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Getty ImagesJourney’s new album, Freedom has debuted at #1 on the Current Rock Chart. Band members celebrated by posting the big news online and they also kicked off a Vegas residency featuring a special symphony orchestra at Resorts World Casino. It was announced earlier this week, that the album charted at #2 on both -…

Getty ImagesIt was 42 years ago today that Billy Joel scored his first Number One single when “It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me” hit the top spot for the first of two weeks. The song, which was the second single pulled from his multi-platinum, six-week chart-topping Glass Houses album, followed the set’s lead single,…

Getty ImagesJourney will be back on the road early next year to promote its new, critically acclaimed studio set, Freedom. The band is currently on tour in support of the new album, which marks their first new music in 11 years. Journey’s Freedom has made quite a showing on the assorted Billboard charts: #2 Current…

Getty ImagesJust published is the first-ever standalone biography of the late-Andy Gibb. The unauthorized Arrow Through The Heart: The Biography Of Andy Gibb by author Matthew Hild features new and exclusive interview with friends and colleagues shedding new and important light on the doomed pop sensation. Gibb, the kid brother of the Bee Gees, died…

During a new chat with Rolling Stone, Wolfgang Van Halen heavily hinted that David Lee Roth is the hold-up in realizing an Eddie Van Halen tribute show. Wolfgang explained, “What I can say is that there was an attempt at doing something. But, you know, I don’t like to speak negatively about people, but there…

Getty ImagesIn was 53 years ago today (July 18th, 1969) that the Doors’ released their fourth album — the band’s only extensively orchestrated collection,The Soft Parade. The album, which originally peaked at Number Six on the Billboard 200 albums chart, featured four singles — the Robby Krieger-written Top Three hit “Touch Me,” which had been…

Getty ImagesPaul McCartney’s 1991 concert film Get Back will finally be released on Blu-ray on August 17th. The film, which saw theatrical release back in the day also be reissued on DVD, and according Noise11.com will not feature any bonus features. The movie was directed by Richard Lester, best known for his work with the…

Getty ImagesJoe Satriani has tapped Peter Frampton, Toto’s Steve Lukather, and John 5 for his G4 Experience guitar workshop, according to Ultimate Classic Rock. 2023’s four-day event is set for January 3rd through 7th at Las Vegas’ Hilton Lake Vegas Resort with instructors set to include Deep Purple’s Steve Morse, Testament’s Alex Skolnick, Five Finger…

Getty ImagesAxl Rose took to Twitter to thank Guns N’ Roses fans as the band wrapped their European tour. Blabbermouth reported, in addition to thanking the tour’s special guest Carrie Underwood, Rose saluted late-Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins and dedicated the leg to him. He also used the opportunity to publicly slam Russian President Vladimir…