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Red Hot Chili Peppers to be honored with star on Hollywood Walk of Fame next week
Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic.comRed Hot Chili Peppers hail from Los Angeles and now they will be honored in their home city with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame during a ceremony that will take place o...
Mar 21, 2022
ZZ Top performing on select dates of Willie Nelson's 2022 Outlaw Music Festival Tour
Courtesy of Blackbird Presents/Live NationThe initial dates and lineups have been announced for the 2022 edition of Willie Nelson's Outlaw Music Festival Tour, which will feature ZZ Top at select even...
Mar 21, 2022
Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason's postponed 2022 North American tour now scheduled for the fall
Courtesy of EMC PresentsPink Floyd drummer Nick Mason's current band, Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets, has announced rescheduled dates for its 2022 North American tour, which originally was supposed...
Mar 21, 2022
Vinyl ways: Santana's 'Blessings and Miracles' album now available as two-LP set
BMGSantana's latest studio album, the star-studded collaborative project Blessings and Miracles, was initially released on CD and digital formats in October of 2021, but the record now also has been i...
Mar 21, 2022
Producers of Beatles, Tom Petty documentary projects among winners of 2022 Producer's Guild Awards
Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images; Tim Mosenfelder/Getty ImagesSurviving Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr were among the winners at 33rd annual Producers Guild Awards, which took plac...
Mar 21, 2022
Arizona's Tucson Music Hall to be renamed for hometown hero Linda Ronstadt
Michael Kovac/Getty Images for NARASThe Tucson Music Hall in Tucson, Arizona, will be named after one of the city's most famous daughters: Linda Ronstadt. Tucson Mayor Regina Romero announced the news...
Mar 21, 2022
The Eagles' Timothy B. Schmit releasing star-studded new solo album, 'Day by Day,' in May; listen to lead single
Courtesy of Timothy B. SchmitEagles bassist Timothy B. Schmit will release a new solo studio album titled Day by Day on May 6. The 12-track collection features guest contributions from a variety of we...
Mar 21, 2022
Asia multimedia box set focusing on band's 1983 Budokan concert featuring Greg Lake due out in June
BMGAs Asia celebrates its 40th anniversary, the prog-rock supergroup has revealed plans to release a deluxe box set on June 10 titled ASIA in Asia -- Live at The Budokan, Tokyo, 1983, focusing on a hi...
Mar 18, 2022
2008 Queen & Paul Rodgers concert being streamed Saturday to raise money for Ukrainian relief
Morena Brengola/Getty ImagesThis Saturday, March 19, Queen will present a special online stream of a 2008 concert that the band played in Ukraine with founding Bad Company/Free singer Paul Rodgers, ai...
Mar 18, 2022
Neil Young's issuing fourth volume of his 'Official Release Series' box sets, featuring four 1980s releases
Reprise RecordsNeil Young has unveiled plans to issue the fourth installment of his Official Release Series (ORS), a four-disc box set featuring three of his 1980s studio albums, plus the rare Eldorad...
Mar 18, 2022