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As you may have already heard, the original lineup (minus 1) of Smashing Pumpkins are reuniting and they’re embarking on 34 city tour this summer, titled Shiny and Bright Tour. This series of concerts begin on July 12 in Glendale, Arizona and conclude on September 7, in Boise, Idaho. In addition, the band has also hinted at an upcoming album with producer, Rick Rubin, although, there's no official announcement confirming that, as of now. The original Smashing Pumpkins lineup consisted …

As you may have heard,  U2 are going on tour this summer to celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Joshua Tree. Each show will be devoted to performing the album in full. This is the first time many of these songs have been performed, by U2, in years. Both Bono and The Edge feel the topics approached in The Joshua Tree have as much relevance today, as they did in 1987, and they're excited about performing The Joshua Tree for the audiences. …

October 8, 2016 marks the 25th anniversary of Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger, the band's 3rd studio release and the album that truly catapulted Soundgarden to international fame. Because of the focus placed on the Seattle "Grunge" scene at the time of Badmotorfinger's release, two songs from the album, Outshined and Rusty Cage, received airplay on radio and MTV, helping establish the genre that would be known as alternative rock. On November 18, Soundgarden are celebrating the anniversar …

In support of his new album, "Playland," available on October 7, Smiths co-songwriter and lead guitarist, Johnny Marr, will be teaming up with his band mates from his previous solo release, 2013's "The Messenger," to perform a 30-date concert tour in Europe, the United Kingdom and North America. Concert goers can expect to hear a large selection of songs from the new release "Playland", as well as tracks from his catalogs with the Smiths, and Electronic, (Marr's short lived project co-foun …

Ironic as it may be, that the day after 4/20, is the birthday for 2 musical pioneers in the genre of Alternative Rock. Now granted, the term Alternative Rock didn't really exist, as a term, until the late 1980s-early 1990s, with the onset of bands like Jane's Addiction and the Seattle Grunge style groups. However, the term has come to symbolize the entire make up of all the different sub-genres of Punk, Grunge, New Wave, Gothic, etc. So, with that, while each of the musicians who are celebrat …