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PRPhotos.comFour-time Grammy Award winners and Rock & Roll Hall of Famers, The Doobie Brothers have released a new single featuring Mick Fleetwood, called “Lahaina.” Member Pat Simmons said, “I’ve been a resident of Maui for 28 years now and I wanted to make a tribute to the place I’ve called home for so long.” Proceeds…

Getty ImagesKurt Cobain’s Skystang I guitar sold at auction for $1.5 million. The new owner bid by phone during a Julien’s auction held at Nashville’s Hard Rock Café. The late rocker played the instrument his final show with Nirvana on the In Utero tour. The blue, left-handed Fender Mustang electric guitar, is the most documented…

PRPhotos.comFollowing the release of The Rolling Stones album Hackney Diamonds they’ve released a remix of their single, “Mess It Up.” The new dance version was remixed by Grammy Award winning artist, Purple Disco Machine. Hackney Diamonds is first studio set of new material from The Stones since 2005’s A Bigger Bang. And it marks Mick…

Steve Hackett will be releasing his first new concept album in nearly five decades. According to Louder Sound, Hackett said, “The Circus And The Nightwhale is an album with a difference. This time it is a story, based both literally and metaphorically on my life… It’s both faction and fiction, beginning in a gritty world…

PRPhotos.comAnn Wilson has reflected on her time on the road with John Mellencamp. During her appearance on The Kenny Aronoff Sessions podcast, Wilson said, “It was a particularly painful nine months because John Cougar had a number one record. Heart was going into the era where we couldn’t get arrested. And we were headlining the…

Getty ImagesJoe Satriani has revealed that playing Eddie Van Halen’s guitar parts are “frightening.” He recently told Forbes, “You can’t fill them. You can put them on, but you can’t fill them. You have to respect the genius of the architecture of his guitar parts and how he built the songs and you’ve got to…

Getty ImagesGene Simmons as shared that he’s open to Kiss continuing on with four new members. The legendary rock group will be ending their careers next month with the finale of their End of the Road Tour. Simmons told Rolling Stone, “You want to go out while you’re on top. And remember, we introduce ourselves…

Getty ImagesBon Jovi will release a Christmas song this Friday, November 17. The original piece of music, “Christmas Isn’t Christmas,” was recorded at Ocean Way Studios in Nashville and features the current lineup of… Tico Torres, David Bryan, Jon Bon Jovi, Phil X, Hugh McDonald, John Shanks, and Everett Bradley. The new music is part…

Getty ImagesA year after her Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, Dolly Parton is releasing her first rock album, “Rockstar,” on Friday, November 17th. The 30-song set (33 on a Home Shopping Network edition) features collaborations with a Who’s-Who from the rock world — including Peter Frampton on two tracks. Frampton plays on Parton’s…