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Even though it's technically 41 years old, as it was released in January 1983, classic hard rockers Def Leppard are releasing a 40th anniversary of their juggernaut, Pyromania.Produced by uber-producer Mutt Lange, who had worked with Def Leppard on their previous album, High n Dry, Pyromania, which was the band's 3rd studio album, found them abandoning their harder rock sounds for ones that were considered more radio friendly, at the time.  This, along with a plethora of videos pr …

Willie Nelson has officially announced the line up and list of confirmed dates for the 2024 Outlaw Music Festival Tour.  And, in addition to Mr. Nelson, this year's tour will feature the legendary Bob Dylan performing at each of the tour's 25 dates.The other artists on the roster will alternate between the Robert Plant - Allison Krauss duo and John Mellencamp.Originating in 2016, Willie Nelson's Outlaw Music Festival is no stranger to performances by artists that ride the line between count …

As you may already have heard, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has released the 2024 version of its annual list of nominees for induction.Every year, when these get announced, I am surprised by a couple of things: the bands and artists being nominated for the first time (because I thought would have been inducted ages ago) and others who I wonder if they really should be included at all.  I say this because the music is from a different genre, i.e. hip-hop.  I'm not saying hip-hop is ba …

Fresh on the heels of last night’s 2024 Grammy Awards, I’m happy to report that classic rock was not overlooked. In fact, 3 of the biggest names in classic rock won Grammys, not to mention the legends that performed at the ceremony.Before I delve too deep into these big winners, I’d like to share a very big congratulations to Taylor Swift who broke the record of winning Album of the Year for the 4th time. The pop star surpassed some true icons who have only won this award 3 times, incl …

The legendary rockers are hitting the road again in 2024.Fresh on the heels of the release of their 26th album, Hackney Diamonds, the Rolling Stones have scheduled a set of arena dates here in the US, to begin on April 28, in Houston.  (A complete list of dates is below).The upcoming tour will mark the band's first return to performing in the US, in over 2 years, after the passing of long time drummer, Charlie Watts, back in 2021.  Although Charlie's position in the riser has been repl …

If you've been a customer of ours here at Rocker Rags for a while, or even if this is your first time visiting our store's website, you might have noticed that we differ ourselves from our competitors in that we carry a mix of music apparel with varying price points, starting at around $25.00 (on average) to over $120.00. This is not by accident. In fact, it was very deliberate.Back in 2018, we decided that in order for Rocker Rags to both differentiate itself from our competitors and …

Well if you live in North America, that looks like quite a possibility. Bruce Dickinson, the lead singer of the classic heavy metal band, Iron Maiden, is embarking on a North American spoken word tour, called An Evening with Bruce Dickinson, in support of his 2017 memoir, What Does This Button Do? A continuation of a tour he began, in between touring with Iron Maiden, upon the release of his memoir, back in 2017, An Evening with Bruce Dickinson finds the singer sharing humorou …

Classic rockers Guns N' Roses have announced a North American tour for later this year, and they're bringing along both Alice in Chains and The Pretenders.I have to say, when I first heard that these bands were going to be performing on GNR's upcoming tour, I was a bit surprised.  Although less so with Alice in Chains.  I'll explain my line of thinking here.  I'll admit that both Alice in Chains and The Pretenders are now considered classic rock, much in the same wa …

Classic rock legends, Aerosmith, are joining their 1970s-1990s hard rock contemporaries (think KISS, Ozzy Obourne) by officially announcing their farewell tour.Called the Peace Out tour, the band will launch a 40-date trek across North America this year, beginning on September 2, in Philadelphia, and wrapping things up on January 26, in Montreal.Now the band hasn't specifically stated if they're going into full retirement, meaning they might still do 1-off shows or record new musi …

Classic rock band Queen have announced a North American tour with Adam Lambert for later this year.The two superstars have toured together in the past, and this tour promises to be bigger and more ambitious than the last.  Featuring two of the original Queen members, Sir Brian May and Roger Taylor, Adam Lambert will be taking over vocal duties for Queen's departed lead singer, Freddie Mercury.  Beginning on October 4, in Baltimore, Maryland, the tour will end just over a month later, o …