Classic Rock News 5/8

Gene Simmons says the sexual assault lawsuit filed against him in December has already been dismissed.


Bob Dylan is a full partner in a line of whiskeys and you can pre-order now for shipment beginning May 21st.


Showcasing many of the screams, shouts and yells in David Lee Roth’s bag of vocal tricks, here is X-Ray Simon’s unique tribute to DLR.


733,000 vinyl albums were sold during the week ending April 26th, a record for Record Store Day week.


They aren’t going totally out of business, but the Gibson Guitar company has filed for bankruptcy protection.


Bruce Springsteen will get a special Tony Award on June 10th.


In addition to doing some Pretenders shows, Chrissie Hynde posts a lengthy list of things she is up to on Facebook.


In another episode of “Ask Keith” – Keith Richards is asked on his website to reveal the formula behind The Rolling Stones.


One of the great rockstar/supermodel marriages is over after 28 years.  The Cars’ Ric Ocasek and Paulina Porizkova have split up.


Queen + Adam Lambert will do a 10-show residency at the MGM in Las Vegas in September.


Phil Collins brings his Not Dead Yet Live tour to the U.S. in October, including a Twin Cities date on October 21st.


Lynyrd Skynyrd kicked off their Last of the Street Survivors Farewell Tour in West Palm Beach on Friday.


Guns N’ Roses has left the controversial track “One in a Million” off the expanded ‘Appetite for Destruction’ reissue that contains the rest of ‘G N’ R Lies’.


Metallica ‘s Kirk Hammett and  Robert Trujillo covered ‘The Final Countdown‘ by Sweden’s Europe during the band’s show Saturday in Stockholm.


George Harrison’s first electric guitar is going up for auction.  Here’s how you can grab it.

Rock News

Hatebreed Set To Headline 2025 “Summer Slaughter” US Tour

Hatebreed will headline the 2025 edition of the "Summer Slaughter" US tour, which will feature support from Fugitive, Gridiron, Malevolence, and more rotating acts. The tour will run from July 8th in St. Petersburg, Florida, to July 28th in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The “Summer Slaughter” tour has long been a staple of the metal circuit,…

Hatebreed Set To Headline 2025 “Summer Slaughter” US Tour

Hatebreed will headline the 2025 edition of the “Summer Slaughter” US tour, which will feature support from Fugitive, Gridiron, Malevolence, and more rotating acts. The tour will run from July 8th in St. Petersburg, Florida, to July 28th in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The “Summer Slaughter” tour has long been a staple of the metal circuit,…

New Found Glory Sign To Pure Noise Records, Share New Single, “100%”

New Found Glory have just signed with indie label Pure Noise Records, and to celebrate the occasion the pop-punk pioneers have shared a feisty new single, “100%.”  After a career that has spanned nearly 30 years and multiple record labels – including their 2000 self-titled major label debut on MCA – founding guitarist Chad Gilbert…

New Found Glory Sign To Pure Noise Records, Share New Single, “100%”

New Found Glory have just signed with indie label Pure Noise Records, and to celebrate the occasion the pop-punk pioneers have shared a feisty new single, “100%.”  After a career that has spanned nearly 30 years and multiple record labels – including their 2000 self-titled major label debut on MCA – founding guitarist Chad Gilbert…

Nothing More Scores Third Straight Mainstream Rock Airplay No. 1 With “House On Sand”

Nothing More clinches their third consecutive No. 1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart with “House on Sand,” which features vocals from I Prevail’s Eric Vanlerberghe. This achievement marks the band’s fourth overall Mainstream Rock Airplay No. 1 hit, following their initial success with “Go to War" back in 2017, along with 2024 chart-toppers, “If…

Nothing More Scores Third Straight Mainstream Rock Airplay No. 1 With “House On Sand”

Nothing More clinches their third consecutive No. 1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart with “House on Sand,” which features vocals from I Prevail’s Eric Vanlerberghe. This achievement marks the band’s fourth overall Mainstream Rock Airplay No. 1 hit, following their initial success with “Go to War” back in 2017, along with 2024 chart-toppers, “If…

A Car Crashes Into Billy Corgan’s Tea Shop For Second Time In Past Six Months

Madame Zuzu’s, the Highland Park, Illinois tea shop owned by Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan, was struck by a car on Tuesday (April 29), marking the second such incident in six months at the location. Fortunately, there were no injuries reported this time, and the damage was minimal. The tea shop posted a statement on…

A Car Crashes Into Billy Corgan’s Tea Shop For Second Time In Past Six Months

Madame Zuzu’s, the Highland Park, Illinois tea shop owned by Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan, was struck by a car on Tuesday (April 29), marking the second such incident in six months at the location. Fortunately, there were no injuries reported this time, and the damage was minimal. The tea shop posted a statement on…