Dave Grohl was a surprise guest at Friday night’s Dimebash, the annual celebration of late Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell, and at the Los Angeles gig, the Foo Fighters frontman – along with Pantera singer Phil Anselmo, Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo and former Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo – joined together onstage to pay tribute to another… Source: RollingStone Link: See Dave […]

Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler dropped by the Late Show Friday to talk about his latest country single, his new charitable initiative Janie’s Fund and the art of commanding the microphone stand. With the charity still in its infancy, Tyler has called upon friends like Bono, Elton John and others to spread word of Janie’s Fund using Tyler’s… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Steven […]

“Welcome to the end.” Ozzy Osbourne’s introduction to the first of two concerts Black Sabbath will play in Chicago this year on their farewell tour, appropriately named “The End,” came off a lot gloomier than how the group actually sounded last night. From the pulverizing opening tritone of “Black Sabbath” —… Source: RollingStone Link: Black Sabbath […]

Tributes have been pouring in for Glenn Frey ever since the shocking news of his death hit Sunday evening. “I’m not sure I believe in fate, but I know that crossing paths with Glenn Lewis Frey in 1970 changed my life forever, and it eventually had an impact on the lives… Source: RollingStone Link: Weekend Rock […]

Two pop titans – John Legend and Colombian star Juanes – joined forces on Wednesday afternoon to draw attention to immigrant detention centers. The duo performed outside the walls of the Eloy Detention Center in Eloy, Arizona, where an estimated 1,500 undocumented immigrants are currently detained and awaiting deportation. The artists were not permitted to… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]

Musicians horrified and heartbroken by the ongoing water crisis in Flint, Michigan, are donating money and water to local nonprofits — and calling on their fans to do the same. Pearl Jam on Friday announced it would be donating $300,000 to the United Way of Genesee County’s Flint Water Fund, and encouraged… Source: RollingStone Link: Pearl […]

From George Strait’s christening of the new Las Vegas Arena to Garth Brooks’ string of summer shows, Las Vegas looks to be a hot country music destination in 2016. Adding to that, the Route 91 Harvest will touch down in Sin City for the third straight year with a stacked lineup that… Source: RollingStone Link: Luke Bryan, […]

The wait is over for Steve Angello fans: On Friday, the DJ-producer (formerly of the EDM powerhouse Swedish House Mafia) finally released all 13 tracks of his first solo effort, Wild Youth. The first six songs on the album, which Angello dramatically dubbed “Chapter 1,” came out in November. Chapter 2’s arrival was… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]

First “Creedbombing,” now this. Greenville, North Carolina native – and longtime shirt-removal advocate – Petey Pablo has just dropped “Carolina Colors,” his anthem for the Carolina Panthers, ahead of the team’s NFC championship game showdown with the Arizona Cardinals. And while it’s not exactly “With Arms Wide Open,” it will definitely… Source: RollingStone Link: Carolina […]

Early this week, I interviewed J.D. Souther, who first met the Eagles’ Glenn Frey in 1968 and, in addition to having his own career, co-wrote some of the band’s most ubiquitous hits (“Best of My Love,” “New Kid in Town”) with Frey and Don Henley. Souther had just gotten off… Source: RollingStone Link: David Bowie, […]