The Rock & Roll Fantasy

The mighty mighty Van Halen is back and sounding better than ever! The group postponed their tour earlier this year so guitarist Eddie Van Halen could deal with some unexplained health issues, and they made their return last week in Reno and then in Las Vegas. Any doubts about what the group would sound like […]

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Singer-guitarist Ricky Byrd is psyched for his upcoming show with rock & roll icon Chuck Berry. Byrd will be among those performing with Berry at the Rock & Roll SUPERGROUP Benefit Concert on Sunday (April 13th) at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston. Back when he was a member of Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, […]

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How about some new rock & roll? Have you checked out TAB The Band yet? They’re a three-piece out of Dux, Massachusetts, that just rip it up in a way most young bands can’t these days. Guitarist Tony Perry, bassist Adrian Perry, and drummer Ben Tileston have found a sound that totally works for them […]

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There’s been another denial regarding Led Zeppelin’s rumored headlining slot at this year’s Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. The Daily News Journal in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, quotes Ken Weinstein, who’s the President of the festival’s publicity firm, Big Hassle, as saying, “It’s still a rumor and the information in (the U.K. tabloid) The Mirror is inaccurate. I speak on […]

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Tom Petty has booked his first show of 2008, and it’s a HUGE one. Petty and his band the Heartbreakers have signed on to do the halftime show for Super Bowl XLII (42), which takes place February 3rd at the University Of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona. Petty’s performance, along with the game, will air live […]

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The surviving members of Led Zeppelin discovered very quickly that their upcoming reunion would work out. According to Rolling Stone magazine, guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, and bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones had their first rehearsal back on June 10th, and the results were amazing right away. Page said, “It was immediate,” adding, […]

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Queen + Paul Rodgers have been workling on new music for a little while now, and the first result is now available. On Saturday (December 1st), the group released a song called “Say It’s Not True” to mark World AIDS Day. The song, which was written by Queen drummer Roger Taylor for Nelson Mandela’s 46664 […]

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Ozzy & Sharon Osbourne raised a ton of money for charity at an auction that was held Friday and Saturday (November 30th and December 1st) in Los Angeles. Items from their Beverly Hills mansion, which were featured in the MTV series The Osbournes, went under the gavel, and fans spent about $800,000 to get things […]

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Don’t expect to find Bob Weir using any file-sharing services anytime soon. Weir, whose career as a member of the Grateful Dead was immeasurably helped by having live shows traded from fan to fan, recently told the Orlando Sentinel that the system doesn’t work as well now that it’s online. He said, “(T)he file-sharing phenomenon […]

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Gene Simmons is recovering from some serious abuse, but it wasn’t at the hands of a rock critic. The Kiss singer and bassist got verbally beaten up at a celebrity roast in Los Angeles by comedians including Jeffrey Ross, Lisa Lampanelli, Carrot Top, Paul Rodriguez, and Andrew Dice Clay, along with Donald Trump, illusionist Criss […]

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