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Are you ready? Are you ready for this? Are you hanging from the edge of your seat?Released on the 1975 Night at the Opera album, the song Bohemian Rhapsody was a fresh, complex, grand counter to the works of many contemporary artists of the time. Fast forward to 2018, a new rhapsody emerges to tell the fresh, complex, grand story of the band and legendary vocalist who created the iconic composition, and changed the music industry forever: Queen. Just released in the United States, Bohemia …

It’s that time of year again, folks. The time of year music experts at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominating Committee gather together to create a list of nominees of some of the most deserving performers across the music sphere to be enshrined in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame! Ballots are now in the process of being sent to over 1,000 music historians, scholars, producers, journalists, and more in order to determine the 2019 class. This voting body will take into consideration a numbe …

Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band will retire from the road after his Travelin' Man tour ends in 2019. Bob Seger’s career has been rags to riches, to say the least. From high school gymnasiums to Michigan bars to theaters and then arenas, he's spent 56 years on the road. Now one of Detroit's most famous sons is taking his final road trip. His final run with the Silver Bullet Band begins November 21 in Grand Rapids and will wind down in the summer of 2019 (dates are still being announced …

...And Justice For All, Metallica's 4th release in 1988, was their first to chart in the Top 10 on BIllboard's Top 200 Albums Chart. The single "One" was the first song ever to win a grammy award for Best Metal Performance . To mark the 30th anniversary of  … And Justice for All, Metallica will release what they're calling the definitive reissue of their metal landmark on November 2. A souped up remastered box set, Justice will feature the original album, a selection of demos …

The Eagles Greatest Hits compilation surpasses Michael Jackson's Thriller to become the best selling album of all time. Since its release in February of 1976, the Eagles Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 album has been a perennial best seller, residing near the top of the sales charts week in and week out. In fact, it spent nearly a decade as the best selling album of all time until Thriller blew past it after Michael Jackson's death in 2009. And that is how the ranking remained until recentl …

August 15, 2018 marks the 49th anniversary of the legendary Woodstock Festival. On an unusually hot August 15, 1969, an estimated 400,000 young people descended on the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in Bethel, NY to hear sets from Richie Havens, CCR, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Crosby, Stills, & Nash, Santana, Jefferson Airplane, Canned Heat,  Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Sly & The Family Stone, Joe Cocker, The Band, and dozens of other acts. By the end of the festi …

A new Lynyrd Skynyrd documentary which tells the “warts and all” backstory and tragic history of southern rock’s most iconic band, premieres on the Showtime cable network on August 18. If I Leave Here Tomorrow: A Film About Lynyrd Skynyrd, covers the band’s enduring legacy from their birth in Jacksonville, Florida to the plane crash in 1977 that killed lead singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, backing vocalist Cassie Gaines, their assistant road manager, and the plane’s crew. …

The long and winding road continues for Sir Paul! Beatles legend Paul McCartney has announced the first dates for his upcoming “Freshen Up” tour, which will support the release of his new solo album Egypt Station. The first leg of the tour begins in Canada where he’ll visit Quebec City, Montreal, Winnipeg, and Edmonton. The first U.K dates have also been announced, with performances slated for London, Glasgow, and Paul’s hometown of Liverpool. His years-long absence from each …

July 13th, 1985: At a sold-out Wembley Stadium in London, Freddie Mercury walked out on stage and gave the crowd at the Live Aid festival what has widely been considered one of the single greatest rock and roll performances of all time, belting out “The Note Heard ‘Round the World”. Now close to 35 years later, that familiar note rings through our television and computer speakers, delivering news of the long-awaited biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody. It’s finally coming. The Bohemian …

If you were looking for a reason to visit Las Vegas, now you have one. Gwen Stefani recently announced she’ll be doing a 25 date residency in Zappos Theatre at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino. The show, Gwen Stefani - I’m Just A Girl, debuts June 27th. She is set to perform three dates this June, and nine more in July. After a short break, the show will pick back up for dates set in December (including New Year’s Eve), and performances in February that extend through mid-March.The highly ant …