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Billy Idol is hitting the road this year for a series of shows across North America. Bringing his old buddy and collaborator, Steve Stephens, along, the Rebel Yeller will tour for just shy of 2 months, kicking off the tour in Scottsdale, AZ on March 30 and wrapping things up with an appearance at the classic new wave music festival, Cruel World, in Pasadena, CA on May 20. (All of the confirmed dates are listed below.) While I'm sure the playlist will primarily consist of his classic hi …

It's hard to believe that it's been 50 years since Pink Floyd released their legendary album, The Dark Side of the Moon.  Sure, it feels like this album has always been a part of our lives but to think it has been 50 years - well it's kind of mind boggling.  Sure, the band released other incredible albums, and I'm not discounting them, but to have 1 whose sound and imagery is so defining of the classic rock genre, as the cover art and tracks of The Dark Side of the Moon are, …

Considered staples of American classic rock radio, progressive rock band, Genesis, are still very much a British band, and as such, are releasing a box set, on March 3, of session recordings the group did for the BBC, titled BBC Broadcasts. Spanning Genesis' entire career, the box set will be comprised of sessions the BBC recorded between 1970 through 1998 featuring contributions by all three of Genesis' lead singers: Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins and Ray Wilson. Making up the BBC Broadc …

    Well, 2023 is off to a bit of a rough start for music legends.  This week along we lost Jeff Beck, Lisa Marie Presley and Robbie Bachman, the drummer of Bachman Turner Overdrive. However, it's not all gloom and doom in this landscape of classic rock.  Billy Idol, who rocked to the top of the charts with his Rebel Yell and his Dancing with Myself, can legitimately claim he is on the Walk of Fame. On January 5, Billy Idol received the first star of 2023, on Hollywo …

Aptly named Two Icons, One Night, legendary singers-songwriters Stevie Nicks and Billy Joel are coming together to co-headline a tour this year, beginning in March.   Both inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, neither artist needs no introduction, although they truly are contemporaries in every sense of the word.  They both had their musical career breakthroughs in the mid-1970s, Billy Joel as a solo artist and Stevie Nicks with Fleetwood Mac.  Their …

    Record producer and Garbage member, Butch Vig, reminded Nirvana's Kurt Cobain of The Beatles while Vig produced Nevermind, for Nirvana.   During the recording sessions of Nevermind, the album that would become both the juggernaut that would launch Nirvana's fame into the stratosphere as well as the defining album of the early 1990s Seattle Grunge sound, Vig asked Kurt Cobain to be open to a commonly used method in recording rock albums: overdubbing.& …

Following up on the success of the Motley Crue, Poison and Joan Jett & the Blackhearts Stadium Tour that took place this summer, Poison lead singer, Bret Michaels, is ready to rock a party in 2023. Calling it Parti-Gras, the legendary singer, this time without his Poison bandmates, is hitting the road with Night Ranger, Jefferson Starship, Mark McGrath (of Sugar Ray) and Steve Augeri (of Journey) for a festival style show that will take place between mid-July through early …

                The next time you're visiting Memphis, Tennessee and want to stay somewhere memorable and special - skip the hotels and Air BnBs - because now you can stay in Elvis Presley's childhood apartment.Available for $250 per night and only available to reserve via the management company of the apartment, you can literally sleep in Elvis' room.A little history on the place: The apartment complex, known as 328 Lauderdale Courts, was one of the first …

      DURAN DURAN ARE IN THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME! This weekend was the official induction ceremony for the 2022 class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame which included, among other well deserving artists such as Eurythmics, Pat Benatar and Judas Priest, Duran Duran.  And in true Rock and Roll Hall of Fame style, each artist inducted did a live performance. So - about Duran Duran's performance and induction.  There were, unfortunately, some setbacks for the …

    Following up on the success of this past summer's North American Stadium Tour, both Motley Crue and Def Leppard have decided to continue the string of successful shows by confirming a tour of Central and South America, along with Europe, for 2023. Beginning in Mexico City, on February 18, the tour will conclude on July 6 in Glasgow, UK.  Both bands are equally excited about this global trek with Def Leppard's Joe Elliott saying "After finally getting b …