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HEART's ANN WILSON Explains Why She Has Been Performing While Sitting In A Wheelchair During 2025 'Royal Flush' Tour

In the latest episode of her "After Dinner Thinks With Ann Wilson" podcast, HEART singer Ann Wilson addressed the fact that she has been performing while sitting in a wheelchair during the first few shows of the 2025 North American leg of the band's "Royal Flush" tour, which kicked off Friday night...

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HEART Announces 'An Evening With Heart' Spring/Summer 2025 U.S. Tour

Legendary rockets HEART have announced the "An Evening With Heart" spring/summer 2025 U.S. tour. The trek, which will see the band performing two separate sets each night, will kick off May 31 at the Hard Rock in Atlantic City and conclude on June 28 in Hollywood, Florida. The pre-sale for "An Eveni...

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KERRY KING Says SLAYER Will Perform BLACK SABBATH Cover At OZZY OSBOURNE's Final Concert

In a new interview with SPIN, Kerry King revealed that SLAYER will perform a BLACK SABBATH cover at Ozzy Osbourne and SABBATH's final concert on July 5 in Birmingham, England. "That's an important day," King said, adding that he and SLAYER drummer Paul Bostaph have already been rehearsing the SABBAT...

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RUDY SARZO On OZZY OSBOURNE's Final Show: 'He's Gotta Go Out With A Huge Fricking Bang'

Legendary hard rock bassist Rudy Sarzo says that it is "very exciting" for him to be participating in Ozzy Osbourne's farewell concert in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Taking place on July 5 at Villa Park, the all-star event — billed as "Back To The Beginning" — sold out in less than 10 minutes last m...

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GLENN HUGHES Announces October 2025 U.K. Tour

Glenn Hughes, the legendary former bassist and singer of DEEP PURPLE, Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee and current frontman of rock supergroup BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION, has announced an eight-date U.K. tour for October. Kicking off on October 14 at O2 Academy Bristol, the run includes shows at Lon...

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Watch: HEART Kicks Off 2025 'Royal Flush' Tour In Las Vegas

Legendary rockers HEART kicked off the 2025 North American leg of the "Royal Flush" tour Friday night (February 28) at the BleauLive Theater in Las Vegas. The show marked HEART's first live performance since the band postponed the remaining dates of its 2024 North American tour in July in order for...

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TRACII GUNS Doesn't Believe Anything Would Have Been Different For L.A. GUNS Had Grunge Not Come Around

In a recent interview with The Rock Experience With Mike Brunn, L.A. GUNS guitarist Tracii Guns spoke about how the rise of grunge in the early 1990s forced most hard rock bands off the radio and MTV, with album and tour sales plummeting. Asked how he thinks it would have been different for L.A. GUN...

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AEROSMITH Bassist TOM HAMILTON's New Band CLOSE ENEMIES Announces More 2025 Tour Dates

AEROSMITH bassist Tom Hamilton's new band CLOSE ENEMIES has announced several shows for this spring, summer and fall. Joining the 73-year-old Hamilton in the new group his bass tech Trace Foster, who plays guitar in CLOSE ENEMIES alongside Peter Stroud, who has been playing with Sheryl Crow for 25 y...

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Former DREAM THEATER Drummer MIKE MANGINI Launches New Band MONOLITH

Former DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Mangini has formed a new band, MONOLITH, with Hernán "Motley" Rodríguez on bass and vocals, and Andy Barrow on guitar. The official music video for the group's debut single, "Oligarchs", can be seen below. Mangini released his debut solo album, "Invisible Signs", in...

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AEROSMITH Bassist TOM HAMILTON's New Band CLOSE ENEMIES Releases Second Single 'Inside Out'

AEROSMITH bassist Tom Hamilton's new band CLOSE ENEMIES has released its second single, "Inside Out", via TLG|ROCK, distributed by Virgin Music Group. You can now stream the song, which will be available via all streaming services on Friday (February 28),in the YouTube clip below. "Inside Out" is n...

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NANCY WILSON On HEART's Longevity: 'If We Were Still Trying To Be The Original Lineup, We Would Never Still Be There'

In a new interview with Orange County Register, Nancy Wilson spoke about HEART's upcoming tour, which coincides with the 50th anniversary of HEART's 1975 debut album, "Dreamboat Annie". Regarding the group's longevity, the guitarist said: "I think me and Ann [Wilson, HEART singer], we represent what...

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OZZY OSBOURNE Is 'Starting To Get In The Gym Again' In Preparation For Final Concert: 'He Is The Real-Life Iron Man'

During an appearance on Monday's (February 24) episode of SiriusXM's "The Howard Stern Show", producer Andrew Watt, who helmed Ozzy Osbourne's last two studio albums, 2020's "Ordinary Man" and 2022's "Patient Number 9", spoke about working with the legendary BLACK SABBATH singer. He said (as transcr...

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Watch: MR. BIG Plays Final Concert Of 'The BIG Finale' 2025 Tour

MR. BIG played the final show of its "The BIG Finale!" tour earlier tonight (Tuesday, February 25) at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan. Fan-filmed video of the concert can be seen below. In an October 2024 interview with Ruben Mosqueda of We Go To 11, MR. BIG bassist Billy Sheehan was asked if the ban...

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Here Be Dragons

Everybody is guaranteed a good time when Tobias Sammet is in charge. AVANTASIA have become much more than the occasional, all-star supergroup that the German polymath promised back in 1999. With Sammet's other band, EDGUY, on a lengthy hiatus, his symphonic, multi-vocalist flights of fancy have beco...

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New OZZY OSBOURNE Documentary To Detail His Parkinson's Battle And Other Health Issues

A new Ozzy Osbourne documentary, "No Escape From Now", is currently in production at Paramount+. The feature-length project, which is slated to premiere later this year, will "reveal the devastating setbacks" the legendary BLACK SABBATH singer has "faced since his fateful fall in 2019," according to...