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Tonight’s (Nov. 19) celebration of the life of the great Les Paul promises to be one of the most momentous musical events of the year. Gathering at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium to honor the legendary guitarist will be a host of elite artists, among them Steve Cropper, Ace Frehley, ...
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Today Gibson Guitar is fully cooperating with agents of the United States Fish & Wildlife Service as it pertains to an issue with harvested wood. Gibson is a chain of custody certified buyer who purchases wood from legal suppliers who are to follow all standards. Gibson ...
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The Faces are “seriously talking about touring” in the spring, with or without original frontman Rod Stewart.
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Amid talk from both Steven Tyler and Joe Perry that Tyler might be quitting Aerosmith, Tyler took the stage this past Tuesday to sing “Walk This Way” with the Joe Perry Project during its encore at New York’s Fillmore at Irving Plaza.
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Kings of Leon drummer Nathan Followill wed longtime girlfriend Jessie Baylin on Saturday. The two were married in an outdoor ceremony at the Wolf Den Farm in Brentwood, Tenn., near to Followill’s Nashville hometown. The reception followed with dinner and dancing in a barn on the property.
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Don’t call Them Crooked Vultures a supergroup, says Duff McKagan, who recently gushed about his love for the band in his Seattle Weekly column.
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Them Crooked Vultures have posted YouTube streams of all the tracks from their forthcoming CD. The decision to stream the disc – which hits record stores on November 17 – was apparently made in response to an unauthorized leak of the album.
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Joe Perry has confirmed that Aerosmith is indeed looking for a vocalist to replace Steven Tyler. On his Twitter page, Perry writes that he and his bandmates are “positively looking for a new singer to work with.”
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Slash says he’s gotten to work with everyone he wanted to on his forthcoming solo album (which he wrapped this week), except Jack White. And it’s not for lack of trying. Slash requested that White sing on his album Slash & Friends but White turned him down.
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Capitalizing on a continuing trend that proves that even rock stars use eBay to rid themselves of goods, original Metallica bassist Ron McGovney took to the auction site to sell the Fender bass he used in the late ’80s.
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When Sublime’s original bassist and drummer recently announced that they’d be playing as Sublime again (with a new lead singer) after a 13-year absence, the family of late frontman Brad Nowell didn’t take the news well. Instead, they took the matter to court.
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Will there be – could there be – an Aerosmith without Steven Tyler? According to Classic Rock Magazine, the iconic band may be toying with that idea.
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In a stark bit of irony, U2 fans
in Berlin are up in arms over plans by
concert organizers to erect a wall that will obstruct viewing of a free show by the band.
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U2 Berlin Wall Show Generates Furor
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Beatles record label EMI has filed suit against BlueBeat.com, accusing the website of copyright infringement. As reported by Reuters, BlueBeat.com gained notoriety late last week after it began selling downloads of music by the Fab Four.
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“The Classic Rock Awards was attended by the biggest assemblage of R&R; legends imaginable, unbelievable.”
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Ron Wood
Rush is poised for a “reinvention,” according to drummer Neil Peart. In a long, philosophical post on his website, the Rush veteran says the current musical environment is similar to that of the 1950s, when individual songs mattered much more than albums. His comments, a portion of which are ...
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Iggy Pop says he and the Stooges will be doing “some real touring” in 2010. In an interview with London’s BBC, the punk icon also said the spirit of late Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton – who died after suffering a heart attack earlier this year – “still lives on” with the band.
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Slayer has postponed its “Canadian Carnage” tour with Megadeth, due to kick off on November 8, after the group’s 48-year-old vocalist Tom Araya required emergency back surgery in Texas on Tuesday.
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Skiers have another reason to celebrate the opening of this season. The Gibson Guitar Corporation has teamed with Marker Völkl USA to produce a series of unique electric guitars reflecting the feel, graphic elements and quality performance of the distributor of Völkl skis and Marker bindings.
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The prospect of a new Norah Jones album just got a lot cooler thanks to news that tracks from the adult-contemporary singer’s latest, The Fall, (due Nov. 17) would arrive with some big-name remixes.
