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After some time away from the spotlight, former Judas Priest guitarist K.K. Downing has formed a new band that will pay homage to his past — alongside other ex-members of the heavy-metal pioneers. Downing joined the band in 1970 and left in 2011, saying, “I feel that Priest has played …

Brad Paisley has announced dates for an extensive tour set to get underway in May. Dubbed the 2020 World Tour, Paisley’s new trek will carry him around North America and into Europe. Launching with a May 15th performance at the Concord Pavilion in Concord, California, the tour will run through …

The Zombies have announced a 2020 spring tour — and confirmed that they’re working on a new album, their first since 2015’s Still Got That Hunger. “It’s now 51 years since ‘Time of the Season’ reached Number one on the U.S. single charts,” keyboardist Rod Argent tells Rolling Stone. The …

The Who marked the 50th anniversary of their landmark concert at Leeds University by playing a special acoustic gig at the tiny Pryzm club in London on Friday evening. The set was similar to the one they played at the hall earlier in the week, but it did contain the …

Last fall, Steve Harkins was conducting a routine check on a shipment of records and CDs at Ingram Entertainment, a wholesale music distributor headquartered in Tennessee. Instead of vinyl, though, Harkins was amused to find that Ingram’s supplier had sent a pallet packed with bottles of windshield-wiper fluid. “I called …

Queen + Adam Lambert have been gigging steadily over the past year with a setlist that rarely varies from night to night. But on Monday at the Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin, New Zealand, they broke out Led Zeppelin‘s “Whole Lotta Love” midway through the show. On past Queen and …

John Frusciante performed alongside his Red Hot Chili Peppers band mates Saturday for the first time since they announced their surprise reunion as Anthony Kiedis, Flea and the guitarist took the stage together at a Tony Hawk Foundation memorial for Andrew Burkle. The Chili Peppers members — joined onstage by …

The first line of Jehnny Beth‘s new song “Flower” finds her whispering, “The flower field with murder,” and after that you can’t help but be curious about where this is all going. As the former frontwoman for Savages, Beth has always been prone to big, showy drama and, if “Flower” …

In November 2019, Ariana Grande posted a photo with Bernie Sanders, exclaiming “MY GUY,” while telling her fans that she promised to “never smile this hard again.” Just like that, the most important part of the 2020 Democratic race had officially begun: the musicians’ primary. Some stars have performed at …

Drake has shared a new collaboration with Future called “Desires.” The new single, produced by D. Hill, follows the pair’s joint track “Life Is Good,” which dropped earlier this year. Drake promoted the song on his Instagram, pointing fans to his Soundcloud page. Future originally teased “Desires” last August and …