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Last year, legendary classic rockers The Eagles filed suit to prevent a Mexican hotel form calling itself Hotel California. Both parties agreed to drop the suit this week. According to an article in Rolling Stone, The band alleged that the parent company of the hotel was attempting to mislead hotel patrons into thinking that they had sanctioned the use of the song title and that it was part of a campaign for the hotel to sell merchandise like t-shirts and posters with the Hotel …

In what is being hailed as one of the worst kept secrets in rock and roll history, Journey and Def Leppard have scheduled a 58-city North America summer tour. The first concert will be on May 21 at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut and conclude in Los Angeles, CA at the Forum, on October 6. Below is a list of all of the currently confirmed dates, cities and venues. Journey and Def Leppard last co-headlined a tour back in 2006, when Def Leppard were promoting Yeah!. Hints of t …

 Edward Allan Clarke, best known as "Fast" Eddie Clarke, passed away yesterday (January 10, 2018), from complications caused by pneumonia, at the age of 67.  The guitarist was the last surviving member of the original lineup of Motorhead.  The other two founding members Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor and Lemmy Kilmister died within a month of each other, in 2015.Eddie joined Motorhead in 1976, after meeting Phil Taylor, and was an instrumental part of the band's best known albu …

Guns N’ Roses’ Not In This Lifetime… Tour, which wrapped November 29, 2017 has topped the $475 million mark in gross sales, according to Billboard Magazine. The Gunner's most recent tour played to more than 4.3 million fans at 123 headlining performances on 5 continents, not including various festival appearances during the first two years of the run.Not In This Lifetime currently ranks as the 4th-largest grossing tour of all time, based on Billboard’s Boxscore archives. The other tours in th …

Both the Foo Fighters and the late Chris Cornell received nods from the Grammy Awards.  They've both been nominated for Best Rock Performance.  The Foo Fighters, which were born after the sudden demise of Nirvana, in the mid-1990s, are nominated for their song Run and Chris Cornell, the former lead singer for Soundgarden and Audioslave, who passed away earlier this year, is nominated for his solo performance of The Promise. …

Jethro Tull are turning 50, and lead singer Ian Anderson, the only original member of the British hard rock band, has confirmed a 2018 North American tour, to celebrate.  Titled "Ian Anderson Presents: Jethro Tull - 50th Anniversary Tour," this summer concert series will commence on May 30, in Phoenix, AZ and conclude on September 11, in New York, NY.  (All of the confirmed dates, cities and venues for the North American shows are listed below).  European shows will …

Rock 'N Roll pioneer Antoine "Fats" Domino passed away today, October 25, 2017, from natural causes.  He was 89.  Fats is best known for a string of hits that charted from the mid-1950s through the early 1960s which include Ain't That a Shame and Blueberry Hill.  These hits helped cement Fats' hometown of New Orleans, LA as a hotbed for the early evolution of Rock music.  Fats' version of Blueberry Hill regained popularity, in the 1970s, in the TV series Happy Days, in which …

Heavy metal singer songwriter Ronnie James Dio would have been 75 today (July 10, 2017). He passed away in May 2010, from complications due to stomach cancer.   In addition to fronting his own band, Dio, Ronnie James Dio sang for Rainbow as well as Black Sabbath.  He is one of the most respected artists of the heavy metal genre. …

Confirmed by Eagles' co-founder, Don Henley, Deacon Frey, the son of late Eagles other co-founder, Glenn Frey, will take Glenn's place for some upcoming concerts in July. The band is currently scheduled to co-headline two classic rock festivals, with Fleetwood Mac: The Classic West occurring in Los Angeles over the weekend of July 15-16 and The Classic East in New York, the weekend of July 29-30.  Glenn Frey passed away on January 18. 2016, from complications caused b …

This July, Alice Cooper will release, Paranormal, his first solo album since 2011's Welcome 2 My Nightmare, and the 27th studio release of his career. Produced by Bob Ezrin, Paranormal will feature performances by ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons and U2's Larry Mullen. Bob is the one who suggested Larry Mullen for the album, and Alice loved the idea saying "that’s a great idea, it’ll change things up so much, just on the basic tracks.”  Alice went on to say that Larry wanted to s …