat with Metal Hammer, Ozzy spoke about…

Getty ImagesIt was 66-years-ago today (August 18th, 1956) that Elvis Presley began his 11-week chart-topping run with his Double A-sided single “Don’t Be Cruel” / “Hound Dog.” The songs were recorded in Manhattan the previous July 2nd and although officially credited to RCA staffer Steve Sholes, both tracks were in fact produced by Elvis himself.…