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Getty ImagesBruce Springsteen and The E Street Band will kick off a tour on March 19, in Phoenix. The World Tour includes live performances in 17 countries, with shows through late November. Just this week Springsteen added a hometown Asbury Park headlining show at the Sea. Hear. Now. Festival on September 15. That brings the…

PRPhotos.comBlack Sabbath is the latest to join Spotify’s Billions Club with their 1970 hit “Paranoid” surpassing one billion streams. The iconic song joins only 581 others admitted to the club. From the 1970 Paranoid album, according to Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler, it was written in the studio “in five minutes.” He said: “We basically needed a…

Getty ImagesThe Black Crowes released a music video for their Top 10 single, “Wanting and Waiting,” Their first in 16 years.  Visually, the album’s artwork and lyrics lay the backdrop for Chris Robinson, wearing a red suit as he claps and confidently struts around his brother and bandmates.  The Black Crowes will kick off a…

Getty ImagesBob Dylan has announced that he’ll be playing 2 shows in Nashville at Brookyln Bowl. The bowling alley/bar combo has an audience capacity of 1200.  The Rough and Rowdy Ways tour dates in Music City are March 26th and March 27th, with ticket prices starting at 94.50 and on sale this Friday, March 8th.

PRPhotos.comRob Halford says that Judas Priest pays tribute to late legendary vocalist Ronnie James Dio and Motorhead singer, Lemmy Killmister on the closing track to their upcoming album. Halford told Classic Rock Magazine: “Listening to music makes me think about all these beautiful people we’ve lost in rock’n’roll, from Janis Joplin to Ronnie James Dio,…

Getty ImagesDave Grohl of Foo Fighters is scheduled to play solo for the eighth annual Love Rocks NYC benefit concert. Other’s on the bill include Tom Morello, Lucius, Don Felder, and actor Martin Short. The concert will livestream via Veeps, from the historic Beacon Theatre in New York City at 8:00 p.m. ET this Thursday,…

PRPhotos.comToday — Tuesday, March 5 — marks the one-year anniversary of the death of Gary Rossington, guitarist and sole remaining founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd. Rossington passed away at the age of 72 at home in Milton, Ga., after a long history of heart-related diseases. Skynyrd has continued without him — as per Rossington’s wishes…

PRPhotos.comAerosmith’s guitarist Brad Whitford joined Godsmack on stage in Nashville, for a collaboration of “Dream On.”  Both bands are from Boston and Godsmack’s Sully Erna says it’s been surreal getting to know members of Aerosmith over the last few years. He said,” They were my childhood heroes for sure. So it’s still humbling and so rewarding…

PRPhotos.comDisturbed garnered their 19th #1 on the Active Rock radio chart with “Don’t Tell Me.” The song features Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame member, Ann Wilson of Heart.  This marks Disturbed’s fourth #1 from the album, Divisive. And it’s the 2nd time they’ve had that many chart toppers from one album. It last happened with 2015’s, Immortalized.…