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‘Motley Crue Day’ Declared in Las Vegas
In anticipation of the band’s upcoming Vegas residency — kicking off tonight (Feb. 3) at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino — Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman has proclaimed today Motley Crue Day.
saSammy Hagar Says Chickenfoot is ‘Man for Man’ Better Than Van Halen
With Chickenfoot in the midst of a brief overseas tour, the members of the band have been hitting the promotional trail, doing rounds of interviews in support of their latest release, ‘Chickenfoot III.’ And you know what that means: plenty of questions about the new Van Halen record. Chickenfoot singer (and ex-VH vocalist) Sammy Hagar has never been shy about expressing his opinions when it comes
George Harrison’s Lost Here Comes the Sun’ Solo Found
More than four decades after the sessions for the album, a previously unheard George Harrison guitar solo for the Beatles‘ ‘Abbey Road’ classic ‘Here Comes the Sun’ has been discovered — and not only can you hear it, you can see video of the track being heard for the first time by George’s son Dhani, producer George Martin’s son Giles, and George Martin himself, who admits he’d forgotten the solo
Journey Drummer Arrested for Assaulting Girlfriend
Journey‘s recent rash of unfortunate lawsuits and bizarre paparazzi drama looks like it isn’t over yet: According to TMZ, drummer Deen Castronovo was arrested in Oregon over the weekend for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend.
New Van Halen Songs To Debut on Tonight’s ‘CSI’
The last time Van Halen released a studio album with David Lee Roth, it would have seemed awfully strange, to say the least, for a major band to promote its new music by debuting tracks on a TV drama. But times have changed, and as part of the rollout plan for their new album ‘A Different Kind of Truth,’ VH is including clips from two new songs in this week’s episode of ‘CSI,‘ which airs tonight (
The Doors to Release New Song ‘She Smells So Nice’ Shortly
It’s been more than 40 years since Jim Morrison died, and we haven’t exactly had a shortage of Doors compilations over the ensuing decades, so you could be forgiven for thinking we’d heard everything there was to hear from the band’s original lineup.
Eddie Van Halen Auctioning Signed Guitar For Charity
We still don’t know when we’ll hear him play guitar again, but Eddie Van Halen is putting at least one of his axes to good use right now: he’s offering it up for auction, with the proceeds going to benefit the Drop in the Bucket charity — and the winner walking away with a true one-of-a-kind instrument.
The guitar in question is a 1999 Wolfgang Translucent Cherry Sunburst 5A Flametop, autographed
Paul McCartney Joined by Ron Wood at Three-Hour London Concert
Paul McCartney played his only London gig of 2011 last night (Dec. 5) — and he made it count, delivering a hits-packed, three-hour set to his O2 Arena fans, including several songs he’d never played in the UK before.
But that wasn’t all McCartney had in store for fans: as the evening drew to a close, he told the crowd he had a “surprise” for them before bringing out Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wo
Jimi Hendrix Bassist Billy Cox Has the ‘Old School Blue Blues’ on His New Album
The only surviving member of both the Jimi Hendrix Experience and the Band of Gypsys, Billy Cox is a genuine rock treasure — and although he turned 70 in October, the bassist is staying just as busy as ever.
Though his schedule of late has kept him on the road with the Experience Hendrix tribute band, Cox found time to resume his solo career with 2009′s ‘Last Gypsy Standing’ album, and he picked u
Motley Crue Bassist Nikki Sixx Is Working on Two More Books
When Motley Crue came crawling out of L.A.’s underbelly 30 years ago, few fans could have expected that any of its hard-rocking (and harder-living) members would ever become a published author. But bassist Nikki Sixx has always had a thing for defying expectations, and now that he’s already got two bestsellers under his belt (‘The Heroin Diaries’ and ‘This Is Gonna Hurt’), he’s making plans for hi
Judas Priest’s K.K. Downing on Leaving Band: ‘I Wish Things Could Have Been Different’
When guitarist and founding member K.K. Downing left Judas Priest earlier this year, it came as a surprise, but it wasn’t exactly a shock. He’s 60 years old, after all, and had definitely done his time in the trenches after spending more than 40 years in the studio and on the road. In fact, a lot of people assumed he was retiring to pursue a life of well-deserved leisure, running the golf courses
Lynyrd Skynyrd’s ‘What’s Your Name’ Allegedly Used By Pittsburgh Steelers to Make Fun of Baltimore Ravens Quarterback
The rivalry between pro football’s Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens featured a twist from the classic rock world Sunday night, with the Steelers accused of referring to opposing quarterback Joe Flacco as a “little girl” via a Lynyrd Skynyrd song played over their stadium’s sound system.