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Grateful Dead co-founder Phil Lesh has just announced 21 solo dates, which culminate in a nine-show residency at Port Chester, New York’s Capitol Theatre. Lesh kicks off his 2022 dates on June 4th at Stanford, California’s Frost Amphitheatre. Backing Lesh on the road will be Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench, Phil’s son,…

The Who are back in The States busy rehearsing for the opening night of their North American tour, which kicks off on Friday night (April 22nd) in Ft. Lauderdale. Pete Townshend’s wife, Rachel Fuller, posted footage of the band running through “Who Are You” at an unnamed soundstage. Roger Daltrey, who turned 78 last month,…

Alex Lifeson said that drugs and Rush never led to particularly good music. Ultimate Classic Rock transcribed some of the guitarist’s chat with House of Strombo where he recalled, “It was hard to play. We were very disciplined when it came to shows — not even a beer during the drum solo. I smoked a…

Set for release on June 10th is the deluxe box set Asia In Asia: Live At The Budokan, Tokyo, 1983. With co-founding bassist John Wetton splitting from the band just before hitting the road, drummer Carl Palmer enlisted his Emerson, Lake, & Palmer bandmate Greg Lake to step in and despite a short period for…

It was 58 years ago Saturday (April 16th, 1964) that the Rolling Stones released their self-titled debut album. The collection, which was based around the Stones’ stage act at the time, featured covers of Bobby Troup’s “Route 66,” Willie Dixon’s “I Just Want To Make Love To You,” Jimmy Reed’s “Honest I Do,” Bo Diddley’s…

It was 50 years ago this week (April 15th through April 22nd, 1972) that Roberta Flack scored her first Number One hit with “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.” The song was nearly three-years-old when director Clint Eastwood tapped it for inclusion in his movie Play Misty For Me, about a disc jockey,…

It was 52 years ago Sunday (April 17th, 1970) that Paul McCartney released his first solo album apart from the Beatles. Although McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr had all produced and released solo projects before, the McCartney album was the first solo mainstream record released in the aftermath of the group’s breakup.…

Blondie guitarist Chris Stein announced he’ll be sitting out Blondie’s upcoming dates due to health issues. Blondie postponed last night’s show (April 14th) at Huntington, New York’s Paramount Theatre. Stein, who co-wrote most of the band’s classic hits and co-founded the band with ex-girlfriend Debbie Harry, posted on social media: “I’m sad and frustrated to…

Former-Metallica bassist Jason Newsted revealed that Alex Van Halen contacted him late last year in hopes of reforming Van Halen. Newsted chatted with The Palm Beach Post and explained that Alex had already enlisted guitar legend Joe Satriani to replace the late-Eddie Van Halen and was hoping that Newsted would fill out the core instrumental…