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Ex-Pink Floyd star Roger Waters launches This Is Not a Drill Tour; introduces new song, "The Bar"
Justin Berl/Getty ImagesFormer Pink Floyd singer/bassist Roger Waters kicked off his long-delayed This Is Not a Drill Tour of North America last night at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. As seen in...
Jul 07, 2022
Axl Rose shares health update after Guns N' Roses canceled show: "Seems good so far"
Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesEarlier this week, Guns N' Roses postponed a scheduled show in Glasgow, Scotland due to an unspecified "illness" and "medical advice." Now, frontman ...
Jul 07, 2022
Sheryl Crow postpones Ravinia Festival appearance in wake of Highland Park shooting: "We are hurting"
Terence Patrick/CBS via Getty ImagesSheryl Crow is just one of the several artists who were set to perform as part of this week's Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, Illinois. But the festival has canc...
Jul 07, 2022
Postponed Santana concert rescheduled for August after Carlos Santana's recent onstage collapse
Scott Legato/Getty ImagesAfter Carlos Santana collapsed on stage Tuesday during his band's concert in Clarkston, Michigan, the group immediately postponed the show scheduled for the next night in Burg...
Jul 07, 2022
Manny Charlton, founding Nazareth guitarist, dies at 80
Manny Charlton in 1979; Peter Noble/Redferns/Getty ImagesManny Charlton, founding guitarist of the Scottish rock band Nazareth, has died, according to a Facebook post from his grandson. A cause of dea...
Jul 07, 2022
Ringo Starr turns 82; global "Peace and Love" celebration planned for noon
Randy Holmes/ABC via Getty ImagesHere's wishing Ringo Starr a very happy 82nd birthday filled, of course, with peace and love! As previously reported, the former Beatles drummer is marking the occasio...
Jul 07, 2022
Journey guitarist Neal Schon says he and Steve Perry are "getting to know each other again"
Steve Perry and Neal Schon in 2017; Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Rock and Roll Hall of FameAs Journey prepares to release its latest studio album, Freedom, this Friday, founding guitarist Neal Schon reve...
Jul 06, 2022
Whitesnake's David Coverdale says he's "still not 100%" following canceled European tour
Per Ole Hagen/RedfernsAfter Whitesnake canceled the remainder of the European summer leg of its Farewell Tour because various band members had taken ill, frontman David Coverdale reports that he's bac...
Jul 06, 2022
ELP's popular third studio album, 'Trilogy,' celebrates its 50th anniversary today
BMGEmerson, Lake & Palmer's third studio album, Trilogy, was released 50 years ago today. The album is the famed British prog-rock trio's highest-charting studio effort in the U.S., peaking at #5 ...
Jul 06, 2022
Wolfgang Van Halen announces engagement: "She said yes!!"
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Congratulations are in order for Wolfgang Van Halen and his longtime girlfriend, Andraia Allsop, who are now engaged. The Mammoth WVH frontman and son of Eddie Van ...
Jul 06, 2022