Kiss returned to the stage Saturday night, after frontman Paul Stanley‘s battle with the flu forced them to cancel three of the last eight shows on their farewell tour. The band performed their typically explosive, stunt-filled set at Indianapolis’ Gainbridge Fieldhouse after missing shows scheduled for this past week in Ottawa, Toronto and Knoxville. “I’ve done everything possible to…… MORE
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Randy Meisner, a Founding Member of the Eagles, Dies at 77
The group’s original bass player, he was with the band from 1971 to 1977 but was uncomfortable with fame. Randy Meisner, a founding member of the Eagles whose broad vocal range on songs like “Take It to the Limit” helped catapult the rock band to international fame, died on Wednesday at a hospital in Los…… MORE
Judas Priest to Replace Ozzy Osbourne at Power Trip
Judas Priest will replace Ozzy Osbourne as a headlining performer at this year’s Power Trip festival, set to take place Oct. 6-8. in Indio, California. This is Judas Priest’s only scheduled concert of 2023 so far. Read More: Judas Priest to Replace Ozzy Osbourne at Power Trip | https://ultimateclassicrock.com/judas-priest-ozzy-osbourne-replacement-power-trip-2023/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral… MORE
Cheap Trick Announces Fall 2023 North American Headlining Tour
Cheap Trick is in the throes of a monthslong North American tour, and they show no signs of stopping. The road warriors just announced new headlining dates that will keep them on the move through late October. The newly announced tour leg begins on Oct. 2 in Springfield, Missouri, and ends on Oct. 22 in Reno, Nevada.…… MORE
Watch Elton John play the final song on the final show of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour
So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye Sir Elton. Elton John closed out his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour in Stockholm, Sweden at the weekend, July 8. The star told the crowd at the Tele2 Arena that his very first show in Sweden was on July 7, 1971, almost 52 years to the day from his final…… MORE
Journey Guitarist Takes Sad Shot At Motley Crue
Mick Mars has filed a lawsuit against his Mötley Crüe bandmates, alleging the band is screwing him over financially. Journey’s guitarist Neal Schon has now weighed in on the matter. Furthermore, Mars came up with bold claims about bassist Nikki Sixx about “gaslighting” him about getting worse at guitar despite Sixx not “playing a single…… MORE
Peter Gabriel has announced North American tour dates including Philly
Peter Gabriel has announced North American tour dates in support of his upcoming album, i/o. The former Genesis singer will appear in Quebec City on Sept. 8, followed by appearances in three more Canadian cities: Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal. He’ll then head stateside where he’ll perform his first U.S. concert of the tour in Boston on Sept. 14. Read More:…… MORE
Listen to Billy Squier’s New Song, ‘Harder on a Woman’
Billy Squier has released “Harder on a Woman,” his first new single in 25 years. “Harder on a Woman” arrives 25 years after his last album, Happy Blue, was released in 1998. Squier assembled an ensemble of performers for the new track, enlisting G.E. Smith (from Bob Dylan and Hall & Oates‘ groups) to play additional guitars and help assemble a…… MORE
Alex Van Halen Shares His Sammy Hagar And David Lee Roth Comparison
Van Halen drummer Alex Van Halen shared his thoughts about David Lee Roth’s chemistry with the band and compared his time as Van Halen’s frontman versus the one who replaced him, Sammy Hagar. In a recent interview with Modern Drummer, which was conducted before Eddie Van Halen’s death, Alex was asked on how important it was to…… MORE
50 Genuinely Horrible Albums by Brilliant Artists
Dylan, Lennon, Bowie, Outkast — even the greatest of greats screw up sometimes. These are the epic duds that diehard fans would like to pretend never happened. “THERE IS NO great genius without a touch of madness.” Greek philosopher Aristotle made this observation roughly 2,300 years ago, long before legit geniuses like Bob Dylan, John Lennon,…… MORE
